RED DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED
Company number 07372465 · Monitor this company
The most recent accounts indicate this company is dormant and not trading.
Executive summary
RED DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED presents a fascinating case of corporate structuring where the consumer-facing brand sits within a dormant shell entity, with actual trading operations almost certainly conducted through parent company Driving Success Limited under the strategic oversight of private equity firm Kelso Place Asset Management. While the RED brand appears to hold a meaningful competitive position in the UK's fragmented driving instruction market, the financial opacity inherent in this structure prevents meaningful assessment of operational performance against sector benchmarks. The company's dormant status with £1 net assets should not be mistaken for business failure—it reflects a deliberate group architecture that separates brand ownership from trading activity.
Shareholders' funds
£1
Balance sheet as at 2015-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2010-09-10
- Registered office
- Pavilion 6 Coxwold Way, Belasis Hall Technology Park, Billingham, England, TS23 4EA
- Postcode
- TS23 4EA
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Dormant
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-20
- Next due by
- 2027-04-17
- Financial year end
- 17 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-10
- Next due by
- 2027-09-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85530 Driving school activities
Officers 2 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by DRIVING SUCCESS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- reddrivingschool.com
- Phone
- 0330 332 2680, 0330 332 2684, 0330 332 2689
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DRL BRANDS LIMITED | 2011-04-08 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PAVILION 12 COLMANS NOOK, BELASIS HALL TECHNOLOGY PARK, BILLINGHAM, CLEVELAND, TS23 4EG | 2017-01-10 |
| 110 ST MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, WC2N 4BA | 2013-05-23 |
| 21 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2DY, UNITED KINGDOM | 2011-01-24 |
Competitors Middlesbrough
This company ranks 9 among driving school activities in Middlesbrough.
The class of 2010
20%
of the 376,888 companies incorporated in 2010 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.