ABC SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LIMITED
ABC School of English Limited, a London education company incorporated on 1 Dec 2000, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation under the Insolvency Act 1986, s.100 and s.109. The appointment was made by members and creditors and was recorded in The Gazette as Notice 5142227, with Darren Edwards of Exigen Group Limited T/A Liquidation Centre appointed liquidator on 19 May 2026.
What the data was telling us
Readings from The Gazette and Companies House, in the firm's final two years.
Lessons behind the liquidation
The company was incorporated on 1 Dec 2000 and had a reported average director tenure of 16.7 yrs. Even so, it still entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation, showing that longevity alone is not a safeguard when financial pressures build.
The filing record shows last accounts dated 13 Sep 2024 and a confirmation statement marked overdue. That combination does not explain the cause of insolvency by itself, but it does show that compliance pressure was present alongside the move into liquidation.
The record shows 3 director appointments since 2000, 0 resignations in the final 12 mths, and 1 active director. A stable board profile can support continuity, but it does not prevent the company from needing a creditor-led insolvency process when recovery is no longer available.
This looks like a long-established small company insolvency, where a steady corporate footprint gave way to a formal creditors’ voluntary liquidation after compliance signals and register upkeep had already weakened.
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Director histories across related entities, the full debenture instrument, creditor estimates, and the practitioner's record on comparable cases for ABC SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LIMITED.