WITHERSLACK GROUP LIMITED

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1998-06-10
Registered office
Lupton Tower, Lupton, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA6 2PR
Postcode
LA6 2PR
Capital
1,076 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
10 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-07-06
Next due by
2027-07-20
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 85200 Primary education
  • 85310 General secondary education
  • 87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified

Officers 5 current · 22 resigned

Appointed 2023-09-04
Mark Edwin BOWES Director
Appointed 2023-08-15
Stephen BACON Secretary
Appointed 2022-10-07
Stephen BACON Director
Appointed 2020-08-17
Appointed 2019-09-01

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Group structure 9 subsidiaries

Controlled by WITHERSLACK GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

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

Public contracts won 6

£33,765,276 total awarded value where published.

Showing the 5 most recent of 6.

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Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-08-31) — 6 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3410582 (Tier 3), registered since 2013.

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

Gender pay gap

7.61%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
witherslackgroup.co.uk
Phone
08003047244, 02079522000

Witherslack Group is the leading provider of specialist education and care for young people with special educational needs. Also providing SEND advice and support.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
JAMES BOWERS EDUCATION LIMITED2012-06-13
WESTMORLAND EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED2002-10-09
DOWNMARK LIMITED1998-12-22

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
14 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE, CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE, LA6 2AE2012-01-13
MEADOWBANK, SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 6NY2001-10-10
15 VICTORIA PLACE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA1 1EW1999-01-19
788-790 FINCHLEY ROAD, LONDON1998-06-16

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 20 similar companies in LA, trading since 1998

24 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1998

43%

of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

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

Survival rates for every incorporation year →

Property in England & Wales 89 titles

Freehold
62
Leasehold
27
Most recent registration
2025-11-10
Price paid, where recorded
£42,740,756
Where
Lancashire (18), Oxfordshire (11), West Yorkshire (7)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
GR238226 South Gloucestershire Freehold 2025-11-10 £1,700,000
LA843464 Lancashire Freehold 2025-10-15
LA850059 Lancashire Freehold 2025-10-15
WK546617 Warwickshire Leasehold 2025-08-13
HD629490 Hertfordshire Freehold 2024-11-14 £5,250,000
K865837 Kent Freehold 2024-08-30 £4,371,541
CH734255 Cheshire East Freehold 2024-07-23 £3,500,000
LA899330 Lancashire Freehold 2024-02-15 £1,612,500
YY190812 West Yorkshire Leasehold 2024-02-13
LT545045 Leicestershire Freehold 2024-02-08 £1,600,000
WM987733 West Midlands Freehold 2023-08-09 £3,150,000
AV130198 South Gloucestershire Freehold 2023-04-11 £1,200,000
AA41735 Essex Leasehold 2022-04-29
AA41738 Essex Leasehold 2022-04-29
SL21206 Shropshire Freehold 2022-02-23
SL26693 Shropshire Freehold 2022-02-23
SL51131 Shropshire Freehold 2022-02-23
LAN258162 Lancashire Leasehold 2022-02-16
MS318498 Merseyside Freehold 2022-02-16 £875,000
CE30980 Hartlepool Freehold 2022-02-02 £830,000

Showing 20 of 89.

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