---
title: "ARDMORE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01647636
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# ARDMORE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01647636`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **COGNITA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cc570d6-3275-53ee-8713-3f157088ca72
- **Mr David John Walker** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0bcab048-4442-5654-9ce3-36c10660e3ce
- **COGNITA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cc570d6-3275-53ee-8713-3f157088ca72
- **Mr David John Walker** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/488952a9-f456-473c-b5bb-e7b0f1024605

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **ARDMORE EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ea91336-2f3b-5d7e-9746-c39430c922be
- **ARDMORE EDUCATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c63bab8e-7af7-561d-96c0-b97aa7873fd8
- **ARDMORE EDUCATION LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c63bab8e-7af7-561d-96c0-b97aa7873fd8
- **ARDMORE EDUCATIONAL TRAVEL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4ea91336-2f3b-5d7e-9746-c39430c922be

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **21-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01647636`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1982-07-01
- **Registered office:** Seebeck House 1 Seebeck Place, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 8FR, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 85590

### Officers

- [EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/01e61b7f-51ce-516e-8d72-747217646a1b) — corporate secretary · appointed 2018-12-17
- DRAKE, Michael John — director · British · appointed 2022-02-01
- MILLER, Nigel — director · British · appointed 2018-12-17
- WILLIAMS, Oliver Charles William — director · British · appointed 2023-02-08
- JOHNSON, David William — secretary · British · resigned 1995-11-08
- KORMAN, David Sidney — secretary · British · appointed 1995-11-08 · resigned 2004-09-21
- WALKER, David John — secretary · British · appointed 2004-09-21 · resigned 2018-12-17
- ALOE, Michel Jean Herve — director · French · resigned 1994-04-18
- CLARKE, Robert Macdonald — director · British · appointed 1995-11-08 · resigned 2013-02-27
- CORR, Martin Adam — director · British · appointed 2014-09-08 · resigned 2022-10-06
- HUGHES, Sarah — director · British · appointed 2004-02-03 · resigned 2008-03-05
- JOHNSON, David William — director · British · resigned 1995-11-08
- MCNEANY, Kevin Joseph — director · Irish · resigned 1993-05-12
- O'CONNOR, Penelope Andrea — director · British · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2020-09-24
- RATCLIFFE, Daniel Peter — director · British · appointed 2018-12-17 · resigned 2022-02-01
- ROLLAND, Stuart Stacy — director · British · appointed 2018-12-17 · resigned 2022-02-01
- SMITH, Lindsay Alexandra, Mrs  — director · British · appointed 2022-02-01 · resigned 2022-10-28
- SMITH, Oliver Ellis — director · British · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2024-12-04
- TOBIAS, Richard David — director · English · resigned 1993-01-31
- WALKER, Christian David Campbell — director · British · appointed 2014-09-08 · resigned 2016-07-25

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Cognita Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3cc570d6-3275-53ee-8713-3f157088ca72) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2018-12-17
- Mr David John Walker — 75–100% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-12-17

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01647636
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01647636

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **ARDMORE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/fac06902-d6d1-5a4a-b7e8-bd072d77ebc3._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._