THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
Cash
£26M
+9.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£57M
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
560
-3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-19.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £55,308,000 | £56,604,000 | |
| Operating profit | £766,000 | -£298,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,796,000 | £1,441,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,796,000 | £1,441,000 | |
| Cash | £23,228,000 | £25,503,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £53,761,000 | £56,934,000 | |
| Equity | £53,761,000 | £56,934,000 | |
| Average employees | 583 | 560 | |
| Wages | £26,137,000 | £26,631,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -0.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.7% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.84x | 3.71x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties that would cast significant doubt around the Group's and the Charitable Company's ability to operate as a going concern.”
Group structure
- THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE · parent
- UCAS Media Limited 1%
- UCAS Consultancy and Insights Limited 1%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, UCAS launched its new strategy - its Next Chapter.”
- “For the 2025 entry cycle, UCAS launched an application fee waiver for students who have been in receipt of Free School Meals during the last 6 years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 90 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YATES, Tessa Jane | Secretary | 2019-07-02 | — | — |
| BAILEY, Colin Gareth, Professor | Director | 2020-12-10 | Apr 1967 | British |
| CARVALHO, Patricia Ann | Director | 2022-05-09 | Jun 1962 | British |
| FELIX, Mark Benjamin | Director | 2019-09-01 | Nov 1978 | British |
| JARVIS, Alistair James Bradbury | Director | 2025-07-02 | May 1980 | British |
| KELLY, Daragh Michael | Director | 2024-10-24 | Jul 1975 | Irish |
| MILLER, Joanne Frances | Director | 2025-07-22 | Aug 1981 | British |
| MILLER FRSE, James Alexander, Professor | Director | 2023-07-18 | Mar 1964 | British |
| NORMINGTON, Catherine Jane, Professor | Director | 2025-07-17 | Aug 1964 | British |
| VAN WIJNGAARDEN, Justin James | Director | 2024-10-24 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 90 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNISH, Helen | Secretary | 2012-05-11 | 2017-12-22 |
| CURNOCK COOK, Mary Elizabeth | Secretary | 2011-04-09 | 2011-06-10 |
| LEE, Richard | Secretary | 2011-06-10 | 2012-01-13 |
| LEWIS, Graham Gerald | Secretary | 1993-11-01 | 2005-07-29 |
| OAKLEY, Philip Abercrombie | Secretary | 1993-07-27 | 1993-10-31 |
| SPITTLE, Michael John | Secretary | 2005-08-10 | 2011-04-08 |
| TRAINOR, Wendy Louise | Secretary | 2012-01-13 | 2012-05-11 |
| YOUNG, Danya | Secretary | 2017-12-22 | 2019-07-02 |
| ADELMAN, David Paul | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-03-06 |
| ALCOCK, Michael | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2009-09-30 |
| ASHDOWN, Paul | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2007-06-18 |
| ASHTON, David John, Dr | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2021-01-31 |
| ASTLE, Edward Morrison | Director | 2025-08-11 | 2026-02-20 |
| AXE, Julian Colin, Dr | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1997-07-31 |
| BARNETT, Richard Robert, Professor | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2003-07-31 |
| BATES, Simon John | Director | 2022-10-17 | 2025-07-02 |
| BEER, Janet Patricia, Dame | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2017-07-05 |
| BEER, Janet Patricia, Professor | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2013-04-19 |
| BEHRENS, Robert Fredrick | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2019-03-10 |
| BELL, Kenneth Lloyd, Professor | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2006-09-30 |
| BLACK, Norman David | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| BRISTOW, Stephen Leigh, Dr | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2002-06-14 |
| BROWN, CBE, Michael Alan, Prof | Director | 2001-03-16 | 2005-07-31 |
| BURGESS, Robert George, Professor Sir | Director | 2001-08-01 | 2011-07-31 |
| BURNS, Liam James | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-03-06 |
| BURSEY, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2005-07-31 |
| BUTCHER, David, Professor | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2013-03-06 |
| CALVERT, Benjamin Duncan, Dr | Director | 2023-08-21 | 2025-11-04 |
| CANNON, Steven John | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2012-06-30 |
| CARTER, Joy, Professor | Director | 2013-06-07 | 2020-12-10 |
| CAVES, Ian Bevan Tailby | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1997-03-26 |
| CHAMBERS, Thomas William | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2024-07-03 |
| CHAPMAN, Antony John, Professor | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2013-03-06 |
| CHESHIRE, Philip James, Dr | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2002-08-31 |
| CLARK, Roger Michael Geoffrey | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| CRYAN, Robert Anthony, Professor | Director | 2015-09-26 | 2018-09-20 |
| CRYER, Anthony, Professor | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2008-07-31 |
| CULLEN, Connie Jean | Director | 2006-12-08 | 2010-06-12 |
| CUTTING, Lynette Ann | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2013-03-06 |
| DIAMOND, Ian David, Sir | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| DOUGLAS-COWIE, Ellen, Professor | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2013-03-06 |
| DUNFORD, John Ernest, Sir | Director | 1994-05-06 | 1997-07-31 |
| EASTWOOD, David Stephen, Professor Sir | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2012-09-21 |
| FAWCETT, Richard Sperrin | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2001-12-31 |
| FIDDY, Robert, Professor | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| FLEMING, David Norman Frank, Professor | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2015-08-31 |
| FLEMING, David Norman Frank, Professor | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2013-04-19 |
| FORBES, Andrew Fraser | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2022-03-15 |
| FOSTER, Brian Robert | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| FOULDS, Allan Graham | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2012-12-07 |
| GLEDHILL, John Michael, Dr | Director | 2003-06-13 | 2006-09-11 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Michael, Dr | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2001-07-31 |
| GORMAN, Neil Thomson, Professor | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2013-03-06 |
| GROTE OBE, Terence Michael | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2016-06-13 |
| GROTE OBE, Terence Michael | Director | 2013-03-06 | 2013-04-19 |
| HEDGES, Miles Stuart | Director | 1998-05-18 | 1999-09-24 |
| HODDINOTT, Caroline | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-07-02 |
| HODSON, Peter Bryan | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1997-07-31 |
| HOPKINS, Neil Alan | Director | 2001-04-19 | 2009-04-18 |
| INGRAM, David John Edward, Professor | Director | 1993-07-27 | 1995-07-31 |
| IRVINE, John Maxwell, Professor | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2001-07-31 |
| JAMIESON, Ian Miller, Professor | Director | 1998-03-17 | 2001-07-31 |
| JESNICK, Michael David | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2009-02-02 |
| KERSHAW, Melvyn James, Dr | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2004-12-31 |
| KEYES, Timothy | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2011-12-31 |
| KING, Bernard, Prof | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-06-16 |
| KING, Christine Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2002-12-13 | 2007-07-24 |
| LAMBERTS, Koenraad, Professor | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2020-12-10 |
| LEAVER, John David, Professor | Director | 2005-12-09 | 2007-06-16 |
| LIVINGSTON, Roderick George | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1999-07-31 |
| MACKIE, Dugald Mabon | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2004-03-31 |
| MAKEPEACE, Eira Elizabeth | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| MAPSTONE, Sally Louise, Professor | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2023-07-11 |
| MARTIN, Nigel, Dr | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2005-07-31 |
| MCGEORGE, James, Dr | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2013-03-06 |
| MELVILLE, David, Sir | Director | 1995-09-29 | 1996-07-24 |
| MERRICK, Caragh | Director | 2013-04-19 | 2016-12-02 |
| MERRICK, Caragh | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-04-19 |
| MILLAR, Kathleen Iris, Dr | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2000-09-30 |
| MILLAR, Kathleen Iris, Dr | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1995-07-31 |
| MILLER, Michael Alan | Director | 1993-08-06 | 1997-07-31 |
| MORGAN, John Philip | Director | 2005-03-11 | 2012-06-20 |
| NELSON, Jane Catherine | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2013-03-06 |
| NEWMAN, Thomas Jack | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2022-08-24 |
| NICHOLSON, Michael George | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2006-10-20 |
| NORRIS-GREY, Kathryn Trudy | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2024-07-09 |
| OVERSHOTT, Kenneth James, Professor | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| PATON, Renee Bella, Dr | Director | 1995-09-29 | 1996-05-31 |
| PEARSON, Hugh Michael | Director | 1999-12-10 | 2007-12-09 |
| PECK, Edward William | Director | 2018-09-20 | 2025-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 459 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
+2.3%
£55,308,000 £56,604,000
-
Cash
+9.8%
£23,228,000 £25,503,000
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£53,761,000 £56,934,000
-
Employees
-3.9%
583 560
-
Operating profit
-138.9%
£766,000 -£298,000
-
Profit before tax
-19.8%
£1,796,000 £1,441,000
-
Wages
+1.9%
£26,137,000 £26,631,000
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