# Prospects Learning Foundation Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00949411](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00949411)
- **Status:** dissolved
- **Type:** PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- **Incorporated:** 6 Mar 1969
- **Dissolved:** 1 Sep 2026
- **Registered office:** SOUTH ESSEX COLLEGE, LUCKYN LANE ENTRANCE, BASILDON, SS14 3AY
- **Nature of business:** [85320](/sic/85320) Technical and vocational secondary education


## Previous names

- Sentra Engineering Training Limited (until 28 Jun 1985)
- Sentra Training Services Ltd (until 17 Dec 2007)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Stephen | director | - | 16 Jun 1992 |
| GISBY, John Douglas Ewart | secretary | 21 Nov 1991 | 1 Jul 1994 |
| COOLE, David | director | - | 6 Oct 1994 |
| POWELL, John | director | - | 22 Nov 1994 |
| PARKER, George Christopher | director | - | 14 Jun 1995 |
| GLANDER, Margaret Venables | director | - | 14 Jun 1995 |
| BARRATT, Michael Edward | director | - | 7 Sep 1995 |
| GISBY, John Douglas Ewart | director | 14 Jun 1995 | 15 Jan 1998 |
| MACDONALD, Iain Rae | director | 6 Oct 1994 | 17 Feb 1998 |
| LAWRENCE, John Peter | director | - | 23 Mar 1998 |
| BARLOW, John David | secretary | 1 Jul 1994 | 6 May 1998 |
| COSGROVE, Ian Wyndham | director | - | 13 Oct 1998 |
| ROWLING, Peter Arthur | director | - | 13 Oct 1998 |
| PAVELEY, Christopher John | director | 12 Aug 1992 | 23 Nov 1998 |
| PROBART, Stephen | director | 25 Jun 1996 | 6 Sep 1999 |
| MAITLAND, Paul | secretary | 4 Jun 1998 | 30 Apr 2000 |
| MAITLAND, Paul | director | 9 Mar 1998 | 30 Apr 2000 |
| MERCER, David | director | 13 Oct 1998 | 31 Jul 2000 |
| PITCHER, Anthony | director | 14 Jul 1993 | 14 Mar 2001 |
| BATES, Neil Ronald | secretary | 30 Apr 2000 | 12 Dec 2003 |
| STEVENS, Mark Pilgrim | director | 22 Feb 1999 | 8 Dec 2004 |
| WARREN, Neil Andrew | director | 23 Nov 1998 | 26 Oct 2012 |
| ROBERTS, Sandra | director | 11 Jul 2007 | 18 Nov 2013 |
| PARKER, George Christopher | director | 13 Oct 1998 | 12 Dec 2013 |
| NEWHAM, Roy Ernest | director | - | 1 Sep 2014 |
| SHERLOCK, David Christopher | director | 2 Sep 2013 | 1 Sep 2014 |
| SADLER, Robert Ian | director | 1 Nov 2011 | 1 Sep 2014 |
| HODGES, Janet | director | 11 Jul 2007 | 1 Sep 2014 |
| GROCOCK, Alistair Finlay | secretary | 12 Dec 2003 | 31 Dec 2015 |
| WARREN, Neil Andrew | director | 4 Jan 2016 | 26 Jan 2017 |
| WARREN, Neil Andrew | secretary | 31 Dec 2015 | 26 Jan 2017 |
| BATES, Neil Ronald | director | 5 Jul 1994 | 29 Sep 2017 |
| CLARK, Brian | director | 11 Jul 2007 | 1 Apr 2018 |
| CARTER, Tina | director | 23 Nov 1998 | 1 Apr 2018 |
| MAHENDRAN, Bala | director | 27 Apr 2018 | 1 Feb 2019 |
| BHAMIDIMARRI, Srinivasa Mallikharjuna Rao, Professor | director | 27 Apr 2018 | 1 Feb 2019 |
| PARKER, Rosalyn Julia | director | 29 Sep 2017 | 1 Feb 2019 |
| AUSTIN, Madeleine | secretary | 26 Jan 2017 | 31 Aug 2019 |
| ABBOTT, Judith Lesley, Dr | director | 29 Sep 2017 | 31 Jan 2020 |
| STEEL, Laurence Theodore Thomas | director | 1 Nov 2011 | 31 Jan 2020 |
| MCGAREL, Anthony Dominic | director | 1 Feb 2019 | 2 Jan 2023 |
| SHEEHAN, Jayne Mary | director | 2 Jan 2023 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospects College Of Advanced Technology | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 31 Jan 2019 |
| South Essex College Of Further & Higher Education | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent | 1 Feb 2019 | 1 Feb 2019 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2025 | - | £0 | - | - |
| 31 Jul 2022 | £542,249 | £3,105,778 | £7,340 | 19 |




## Controls

- [Prospects Training Solutions Limited](/company/02487999) (02487999)



## Directors' other companies

- [SHEEHAN, Jayne Mary](/person/6399084) - director at [Prospects Training Solutions Limited](/company/02487999)
- [SHEEHAN, Jayne Mary](/person/6399084) - director at [Backstage Centre Limited](/company/06627718)