ARDEN UNIVERSITY LIMITED

1. ARDEN UNIVERSITY LIMITED 2015-08-05 → present
2. RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1990-01-09 → 2015-08-05
3. INTEGRA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1989-12-07 → 1990-01-09

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared under the going concern concept which assumes that the company will be able to meet its liabilities when they fall due, at least from 12 months of signing and for the foreseeable future. In drawing this conclusion the directors have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts and have considered sensitivities and risks in this process, including considering a severe but plausible downside scenario, under which the group is able to meet its obligations as they fall due. In addition, a revolver facility is in place with funds available to the University if required.”

Group structure

1. ARDEN UNIVERSITY LIMITED · parent
   1. Resource Development International Limited 100% · United Kingdom · non-trading
   2. The Institute Of Business and Management Limited 100% · United Kingdom · non-trading
   3. Arden University GmbH 100% · Germany · non-trading

Significant events

• “On 26 June 2025, the University's intermediate parent company GAH Education Holding Limited signed an agreement for the disposal of 50% of its shareholding in the University's immediate parent company AU Bidco Limited. The transaction completed on 13 October 2025 following approval from regulatory authorities. As such, Arden University Limited's ultimate parent companies and controlling parties are now jointly Global University System Holdings BV and Brightstar Capital Partners. The management of the University welcome the opportunity for further growth and enhanced capabilities that will ultimately support our aim of providing students with the best experience possible during their time with Arden University.”
• “In August 2025, the Directors of the University, via a special resolution, made a solvency statement in accordance with Section 643 of the Companies Act 2006 in order to reduce the company's share capital from £12,720,481 to £1, by reducing the nominal value of each ordinary share in the capital of the company from £1.00 to £0.00000008.”
• “The Directors of the University also made an ordinary resolution, such that subject to the above special resolution being passed and the capital reduction becoming effective, a distribution be declared and made by the company to its immediate parent company, AU Bidco Limited, consisting of the release of £141,700,000 of debt owed to the company, pursuant to a unilateral promissory loan note issued by Interactive Pro Limited.”
• “Upon completion of the above transaction, an agreement was signed for Arden Bidco Limited, the immediate parent company of AU Bidco Limited, to access financing in the form of a £45 million revolver facility and a £530 million external loan. The intention is for Arden University Limited to become the obligor or guarantor for the financing arrangements, which are not expected to give rise to any going concern or liquidity issues in future.”

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

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +27.5%

  £189,437,000 → £241,467,000

• Cash

  -27.1%

  £42,093,000 → £30,688,000

• Net assets

  +64.5%

  £100,204,000 → £164,883,000

• Employees

  +16%

  1,131 → 1,312

• Operating profit

  +47.3%

  £53,415,000 → £78,657,000

• Profit before tax

  +48.9%

  £58,791,000 → £87,567,000

• Wages

  +20.1%

  £54,102,000 → £64,960,000

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