THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE

Company number 01508550 ·

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
1980-07-21
Registered office
33 Palmeira Mansions, Hove, Sussex, BN3 2GB
Postcode
BN3 2GB
Accounts category
Full
Charges
5 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-26
Next due by
2027-07-10
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified

Officers 8 current · 25 resigned

Appointed 2026-03-25
Appointed 2025-03-20
Appointed 2023-08-22
Richard John DAY Director
Appointed 2022-11-30
Appointed 2020-02-25

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Registered charity

The English Language Centre — charity number 281859

Registered 1981-03-02 Income £6,761,587 Spending £6,752,598 FY to 2024-12-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4933555 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE LIMITED2019-09-25
ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE LIMITED(THE)2019-09-25
E.L.C. (HOVE) LIMITED1980-12-31

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 532 similar companies in BN, trading since 1980

The class of 1980

49%

of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Freehold
6
Most recent registration
2020-01-16
Price paid, where recorded
£1,135,000
Where
Cheshire West And Chester (2), East Sussex (2), Brighton And Hove (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CH239780 Cheshire West And Chester Freehold 2020-01-16 £685,000
CH374210 Cheshire West And Chester Freehold 2020-01-16 £450,000
EB11074 East Sussex Freehold 2011-12-02
ESX115726 East Sussex Freehold 2011-12-02
ESX179151 Brighton And Hove Freehold 1991-07-26
ESX317517 Brighton And Hove Freehold 1983-09-12

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