I can second Mad-Andy reccommendation - Tom is a nice bloke who tells it like it is. Used him for my writtens before going to the US to undertake the IR.
When I was there he wasinvesting quite a bit of money in planes and getting them A1 for students. he also has a sim so that will save you a bit of money as you can count about 15-20hours sim time (not sure exact figures as did all mine in the plane), to your IR.
Julian.