UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND ENTERPRISES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+32.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-16.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£325K
-291.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1990-03-09 → present
- CLAIMZONE LIMITED 1990-01-29 → 1990-03-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,046,000 | £902,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£83,000 | -£325,000 | |
| Net profit | -£62,000 | -£289,000 | |
| Cash | £2,094,000 | £2,770,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,721,000 | £1,432,000 | |
| Equity | £1,721,000 | £1,432,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £307,000 | £455,000 |
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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -5.9% | -32.0% | |
| Current ratio | -3.39x | -1.86x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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 company has made a loss for the financial year ended 31 July 2024 including the SLA charge with the university. The company is however, in a strong cash position, with sufficient cash to be able to be able to operate and meets its debts as they fall due. The University has provided confirmation to the directors that it will provide financial support as required should the company require this to meet its liabilities up to at least 31 July 2026. The directors have confirmed that the University is capable of providing this financial support. Accordingly, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due until 31 July 2026 and consequently have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Ben | Director | 2018-07-11 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUTTING, Helen | Secretary | 2009-11-03 | 2017-05-26 |
| PACEY, John David | Secretary | — | 2009-08-14 |
| REVELEY, Doreen | Secretary | 2017-11-15 | 2025-08-15 |
| ANDERSON, John Norman | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2004-07-21 |
| ATKINSON, Shirley Anne, Emerita Professor Obe | Director | 2009-11-03 | 2017-07-07 |
| BROWN, Jeffrey Richard, Professor | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2006-07-31 |
| BURNS, Ian Maurice | Director | — | 2002-03-31 |
| DOUGLAS, Kenneth | Director | — | 1995-06-14 |
| FIDLER, Peter Michael, Professor | Director | 1998-04-19 | 2015-11-18 |
| HARBOTTLE, Stephen Thomas Lumley | Director | — | 1994-07-31 |
| HARRISON, Robert, Professor | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2002-11-29 |
| HAYWOOD, Martin Brian | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2004-12-31 |
| HOGG, Terence Maxwell | Director | 1993-12-01 | 2004-07-21 |
| IKWUE, Anthony, Dr | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2024-02-28 |
| KNIGHT, Stephen Colin | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2023-03-03 |
| MACDONALD, Gary James | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2016-05-18 |
| MOULD, John Robert | Director | — | 2000-11-22 |
| NEILSON, James Robert | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2003-09-30 |
| NEWITT, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2017-07-07 | 2018-03-05 |
| SMITH, Peter, Professor | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2006-12-31 |
| TIMMIS, Jon, Professor | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2023-12-04 |
| WRIGHT, Anne Margaret, Dr | Director | — | 1998-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-07-31 vs 2023-07-31
-
Turnover
-13.8%
£1,046,000 £902,000
-
Cash
+32.3%
£2,094,000 £2,770,000
-
Net assets
-16.8%
£1,721,000 £1,432,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-291.6%
-£83,000 -£325,000
-
Wages
+48.2%
£307,000 £455,000
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