LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
-4.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£183M
+7.1% vs 2024
Employees
644
+0.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY 2005-08-22 → present
- LIVERPOOL HOPE 1997-10-13 → 2005-08-22
- LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION 1996-11-29 → 1997-10-13
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 | £54,899,312 | £54,752,640 | |
| Operating profit | -£624,073 | -£1,052,098 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £4,467,221 | £12,092,943 | |
| Cash | £12,154,694 | £11,634,402 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,967,408 | £184,645,223 | |
| Net assets | £170,437,897 | £182,530,840 | |
| Equity | £170,437,897 | £182,530,840 | |
| Average employees | 642 | 644 | |
| Wages | £27,729,629 | £28,273,212 |
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 | -1.1% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 22.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.6% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 3.46x | |
| Interest cover | -3.52x | -6.70x |
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)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the Council considers to be appropriate for the following reasons. The University has prepared a financial model and cash flow forecasts for a period up to July 2027 which takes account of severe but plausible scenarios. After reviewing the assumptions underpinning these forecasts, the Council is of the opinion that the University will have sufficient funds to meet their liabilities as they fall due, over the period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements (the going concern assessment period). ... Consequently, the Council is confident that the University will have sufficient funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Introduction of new programmes to our portfolio and enhanced postgraduate offer.”
- “Launch of degree apprenticeship programmes.”
- “Approval of a new Digital Strategy.”
- “Collaboration with Malvern International to establish Liverpool Hope International Study Centre.”
- “Secured £635,418 of funding from the Office for Students (OfS) to set up a Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship provision.”
- “Commencement of main works for Gerard Manley Hopkins (GMH) decarbonisation in June 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
19 active · 81 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTERALL, Andrew Francis | Secretary | 2024-11-12 | — | — |
| LEYSHON, James | Secretary | 2026-04-29 | — | — |
| ALDERMAN, Timothy James Valentine | Director | 2021-08-02 | Mar 1966 | British |
| BARRETT-BAXENDALE, Denise, Professor | Director | 2025-12-24 | May 1971 | British |
| BEEVER, Jane Ann | Director | 2017-08-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
| BOGGAN, Gillian Elizabeth | Director | 2024-10-22 | Dec 1960 | British |
| DAWE, Nicholas Harry William | Director | 2024-07-23 | Dec 1957 | British |
| DJABATEY, Edwin Ameuda, Dr | Director | 2021-09-03 | Dec 1957 | British |
| FELTON, Geoffrey, Reverend | Director | 2023-01-30 | Feb 1968 | British |
| HAUGHAN, Penny, Dr | Director | 2019-09-25 | Sep 1963 | British |
| MARTIN-WRIGHT, Lesley Carol | Director | 2021-08-02 | Sep 1957 | British |
| MCCOY, Christopher, Fr | Director | 2014-09-16 | Jan 1953 | British |
| MEIR, Sarah Louise | Director | 2025-10-23 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MILL, Elisabeth | Director | 2025-07-04 | Aug 2002 | British |
| NEIL, Peter Sydney, Rev Canon Professor | Director | 2024-10-03 | Apr 1962 | British |
| RAPER, Paula | Director | 2020-08-12 | Sep 1970 | British |
| SHACKLETON, Deborah Frances | Director | 2022-10-13 | Sep 1952 | British |
| TOWNLEY, Steven Walter | Director | 2023-09-11 | May 1959 | British |
| WALLER-FLYNN, Peter James | Director | 2025-01-28 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 81 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONELAN, Graham | Secretary | 2006-03-06 | 2017-11-29 |
| DYKINS, Derrick Nigel | Secretary | 2017-12-01 | 2024-11-12 |
| GRAYSON, Anatol Gregory | Secretary | 1996-11-29 | 2006-03-03 |
| ANDERSON, Sheryl Milanda, The Reverend Doctor | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2021-07-12 |
| ATLAY, Robert David, Dr | Director | 2004-10-12 | 2010-07-31 |
| BAKER, Hannah Elizabeth | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| BATEY, Darren John | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| BAYES, Paul, Rt Revd | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2022-03-25 |
| BELL, Derek, Professor | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1999-07-31 |
| BENNETT, John Michael, Dr | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2020-08-12 |
| BENSON, Eleanor | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| BIGNOLD, Wendy Jane, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| BISHOP, Kathleen Elizabeth, Sister | Director | 2005-02-25 | 2014-07-31 |
| BLACKBURN, Richard Finn, Right Reverend | Director | 2009-11-24 | 2014-04-10 |
| BLACKIE, Zoran Charles | Director | 1998-08-28 | 1999-07-31 |
| BOUNDS, Geraldine Amy | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2002-05-08 |
| BRINE, Stephen | Director | 1997-09-24 | 1998-07-31 |
| BRINKMAN, John, Dr | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| BROMAGE, Nigel Alan | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2007-07-31 |
| BROOKES, Steven David, The Reverend | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2010-01-12 |
| BROWN, Walter Kenneth | Director | 2003-12-16 | 2010-07-31 |
| BUTLER, Sinead | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| CARRINGTON, Claudia Francesca | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2006-04-30 |
| CHAPMAN, Jennifer Carol | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2005-07-31 |
| CHARLES-MURRAY, Mary, Sr | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2020-08-12 |
| CHUBB, James Cecil, Dr | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| CLARKSON, Gwendoline Jean | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1999-07-31 |
| CLEARY, Ann | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1997-06-29 |
| COCKRAM, Laura Jane | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2001-07-31 |
| COGLEY, Martin Francis | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| CORBETT, Jane Mary Sandford, Cllr | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2021-11-23 |
| COSTELLO, Anne-Marie | Director | 2021-09-09 | 2024-09-07 |
| COX, Kira | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| COXHEAD, John Brian | Director | 1997-06-24 | 2005-07-31 |
| COYNE, John Bernard Cowan | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2006-07-31 |
| DARBY, Catherine Mary, Sister | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2004-09-20 |
| DEVINE, John Peter, Rev Mgr | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2017-07-31 |
| DOOLIN, Feidhelm Anthony | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2019-07-10 |
| DOVE, Claire Frances | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2003-07-31 |
| ELFORD, Robert John, The Revd Canon Dr | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2004-07-31 |
| ENOCH, Randall Evans | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2007-07-31 |
| FALLON, Christopher Anthony, Revd | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| FERRY, Clive Andrew James | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2011-07-31 |
| GALLAGHER, Sean Matthew | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2006-04-07 |
| GILBERTSON, Michael John | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2019-07-10 |
| HARDING, Marjorie Mary, Dr | Director | 1996-12-05 | 1997-11-29 |
| HARRISON, Stuart Mcgregor | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| HAUGHAN, Penelope Anne, Dr | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| HULME, Simon Jeremy, Dr | Director | 2015-10-13 | 2021-04-28 |
| JENNINGS, David Willfred Michael, The Right Reverend | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| JOBLING, J'Annine Ann, Dr | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2008-07-31 |
| JOHNSON, Jack David | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| JONES, James Stuart, Right Reverend | Director | 1998-11-29 | 2002-01-11 |
| JONES, Susan Helen, Very Reverend Dr | Director | 2019-11-26 | 2025-07-31 |
| KELLAWAY, John Walton, Dr | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2002-07-31 |
| KELLEHER, Eileen, Sister | Director | 1996-11-29 | 2008-07-31 |
| KELLY, Patrick Altham, Most Reverend | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2002-01-21 |
| KEMP, Richard Charles | Director | 2006-10-17 | 2009-07-31 |
| LEE, Simon Francis, Professor | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2003-08-31 |
| LOVERIDGE, Andrew Robert | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2011-07-31 |
| LOWRY, Chris | Director | 2006-05-02 | 2007-07-31 |
| MALONE, Vincent, Bishop | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2004-07-31 |
| MARSDEN, John Alan | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| MCCANN, Christine Byrne | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2010-07-31 |
| MCCLELLAND, Winifred Joan, Dr | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2020-08-12 |
| MCCLELLAND, Winifred Joan, Dr | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| MCDAID, Maggie | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2002-07-31 |
| MCFARLANE, Susan Yvonne | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2010-07-31 |
| MCKAY ELLIS, Jean | Director | 2020-08-12 | 2023-08-01 |
| MCKNIGHT, Maureen, Sr | Director | 2017-08-01 | 2020-08-28 |
| MCLAUGHLIN COOK, Anthony Neil | Director | 2002-04-05 | 2005-07-31 |
| MEHARRY, Erin O'Neil | Director | 2022-07-12 | 2023-08-14 |
| MILLS, Charles Gerard | Director | 2010-10-14 | 2021-07-12 |
| MILLS, Elizabeth Joy | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2003-03-24 |
| MORELAND, Joseph Patrick, Lieutenant Colonel | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2007-07-31 |
| MULLIN, Patricia Mary | Director | 1996-12-05 | 2004-07-31 |
| NAGAR, Atulya Kumar, Professor | Director | 2023-02-06 | 2024-07-31 |
| NAGAR, Atulya Kumar, Professor | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| NAYLOR, Arthur, Dr | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2023-09-20 |
| NEWPORT, Kenneth George Charles, Revd Canon Professor | Director | 2018-11-27 | 2022-11-28 |
| NORBURY, John Douglas | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2025-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 393 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-0.3%
£54,899,312 £54,752,640
-
Cash
-4.3%
£12,154,694 £11,634,402
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£170,437,897 £182,530,840
-
Employees
+0.3%
642 644
-
Operating profit
-68.6%
-£624,073 -£1,052,098
-
Wages
+2%
£27,729,629 £28,273,212
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