SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED
Setanta College Limited is a private limited company registered in Ireland under company number 432782. It was incorporated on 10 January 2007 and is recorded with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) as an active company, with a “Normal” filing status and classification as a small company. Its registered office is at Unit 3, Limerick Business Complex, Keating Road, Raheen Industrial Estate, Raheen, Limerick, V94 Y3Y1, and its principal registered activity is classified as other sporting activities.
Trading as Setanta College, and also using the names Institute of Fitness Professionals Ireland, Institute of Skill, Strength & Conditioning, and Institute of Sports Fitness Professionals, Setanta College Limited operates a private distance-learning higher-education institution specialising in human development and performance. According to the college’s own published information, it offers programmes from Higher Certificate to Master’s degree level in fields such as strength and conditioning, personal training, performance coaching and sports psychology, and holds recognitions including Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC), the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA). The college traces its origins to 1999, when it was founded by Liam Hennessy, and in 2019 it partnered with Irish American University for the regional accreditation of its graduate programmes. Its course delivery and teaching partnerships extend beyond Ireland, with locations referenced in the United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa, the United States and India.
Setanta College opened a new teaching campus in Limerick in 2023, at the former Salesian secondary school site at Fernbank, reported at the time as an investment of approximately €500,000 supporting around 50 jobs. Setanta College Limited’s latest annual return on file with the CRO was filed on 24 November 2025 for the accounting period ended 31 December 2024, with no filings shown as overdue. Setanta College Limited’s shares are not admitted to trading on any stock exchange, and no independently verified turnover or employee-count figures specific to the legal entity were identified during research beyond its registry classification as a small company.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED
Secondary company-registry sources reviewed for this profile are inconsistent about the identity of Setanta College Limited’s shareholders, so no single, precise ownership breakdown can be confirmed. One dataset, compiled from CRO filing data, records two disclosed shareholders in total and identifies the Irish company Setanta Dalcas Limited as the largest company shareholder. A separate dataset instead lists two individual ordinary shareholders, Liam Hennessy (95 ordinary shares) and Desmond Ryan (5 ordinary shares). Both sources agree that Setanta College Limited has a small, closely held shareholder base of two shareholders, but they do not agree on whether the largest holding is held directly by individuals or through a corporate vehicle, and the underlying CRO annual return (B1) filing could not be directly accessed during this research to resolve the discrepancy.
Data availability
Classification: Partial. Secondary sources agree on a total shareholder count of two but disagree on the shareholders’ identity, so this profile does not assert a specific, verified ownership split. No ultimate beneficial owner could be reliably confirmed from the sources reviewed.
Sources
- Vision-Net – Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- SoloCheck – Irish Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- IE.GlobalDatabase.com – Setanta College Limited company overview
Officers
Directors and officers of SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED
Secondary company-information sources reviewed for this profile associate four directors with Setanta College Limited: Liam Hennessy, Seán Hogan, Thomas Callanan and Desmond Ryan. Seán Hogan is separately described in company-related material as the college’s Chief Executive, Thomas Callanan as a non-shareholding director and company secretary who also holds the role of College Registrar, and Liam Hennessy, the college’s founder, as its Academic Director. None of the sources reviewed provided appointment or resignation dates, nationality or country of residence for these individuals, and the CRO’s own online register could not be accessed directly during this research, so this director list should be treated as indicative of current roles rather than a verified, dated extract from a CRO officer filing.
Data availability
Classification: Partial. Current officer names and roles are indicated by secondary sources, but appointment dates, resignation history, nationality and country of residence are not disclosed in the sources reviewed, and the primary CRO officer filing was not directly accessible during this research.
Sources
- Vision-Net – Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- SoloCheck – Irish Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- IE.GlobalDatabase.com – Setanta College Limited company overview
Group Structure
Group structure of SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED
No fully verified corporate parent or subsidiary relationship could be confirmed for Setanta College Limited from the sources reviewed. Secondary registry-aggregator data names Setanta Dalcas Limited, an Irish company, as the largest shareholder of Setanta College Limited, which would be consistent with an immediate-parent relationship, but this could not be corroborated against a directly accessible CRO filing and conflicts with a separate secondary source listing two individual shareholders instead; it is therefore treated as a possible rather than a confirmed relationship, and Setanta Dalcas Limited’s own CRO registration number could not be independently confirmed (sources reviewed gave inconsistent numbers). A separately registered UK entity, Setanta College UK Limited (company number 13491101, incorporated 2 July 2021), traded under a similar name in England and Wales but was dissolved on 27 December 2022; UK Companies House records its sole person with significant control as an individual, Seán Hogan (also a director of Setanta College Limited), rather than any corporate entity, so no verified corporate ownership link to Setanta College Limited was established, and shared directorship alone is not treated as evidence of a group relationship. No verified direct or indirect subsidiaries of Setanta College Limited were identified.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Setanta Dalcas Limited | Ireland | Not independently confirmed | Possible relationship (cited as largest shareholder in one secondary source; unverified against a primary CRO filing) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not confirmed | Secondary-source data, retrieved September 2026 |
Data availability
Classification: Not found. No official CRO filing showing a confirmed parent, subsidiary or group structure for Setanta College Limited could be directly accessed during this research; the single possible corporate-shareholder relationship identified could not be independently verified.
Sources
- Vision-Net – Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- SoloCheck – Irish Company Information, Setanta College Limited, CRO number 432782
- UK Companies House – Company overview, Setanta College UK Limited, company number 13491101
- UK Companies House – Persons with Significant Control register, company number 13491101
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED do?
Setanta College Limited (CRO company number 432782) is a private limited company registered in Ireland, incorporated 10 January 2007 and registered at Unit 3, Limerick Business Complex, Keating Road, Raheen Industrial Estate, Raheen, Limerick, V94 Y3Y1; trading as Setanta College, it operates a private distance-learning higher-education institution specialising in human performance, strength and conditioning and sports science, holding recognitions including QQI, DEAC, NSCA and CIMSPA.
Who owns SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED?
Secondary company-registry sources disagree on the identity of Setanta College Limited's two disclosed shareholders, with one dataset naming the Irish company Setanta Dalcas Limited as the largest shareholder and another naming individuals Liam Hennessy and Desmond Ryan; no single, verified ownership breakdown could be confirmed.
Who is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) data is recorded for SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED; access to beneficial-ownership data in this jurisdiction is governed by its own register rules.
What is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED's company registration number?
SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED's registration number is IE432782, filed with Companies Registration Office (CRO) in Ireland. Its current status on the register is active.
Is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED still an active company?
SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED's status on Companies Registration Office (CRO) is listed as active.
When was SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED incorporated?
SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED was incorporated on 10 January 2007, according to Companies Registration Office (CRO).
What is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED's registered address?
The registered address on file for SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED is RAHEEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, Ireland.
What legal structure is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED registered as?
SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in Ireland.
Is SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED listed on a stock exchange?
Setanta College Limited is a privately held company; its shares are not admitted to trading on any stock exchange.
Who are the officers/directors of SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED?
Secondary sources associate four directors with Setanta College Limited – Liam Hennessy, Sean Hogan, Thomas Callanan and Desmond Ryan – but appointment dates, nationality and residence were not disclosed in the sources reviewed and could not be verified directly against the CRO register.
Does SETANTA COLLEGE LIMITED have a parent company or subsidiaries?
No verified corporate parent or subsidiary relationship was confirmed for Setanta College Limited; a possible link to the Irish company Setanta Dalcas Limited, cited as its largest shareholder in one secondary source, could not be independently verified against a primary CRO filing.
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This record is sourced directly from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and was last synced on 24 September 2026.