L.U.S.U. SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-12 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-29
Watchouts
Cash
£115K
-67.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£114K
-50.5% vs 2024
Employees
9
+12.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£117K
-126.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- L.U.S.U. SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED 2003-12-10 → present
- L.U.S.U. TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 1997-07-29 → 2003-12-10
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 | £2,566,387 | £2,411,319 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£51,508 | -£116,683 | |
| Net profit | -£51,508 | -£116,683 | |
| Cash | £351,258 | £114,786 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £231,108 | £114,425 | |
| Net assets | £231,108 | £114,425 | |
| Equity | £231,108 | £114,425 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 9 | |
| Wages | £263,528 | £293,298 |
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 | -2.0% | -4.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.0% | 47.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 2.10x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis. Based on budgeted and forecast, Balance Sheet and cashflow forecasts and receipt of a signed letter of financial support from the Parent, Lancaster University Students' Union, for which covers at least 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Current trading prospects, operational risks and working capital requirements are also reviewed. The directors will closely monitor the number of attendances, profit margin and overheads.”
Significant events
- “The company ceased trading from its retail outlet at the end of the financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTTAM, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 2025-09-10 | — | — |
| ASHRAF, Misbah | Director | 2019-12-19 | Feb 1988 | British,Pakistani |
| GILLETT, Lizzy | Director | 2025-06-28 | Feb 2003 | British |
| O' CEALLAIGH, Rory Frederick | Director | 2025-06-28 | Oct 2000 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASKHAM, Vicki Leanne | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | 2010-03-12 |
| GARDNER, Michael James | Secretary | 1997-07-29 | 2006-05-08 |
| MORGAN-JONES, Jane Louise | Secretary | 2010-03-01 | 2025-09-10 |
| AITKEN, Stewart | Director | 1999-06-28 | 2000-06-30 |
| ASKHAM, Vicki Leanne | Director | 2006-05-08 | 2010-03-12 |
| BRANCH, Dwayne Fabian Cuthbert | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2006-06-30 |
| CAMP, Anthony Mark | Director | 2024-04-09 | 2025-04-16 |
| CHEESEWRIGHT, Thomas Frederick | Director | 1998-06-29 | 1999-06-25 |
| CLAYSON, Laura | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2015-06-26 |
| COLEMAN, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2008-06-28 | 2009-06-26 |
| DANBY, Liam Joseph | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-07-04 |
| ELKINS, Mark | Director | 1998-06-29 | 1999-06-25 |
| ELLIOTT, Peter Richard | Director | 1997-07-29 | 2013-09-30 |
| ELLIS, India | Director | 2021-06-26 | 2023-06-30 |
| ENNIS, Martin Towyn | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2005-06-24 |
| EVANS, Cerys | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-04-04 |
| FAIRLEY, Damon | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2015-06-26 |
| FREEMAN, Matthew Ben | Director | 2004-06-28 | 2005-06-24 |
| GARDINER, George, Mr. | Director | 2011-06-25 | 2012-07-01 |
| GARDNER, Michael James | Director | 1997-07-29 | 2006-04-07 |
| GEDDES, Claire Louise | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-11-19 |
| GHOSH, Atree | Director | 2020-06-27 | 2021-06-25 |
| HARRISON, Abigail Lucy Georgina | Director | 1997-07-29 | 1998-06-26 |
| HATCH, Victoria | Director | 2020-05-04 | 2020-06-26 |
| HEDLEY, William | Director | 2015-06-27 | 2016-06-24 |
| JOHNSTON, Andrew Keith | Director | 2009-06-27 | 2010-06-25 |
| JOHNSTON, William | Director | 2005-06-27 | 2006-06-30 |
| LLYSTYN JONES, Rhiannon | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2019-06-28 |
| LLYSTYN JONES, Rhiannon | Director | 2016-06-25 | 2017-07-01 |
| MARTIN, Elizabeth | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2013-06-30 |
| MASSY, Robert | Director | 1999-06-28 | 2000-06-30 |
| MCEVOY, Guy Christian | Director | 1997-07-29 | 1998-06-26 |
| MCGRATH, Patricia | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-06-28 |
| MITCHELL, Samuel Paul Steward | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2001-06-30 |
| MORGAN-JONES, Jane Louise | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2024-04-09 |
| MOULES, Elizabeth Jane | Director | 2003-07-04 | 2004-06-25 |
| NETTLEFORD, Warren James | Director | 2003-07-04 | 2004-06-25 |
| NUTTALL, George Samuel | Director | 2019-06-29 | 2020-05-01 |
| OWEN, Huw | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2001-06-30 |
| PALMER, Susan Katherine | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2007-06-29 |
| PAYNE, Michael Richard | Director | 2008-06-28 | 2010-06-25 |
| PICKLES, Robert Philip George | Director | 2010-06-26 | 2011-06-24 |
| POULTON, Graeme Ian | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2007-06-29 |
| PRYDDERCH, Hannah Jane | Director | 2019-06-29 | 2020-03-06 |
| PULLAN, Joel | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-29 |
| PULLAN, Laurence | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-29 |
| ROBINSON, Matthew Stewart | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2019-06-28 |
| ROBINSON, Oliver Anthony | Director | 2020-06-27 | 2022-06-30 |
| ROCA, Juan Timothy Charles | Director | 2007-06-30 | 2008-06-27 |
| SLATER, Callum Peter | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| SMITH, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2007-06-30 | 2008-06-27 |
| SMITH, Stephen | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2013-06-30 |
| STAPLETON, Thomas | Director | 2015-06-27 | 2016-06-24 |
| STEWART, Harrison Ian | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-06-28 |
| STUBBS, Gareth | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2003-07-04 |
| TARIF, Sophie | Director | 2016-06-25 | 2017-07-01 |
| TRUMBLE, Oliver Douglas | Director | 2011-06-25 | 2012-07-01 |
| WATSON, Jack William | Director | 2025-04-04 | 2025-06-28 |
| WINDSOR, Matthew Ross | Director | 2010-06-26 | 2011-06-24 |
| WOODTHORPE, Katharine Victoria | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2002-06-28 |
| WOOLF, Joshua | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| YOUNIS, Qasim Sadaf | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster University Students' Union | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2017-08-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
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Turnover
-6%
£2,566,387 £2,411,319
-
Cash
-67.3%
£351,258 £114,786
-
Net assets
-50.5%
£231,108 £114,425
-
Employees
+12.5%
8 9
-
Profit before tax
-126.5%
-£51,508 -£116,683
-
Wages
+11.3%
£263,528 £293,298
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