UNIVERSITY OF LANCASHIRE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£992K
-19% vs 2024
Net assets
£221K
+10.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£226K
+17.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-08-08
- UNIVERSITY OF LANCASHIRE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2025-08-08 → present
- UCLAN BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2007-10-29 → 2025-08-08
- UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 1999-08-05 → 2007-10-29
- CENTRALAN CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1995-08-01 → 1999-08-05
- LANPOL LIMITED 1995-07-17 → 1995-08-01
- LANPOL LIMITED 1989-06-21 → 1995-07-17
- GULFSTRONG LIMITED 1989-01-26 → 1989-06-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £942,930 | £722,965 | |
| Operating profit | £162,177 | £198,859 | |
| Profit before tax | £192,248 | £226,256 | |
| Net profit | £201,608 | £219,187 | |
| Cash | £1,224,811 | £991,627 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £201,126 | £221,371 | |
| Net assets | £201,126 | £221,371 | |
| Equity | £201,126 | £221,371 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £8,000 | £8,239 |
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 | 17.2% | 27.5% | |
| Net margin | 21.4% | 30.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 80.6% | 89.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.8% | 81.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.23x |
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)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The directors plan for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicates that, taking account of severe but plausible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds, to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “UCLan Business Services Limited changed its name to University of Lancashire Business Services Limited on 8 August 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINTERS, Fiona | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| CREAN, Vincent St John, Professor | Director | 2011-09-08 | Jan 1959 | British |
| KOVVURI, Venkata Dharma | Director | 2009-01-26 | Mar 1968 | British |
| WALLER, Daniel, Dr | Director | 2018-09-14 | Aug 1971 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACKROYD, Pamela Mary | Secretary | 1993-08-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| FISHER, Ian Michael | Secretary | 2014-04-25 | 2025-04-29 |
| HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Michael Ian | Secretary | — | 1993-06-07 |
| WOODS, Bernadette Ann Mary | Secretary | 2000-08-09 | 2014-04-24 |
| BALDWIN, Graham, Professor | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2014-08-17 |
| BAUGH, Philip James, Mr. | Director | 1993-10-25 | 2001-02-23 |
| BIRCH, Clifford Eastwood | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| BOOTH, Brian George | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| BRUCE, Margaret Alison, Professor | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2013-03-06 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Roy Darren | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1999-10-18 |
| DONNELLY, Isabel Maria Janeira | Director | 2012-09-26 | 2017-06-19 |
| EXLEY, Deborah Karen | Director | 2004-02-16 | 2004-06-07 |
| FAULKNER, Malcolm George | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2001-02-23 |
| HAMBLIN, David John | Director | 2005-10-11 | 2009-01-21 |
| HARDMAN, Graham Arthur | Director | 2010-05-20 | 2014-04-17 |
| HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Michael Ian | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2003-12-07 |
| HAYTHORNTHWAITE, Michael Ian | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| HEALD, Paul Gerrard | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2004-05-07 |
| HYETT, Peter Andrew | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2012-01-31 |
| JONES, Allison Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2018-11-02 |
| LANCASTER, Nicholas James, Dr | Director | 2010-02-23 | 2012-03-31 |
| LEWIS, Leonard John | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2005-07-06 |
| LONSDALE, John William Edward | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2018-09-12 |
| LUSTY, James Richard, Professer | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1999-10-18 |
| MACKEITH, Margaret Anne | Director | 1995-11-01 | 1996-05-07 |
| MCVICAR, Malcolm Thomas, Dr | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2005-07-06 |
| MINTEN, John Herbert, Dr | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2012-09-10 |
| MULLEN, Bede | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2005-07-06 |
| MURPHY, Eileen Mary | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| REID, Deborah Karen | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2012-07-16 |
| REID, Deborah Karen | Director | 2005-07-06 | 2010-05-11 |
| RIDINGS, Kenneth, Professor | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1997-11-11 |
| ROBSON, Philip John | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| ROE, Frank Edwin | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1995-07-31 |
| ROFF, Alan Edward | Director | 2003-12-08 | 2005-07-06 |
| ROFF, Alan Edward | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| TAN, Melinda, Dr | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2012-02-13 |
| TAYLOR, David Wilson | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centralan Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-08 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-08-08 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2025-08-08 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2026-05-06 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-20 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-20 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-08 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-08-08 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2025-08-08 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-23.3%
£942,930 £722,965
-
Cash
-19%
£1,224,811 £991,627
-
Net assets
+10.1%
£201,126 £221,371
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+22.6%
£162,177 £198,859
-
Profit before tax
+17.7%
£192,248 £226,256
-
Wages
+3%
£8,000 £8,239
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