Kaplan Financial Ltd is a British company providing training in
accountancy
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activities and conveys ...
and
financial services
Financial services are service (economics), economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions. Financial services encompass a broad range of tertiary sector of the economy, service sector activities, especially as concerns finan ...
. It was founded in 1958. Kaplan Financial is part of
Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of
Graham Holdings Company. Kaplan Financial has more than 48,000 students a year, both in the UK and overseas. It offers courses in 28 training centres throughout the UK as well as home study and online learning.
Kaplan Financial prepares students for professional accountancy and tax exams including the
AAT,
ACA,
ACCA, and
CIMA, and investment qualifications such as
CFA,
CAIA,
FRM, IAQ,
IMC and
SII. Kaplan Financial also offers a range of postgraduate courses including
MBA
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...
, MA and MSc, as well as management and personnel qualifications.
History
Kaplan Financial was formerly known as the Financial Training Company, then as FTC Kaplan after its acquisition in February 2003 by
Kaplan, Inc., a global provider of education and training services. FTC also produced exam-focussed study materials,
test prep and courses for the
American Academy of Financial Management
The American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM) was a US-based board of standards, certifying body, and accreditation council focused on the finance sector and wealth management professionals.. AAFM was superseded by the Global Academy of Fi ...
,
AAT,
ACCA and
CIMA that were also used widely in other training institutions in the public and private sectors. These materials are now produced by Kaplan Publishing, another company in the Kaplan group.
Acquisitions
Major acquisitions in the last decade include:
*2003—UK Accountancy Tuition Centres Ltd (ATC), provider of accountancy and professional training in the UK
*2003—Emile Woolf Colleges Ltd., provider of CIMA and ACCA training
[Kaplan's FTC Acquires ... Emile Woolf Colleges Ltd and AT Foulks Lynch Ltd]
, press release, November 5, 2003
*2003—AT Foulks Lynch Ltd., publisher of accountancy training materials for ACCA, CIMA, AAT and CAT syllabi
*2003—Portman College of Management, a Newcastle-based professional school offering management training programmes
*2008—Hawksmere Limited, a London-based training and conference provider
*2009—West of England Language Services Limited (WELS), an international group of English language schools located in the
United States
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,
Australia
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, and the
UK
Awards
In July 2009 Kaplan Financial was the first ACCA distance learning provider to be awarded Platinum status by the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). This is the highest status awarded to a tuition provider.
Knowledge Bank
In November 2012, Kaplan Financial launched the Kaplan Financial Knowledge Bank, a reference site providing free access to accountancy information.
Get the knowledge
PQ Magazine, 2012
Training Locations
As of 2018, Kaplan Financial has 23 training centres located up and down the UK as well as Distance Learning, Live Online, OnDemand products. These are:
* Birmingham
* Bristol
* Cambridge,
* Cardiff - ICAEW Courses only
* Crawley - ICAEW Courses only
* Glasgow
* Grimsby
* Hull
* Ipswich
* Isle of Man
* Leeds
* Leicester
* Liverpool
* London Borough High Street
* London Islington
* Manchester
* Milton Keynes
* Newcastle
* Norwich
* Nottingham
* Reading
* Sheffield
* Southampton
References
External links
Kaplan Financial Ltd. official websiteKaplan, Inc. official websiteKaplan Apprenticeships websiteKaplan Financial Knowledge Bank website
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Education companies established in 1958
British companies established in 1958
Companies based in the London Borough of Southwark
Training companies of the United Kingdom
1958 establishments in England
Graham Holdings