# Ardmore Language Schools Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [01647636](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01647636)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 1 Jul 1982
- **Registered office:** SEEBECK HOUSE 1 SEEBECK PLACE, KNOWLHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK5 8FR
- **Nature of business:** [85590](/sic/85590) Other education n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Cognita Midco Limited](/group/22138) (21 companies)


## Previous names

- Ardmore Adventure Limited (until 5 Oct 2000)
- Opusgrime Limited (until 4 Feb 1983)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Oliver Charles William | director | 8 Feb 2023 |  |
| DRAKE, Michael John | director | 1 Feb 2022 |  |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 17 Dec 2018 |  |
| MILLER, Nigel | director | 17 Dec 2018 |  |
| SMITH, Oliver Ellis | director | 1 Aug 2017 | 4 Dec 2024 |
| SMITH, Lindsay Alexandra, Mrs | director | 1 Feb 2022 | 28 Oct 2022 |
| CORR, Martin Adam | director | 8 Sep 2014 | 6 Oct 2022 |
| ROLLAND, Stuart Stacy | director | 17 Dec 2018 | 1 Feb 2022 |
| RATCLIFFE, Daniel Peter | director | 17 Dec 2018 | 1 Feb 2022 |
| O'CONNOR, Penelope Andrea | director | 1 Sep 2017 | 24 Sep 2020 |
| WALKER, David John | secretary | 21 Sep 2004 | 17 Dec 2018 |
| WALKER, David John | director | - | 17 Dec 2018 |
| WALKER, Christian David Campbell | director | 8 Sep 2014 | 25 Jul 2016 |
| CLARKE, Robert Macdonald | director | 8 Nov 1995 | 27 Feb 2013 |
| HUGHES, Sarah | director | 3 Feb 2004 | 5 Mar 2008 |
| KORMAN, David Sidney | secretary | 8 Nov 1995 | 21 Sep 2004 |
| JOHNSON, David William | secretary | - | 8 Nov 1995 |
| JOHNSON, David William | director | - | 8 Nov 1995 |
| ALOE, Michel Jean Herve | director | - | 18 Apr 1994 |
| MCNEANY, Kevin Joseph | director | - | 12 May 1993 |
| TOBIAS, Richard David | director | - | 31 Jan 1993 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognita Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 17 Dec 2018 |  |
| Mr David John Walker | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 17 Dec 2018 |




## Owned by

Ardmore Language Schools Limited → [Cognita Limited](/company/05280910) → [Cognita UK Holdings Limited](/company/06705043) → [Cognita Holdings Limited](/company/05281013) → [Cognita Bondco Parent Limited](/company/09669246) → [Cognita Midco Limited](/company/09669626)



## Controls

- [Ardmore Education Limited](/company/10248866) (10248866)
- [Ardmore Educational Travel Limited](/company/01848334) (01848334)



## Directors' other companies

- [DRAKE, Michael John](/person/6153835) - director at [ALG Active Learning Centres Limited](/company/13567997)
- [DRAKE, Michael John](/person/6153835) - director at [Ardmore Education Limited](/company/10248866)
- [DRAKE, Michael John](/person/6153835) - director at [ALG Cognita Limited](/company/06762201)
- [DRAKE, Michael John](/person/6153835) - director at [Cognita Schools Limited](/company/02313425)
- [DRAKE, Michael John](/person/6153835) - director at [Ardmore Educational Travel Limited](/company/01848334)
- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/5514574) - corporate-secretary at [Cognita UK Ksa Holdings Limited](/company/16063419)
- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/5514574) - corporate-secretary at [Cognita UK South Korea Holdings Limited](/company/15767026)
- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/5514574) - corporate-secretary at [Ardmore Educational Travel Limited](/company/01848334)
- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/5514574) - corporate-secretary at [Lernen Bondco PLC](/company/11539218)
- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](/person/5514574) - corporate-secretary at [Growthdeck Limited](/company/09801754)



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