Airpolice
As this is only his 4th post I imagine he's just asked too late.
I don't know what more we can do here at Pprune to warn people about paying up front. It needs an industry wide campaign. Perhaps it should be one of the requirements for the approval of an ATO that they do not accept up front payments.
Middlesb
Dispite the harsh sounding comments on here, we all feel for you. You seem to have become yet another victim of a small group of shysters that constantly drag the UK flying training industry down.
I hope it wasn't a life changing sum, because i'm afraid that it's barely worth even trying to get it back.
MJ