LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

1. LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 2002-08-01 → present
2. LONDON GUILDHALL UNIVERSITY 1993-01-14 → 2002-08-01
3. CITY OF LONDON POLYTECHNIC 1970-03-11 → 1993-01-14

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board considers that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate because, at the date of approval of the financial statements, it is not aware of any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that might cast significant doubt as at the date of approval of the financial statements about the ability of the University to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “On 23 June 2025, our community gathered at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium to mark the formal inauguration of Professor Julie Hall as Vice-Chancellor, a year after she took office. The evening paired reflection with action, setting a course shaped by belonging, possibility and purpose.”
• “Announced at her inaugural event, the Vice-Chancellor's Rising Star Scholarships provide full tuition fee support for talented students from under-represented and disadvantaged backgrounds.”
• “On 9 August 2024, Professor Jan Bamford and Dr Eleni Meletiadou were awarded National Teaching Fellowships by Advance HE.”
• “On 27 November 2024, London Met Journalism hosted Greenpeace UK's Head of News, Stefano Gelmini, and Animal Rising spokesperson, Nathan McGovern.”
• “On 9 December 2024 at Emirates Stadium, Dr Jane Lewis and colleagues showcased London Met research on disability and employment.”
• “On 17 December 2024, new Stanford-Elsevier data placed several of our academics among the world's top-cited researchers.”
• “In January, former US Representatives Cheri Bustos and Bob Dold met students at Holloway for a frank discussion on bipartisan lawmaking, media scrutiny and pubic trust.”
• “Students co-created a four-day Photovoice exhibition in the Great Hall highlighting how precarious housing affects study.”
• “Professor Fiona Vera-Gray's and Jo Lovett's work at the Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit informed new College of Policing e-learning on non-contact sexual offending.”
• “Sophie Cloutterbuck, Director of London Engagement and London Met Lab, was appointed a Local Policy Innovation Partnership Place Fellow in February.”
• “Professor Ryan joined The Oliver Callan Show to discuss her new oral history book on Irish nurses in the NHS.”
• “London schools and colleges competed in the Great Hall for one of the Capital's largest youth enterprise awards.”
• “London Met Lab and CARES began co-producing a strategy with Islington Council and Voluntary Action Islington to strengthen the Borough's voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -9.4%

  £129,871,000 → £117,654,000

• Cash

  +234.2%

  £10,935,000 → £36,543,000

• Net assets

  -15.9%

  £286,149,000 → £240,535,000

• Employees

  -7.8%

  1,098 → 1,012

• Operating profit

  -530.3%

  £2,617,000 → -£11,260,000

• Profit before tax

  -530.3%

  £2,617,000 → -£11,260,000

• Wages

  +0.1%

  £55,562,000 → £55,600,000

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