SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INTO HIGHER EDUCATION
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£460K
+62.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£726K
+17.2% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£106K
-35.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INTO HIGHER EDUCATION 1990-01-16 → present
- SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INTO HIGHER EDUCATION LIMITED 1966-01-12 → 1990-01-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £819,406 | £820,350 | |
| Operating profit | £144,812 | £84,517 | |
| Profit before tax | £164,819 | £106,454 | |
| Net profit | £164,819 | £106,454 | |
| Cash | £282,808 | £460,169 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £619,577 | £726,031 | |
| Net assets | £619,577 | £726,031 | |
| Equity | £619,577 | £726,031 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | £233,420 | £244,757 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.7% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 13.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.4% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.4% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.76x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “planning for the Society's 60th anniversary celebrations in 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 85 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRESHAM, Robert Mark | Secretary | 2022-05-09 | — | — |
| LOUGHLIN-CHOW, Mary Clare, Dr | Secretary | 2022-09-05 | — | — |
| BELLUIGI, Dina Zoe, Dr | Director | 2023-01-01 | Aug 1976 | South African,Italian |
| BENNETT, Elizabeth Jane, Professor | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
| CAMERON-KEOUGH, Andrea Juanita, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | Dec 1964 | British |
| DAVIES, Richard Anthony, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1965 | British |
| DE OLIVEIRA BARBOSA, Maria Ligia, Professor | Director | 2026-01-01 | May 1956 | Brazilian |
| FAKUNLE, Omolabake Arinola, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1972 | British,Nigerian |
| GARFIELD, Joy Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1976 | British |
| GUZMÁN VALENZUELA, Carolina María, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Nov 1973 | Spanish,Chilean |
| HOWSON, Camille Blackwell Kandiko | Director | 2024-03-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
| KNEALE, Pauline Esther, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | Sep 1954 | British |
| MILLWARD, Christopher, Professor | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| THOMAS, Katherine Clare, Dr | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WISKER, Gina, Professor | Director | 2019-01-01 | Feb 1951 | British |
Show 85 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTA, Franco | Secretary | 2004-08-01 | 2004-12-15 |
| EGGINS, Heather, Professor | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| EUSTACE, Rowland Barrington | Secretary | — | 1990-12-31 |
| PERKINS, Helen Sylvia | Secretary | 2004-12-15 | 2022-06-30 |
| ALDERMAN, Geoffrey, Professor | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-01-01 |
| ARMSTRONG, Jill, Professor | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| ASHWIN, Paul, Dr | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2016-06-07 |
| BARNES, Harriet | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| BARNETT, Ronald Anthony, Professor | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| BARNETT, Ronald Anthony, Professor | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| BECHER, Roy Anthony, Professor | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| BHATT, Ibrar, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| BLACKMORE, Paul, Professor | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| BLACKWELL, Richard John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BONE, Jennifer Margaret | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| BROOKS, Rachel, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2023-12-31 |
| BUNTING, Rebecca Mary | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BURGESS, Robert George, Professor Sir | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| BURKE, Penny Jane, Professor | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2016-01-21 |
| CARASSO, Helen | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| CHAMBERS, Eleanor Ann | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| CLEGG, Susan Patricia, Professor | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| COATE, Kelly, Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| CORMACK, Robert John, Professor | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| CREATON, Jane, Dr | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| CROFT, Harriet Kathleen | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1998-12-31 |
| CUTHBERT, Robert Edward, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2019-12-31 |
| CUTHBERT, Robert Edward, Professor | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| D'ANDREA, Vaneeta-Marie, Professor | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DAVID, Miriam Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| DEEM, Rosemary, Professor | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2009-04-07 |
| DICKINSON, John Philip, Professor | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-01-01 |
| EALES-REYNOLDS, Lesley-Jane, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2021-12-31 |
| EGGINS, Heather, Professor | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| EVANS, Linda, Professor | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-06-28 |
| FANGHANEL, Joelle, Professor | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| FILIPPAKOU, Ourania, Dr | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| FULFORD, Amanda Jane, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2021-12-31 |
| FULTON, Oliver Kenneth Angus, Dr | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| GASKELL, Stuart Martin, Dr | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| GOODLAD, John Sinclair Robertson, Professor | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| GORDON, George, Professor | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2015-06-25 |
| GOURLAY, Lesley Jane, Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-08-13 |
| GRAVETT, Karen, Dr | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| GREEN, Diana Margaret, Dr | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| GREEN, Diana Margaret, Dr | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| GRIFFIOEN, Didi Maria Emma, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2021-02-01 |
| GUZKOWSKA, Maria Alicia Josephina, Dr | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HARRIS-HUEMMERT, Susan, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| HARRISON, Neil Robert, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2021-12-31 |
| HARTWIG, Lydia, Dr | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HARVEY, Lee, Professor | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HASELGROVE, Caroline Susanne Brigitte | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| HAY, David, Dr | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| HENDERSON, Emily Frascatore, Dr | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| HIGSON, Helen Elisabeth, Professor | Director | 2018-03-08 | 2022-09-15 |
| HILLIER, Yvonne Gillian Jane, Professor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| JAMESON, Jill, Professor | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| KINCHIN, Ian, Professor | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, Peter Clayton, Dr | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| KOGAN, Maurice | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| LAW, Sue, Professor | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| LOCKE, William David, Dr | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| LOUGHLIN-CHOW, Mary Clare, Dr | Director | 2022-09-05 | 2022-09-05 |
| MACFARLANE, Bruce John, Professor | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| MALCOLM, Janice | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| MASCARENHAS-KEYES, Stella, Dr | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| MCNAY, Ian, Professor | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| MIDDLEHURST, Robin May, Professor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| MOUNTFORD-ZIMDARS, Anna, Professor | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| NAIDOO, Rajani, Dr | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2007-06-21 |
| NICHOLLS, Gillian May, Professor | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| OGLESBY, Katherine Leni | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| PALFREYMAN, David | Director | 2007-02-22 | 2022-12-31 |
| PARRY, Gareth, Professor | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| PEARSON, Richard | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| POLE, Chris John, Professor | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| PRITCHARD, Rosalind Margaret Olivia, Professor | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| ROBERTSON, David John, Professor | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| ROWLAND, Stephen Charles Wickham, Professor | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| SCOTT, George Peter, Professor Sir | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| SHATTOCK, Michael Lewis, Professor | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| SLOWEY, Maria, Professor | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| SMITH, Karen, Dr | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| STEVENSON, Jacqueline Ann, Professor | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Helen Sylvia Perkins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 347 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£819,406 £820,350
-
Cash
+62.7%
£282,808 £460,169
-
Net assets
+17.2%
£619,577 £726,031
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
-41.6%
£144,812 £84,517
-
Profit before tax
-35.4%
£164,819 £106,454
-
Wages
+4.9%
£233,420 £244,757
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers