UNIVERSITIES UK

1. UNIVERSITIES UK 2000-12-05 → present
2. COMMITTEE OF VICE-CHANCELLORS AND PRINCIPALS OF THEUNIVERSITIES OF THEUNITED KINGDOM 1990-06-29 → 2000-12-05

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

HaysMac 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 group'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.”

Group structure

1. UNIVERSITIES UK · parent
   1. Woburn House Conference Centre Ltd 100% · UK · operation of the conference facilities at Woburn House
   2. Medical Schools Council · UK · promote, encourage and develop medical schools in the UK and thereby advance education for the public benefit
   3. MSC Assessment · UK · advance medical education for the benefit of the public including by the preparation, validation, accreditation, conduct and administration of any tests, examinations or other systems of assessing, evaluating and recording any aspect of medical education and training

Significant events

• “2024-25 was the final year of Professor Dame Sally Mapstone's presidency. Over the term of her presidency, she has championed the strength of our sector and has successfully built strong, productive relationships across both the current and previous governments.”
• “Early in the year we concluded the transfer of USS employer representative responsibility to UCEA. This was the culmination of many years careful work with UCEA and USS to hand over this responsibility to achieve the aim of having one organisation supporting the sector on pensions.”
• “The final piece of work achieved in September 2025 was the transfer of the funding Universities UK had raised from the largest USS employers for a Governance Review of the USS pension scheme.”
• “During the year £934,000 was transferred to UCEA for the review of USS governance completing the work to transfer the USS employer representative responsibilities to UCEA, making that organisation the strategic lead for pensions across the sector.”
• “The external political environment created a need to find the resources to support reactive work - the protection of the graduate route, geopolitical events, responding to attacks on the value of higher education and developing support for a sector experiencing financial instability.”

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

Filings

15

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -6.3%

  £19,128,000 → £17,927,000

• Cash

  +16.1%

  £1,930,000 → £2,240,000

• Net assets

  -7.5%

  £9,663,000 → £8,942,000

• Employees

  +1.9%

  162 → 165

• Wages

  +0.8%

  £8,038,000 → £8,106,000

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