KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BUSINESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+98.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2
0% vs 2024
Employees
264
+6.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£293K
-37.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BUSINESS LIMITED 2007-02-19 → present
- KCL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1992-10-28 → 2007-02-19
- PRECIS (1141) LIMITED 1992-05-13 → 1992-10-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,150,147 | £16,860,450 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £466,466 | £292,756 | |
| Net profit | £457,218 | £283,891 | |
| Cash | £885,259 | £1,754,520 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2 | £2 | |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 | |
| Equity | £2 | £2 | |
| Average employees | 247 | 264 | |
| Wages | £11,047,418 | £12,191,954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 2.8% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.98x | 0.92x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOXMORE, Lucy | Secretary | 2023-08-07 | — | — |
| ACE, Malcolm James | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jul 1962 | British |
| COOK OBE, Jeremy Paul | Director | 2025-05-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| LEAKE, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2014-09-16 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WRIGHT, Gareth | Director | 2023-10-05 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUICKSHANK, Simon Szpytko | Secretary | 2019-07-23 | 2023-06-30 |
| HARRISON, John Scott | Secretary | 2014-12-19 | 2018-03-26 |
| HARRISON, John Scott | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| JEREMIAH, Keith Morgan | Secretary | 2005-08-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| KIRPALANI, Bal Kirshin | Secretary | 1994-01-01 | 2005-07-31 |
| KIRPALANI, Bal Kirshin | Secretary | 1992-10-07 | 1992-11-02 |
| MAHARAJ, Mervyn | Secretary | 1992-11-02 | 1994-01-01 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-05-22 | 1992-10-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-05-13 | 1992-05-22 |
| BALL, David Owen | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1999-12-31 |
| BAUM, Harold, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1994-08-01 |
| BROWN, Margaret Louise, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1996-07-31 |
| CAMPBELL, Alison Fiona, Dr | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| CLARKE, Michael, Professor | Director | 2004-07-21 | 2007-12-31 |
| COX, Christopher Barry, Professor | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1992-11-02 |
| CREAGH, Ian Miller | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2016-10-04 |
| DANDEKER, Christopher, Professor | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2008-07-29 |
| FREEDMAN, Lawrence David, Sir | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2008-09-15 |
| GAINSFORD, Ian Derek, Sir | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1997-09-30 |
| GRIFFITHS, Richard Mathias, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1994-11-07 |
| HAYDAY, Adrian Clive, Professor | Director | 2004-07-21 | 2007-12-31 |
| HIDER, Robert Charles, Prof | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| HILL, Robert Mount, Professor | Director | 1994-08-01 | 1997-09-30 |
| IFE, Barry William, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 2004-08-31 |
| JACOBS, Susan Lucy | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2003-08-01 |
| KELLY, Frank James, Professor | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| KENNEDY, Ian Mccoll, Sir | Director | 1993-11-18 | 1997-04-23 |
| KENT, Annie Louise Vyvyan | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2023-07-31 |
| LARGE, Stephen | Director | 2000-06-06 | 2025-05-01 |
| LIEVESLEY, Denise Anne, Professor | Director | 2009-05-19 | 2011-11-30 |
| LOVESTONE, Simon, Professor | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| LUCAS, Arthur Maurice, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 2003-09-30 |
| MORSE, Christopher George John, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1993-11-18 |
| MORSE, Robin, Professor | Director | 1997-05-12 | 1998-04-23 |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2014-09-16 | 2021-04-15 |
| MOTTERSHEAD, Christopher John | Director | 2008-09-15 | 2011-11-30 |
| NEWSON, Linda Ann, Professor | Director | 1997-05-12 | 1998-04-18 |
| PARKER, Peter Joseph, Professor | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| PIKE, Edward Roy, Professor | Director | 1992-11-02 | 1994-08-01 |
| QUEST, Caroline Anne | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2004-09-01 |
| RICE-EVANS, Catherine Anne, Professor | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2003-12-01 |
| SIMS, Malcolm Leslie | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2004-03-30 |
| SLADE, William Charles | Director | 1992-10-07 | 1998-04-23 |
| TEBBETT, Ian Edward, Dr | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2019-10-31 |
| WHITFIELD, Philip John, Professor | Director | 1998-06-15 | 2004-10-20 |
| WILIAM, Dylan | Director | 1996-11-11 | 1998-04-23 |
| YIANNESKIS, Michael, Professor | Director | 2004-10-20 | 2007-12-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-05-13 | 1992-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-08-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£16,150,147 £16,860,450
-
Cash
+98.2%
£885,259 £1,754,520
-
Net assets
0%
£2 £2
-
Employees
+6.9%
247 264
-
Profit before tax
-37.2%
£466,466 £292,756
-
Wages
+10.4%
£11,047,418 £12,191,954
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