{"name":"RED DRIVING SCHOOL LIMITED","company_number":"07372465","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2010-09-10","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Pavilion 6 Coxwold Way, Belasis Hall Technology Park, Billingham, England, TS23 4EA","postcode":"TS23 4EA","sic_codes":[{"code":85530,"description":"Driving school activities"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"DRL BRANDS LIMITED","changed_on":"2011-04-08"}],"warnings":["The most recent accounts indicate this company is dormant and not trading."],"accounts":{"category":"Dormant","year_end":"17 July","last_made_up_to":"2025-07-20","next_due":"2027-04-17"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2015-07-31","net_assets":1,"cash":1},{"financial_date":"2014-07-31","net_assets":1,"cash":1},{"financial_date":"2013-07-31","net_assets":1,"cash":1},{"financial_date":"2012-07-31","net_assets":1,"cash":1}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":12,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.reddrivingschool.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/red-driving-school","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-driving-school/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-driving-school/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07372465","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-driving-school/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-driving-school/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/red-driving-school/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/red-driving-school"}