The Financial Training Company is a leading provider of professional qualifications and business training in the UK and Asia. In February 2003, FTC became part of Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services. Kaplan is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). The new vision of FTC commits the company to combining years of classroom-based expertise with access to the most advanced learning platforms and technology that have formed the basis of Kaplan’s success in the US. In due course, FTC envisages being able to enhance the learning process for accountancy students by incorporating Kaplan’s online learning programmes into the current menu of products.


FTC prepares over 30,000 students a year for professional accountancy exams such as the AAT, ACA, ACCA and CIMA as well as tax qualification programmes, training for investment professionals such as CFA®, CPD training and specialist corporate and government training. FTC produces exam focussed study materials for AAT, ACCA and CIMA, which are now being used widely in other training institutions in the public and private sector. FTC’s head office is in London and has 28 training centres around the UK, we also have a growing presence in Asia. Founded in 1958, FTC is one of the UK’s longest established financial training companies.

FTC is widely recognised as offering the most effective and wide ranging accountancy, tax, finance, bank and City training available in the UK. Our exceptional pass rates in the professional examinations are a matter of record. FTC’s acknowledged expertise as a specialist-training provider has led to substantial growth since its foundation.

This success, both for FTC and its clients, is based on four central elements: