Kaplan Financial Ltd is a British company providing training in

accountancy Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "language ...

and

financial services Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, acco ...

. It was founded in 1958. Kaplan Financial is part of

Kaplan, Inc. Kaplan, Inc. is an American for-profit corporation that provides educational and training services to colleges, universities, businesses and individuals around the world. Founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan, the company offers a variety of test prepa ...

, a subsidiary of

Graham Holdings Company Graham Holdings Company (formerly The Washington Post Company) is a diversified American conglomerate holding company. Headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and incorporated in Delaware, it was formerly the owner of ''The Washington Post ...

. 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; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

, 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

, 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 trainingKaplan'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 The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, 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
{{Graham 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