UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-04-30 (in 11mo)

Last filed for 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-05 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+104.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£3M

-1% vs 2024

Employees

+9.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£624K

-37.5% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED 2001-12-11 → present
PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED 1999-08-23 → 2001-12-11
SECONDMETAL LIMITED 1999-02-04 → 1999-08-23

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Turnover	£7,814,519	£6,357,738
Operating profit	£862,326	£529,525
Profit before tax	£999,091	£624,010
Net profit	£1,001,426	£633,318
Cash	£1,186,823	£2,428,487
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,961,865	£2,922,631
Net assets	£2,868,971	£2,839,045
Equity	£2,868,971	£2,839,045
Average employees	22	24
Wages	£671,671	£701,365

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	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Operating margin	11.0%	8.3%
Net margin	12.8%	10.0%
Return on capital employed	29.1%	18.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	43.2%	48.2%
Current ratio	1.70x	1.62x

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: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Board, after reviewing the Company's forecast for 2025/26 and future years, is of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH ENTERPRISE LIMITED · parent
1. Ebusiness South West Limited 10% · England and Wales · computer related activities and software publishing
2. Argans Limited 6% · England and Wales · conduct research and development on natural sciences and engineering
3. Crowdfunder Limited · Information technology service activities
4. Fieldwork Robotics Limited (FWR) 20% · England and Wales · robotics for automated harvesting of protected crops
5. The Vaccine Group Limited 44% · England and Wales · develop and market vaccines based on a new and highly durable DNA vaccine technology platform to prevent infectious diseases in animals
6. Molendotech Limited 22% · England and Wales · commercialisation of water contamination screening technology
7. Biovault Scientific Limited 13% · England and Wales · tissue banking services for both public and private sector organisations
8. Pulsiv Limited 37% · England and Wales · dramatically improve the performance of solar panels
9. Amprologix Limited 22% · England and Wales · develop and bring to market novel antimicrobials to tackle antibiotic resistance

Significant events

“68 new projects commenced in 2024-25 with a combined value of £2.5m. There were some delays in the transitioning of the contracting of research and consultancy activities into the University. From 1st August 2025, the majority of these new projects will be traded through the University.”

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

People

3 active · 48 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DAWSON, Adrian Laurence	Director	2017-11-01	May 1967	British
FIELDER, Julie Marie	Director	2024-09-18	Sep 1971	British
JONES, Kevin David, Professor	Director	2024-04-03	Aug 1960	British

Show 48 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CRABB, Sally	Secretary	2015-12-31	2024-11-03
CRABB, Sally Jane	Secretary	2005-09-26	2015-03-02
GREAVES, Claire Elizabeth	Secretary	1999-02-19	2001-12-07
HYLAND, Lynne	Secretary	2001-12-07	2003-09-30
LEONARD-MYERS, Robert Andrew	Secretary	2015-03-02	2015-12-31
REYNOLDS, Andrew Stephen	Secretary	2003-09-30	2005-09-29
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1999-02-04	1999-02-19
BAGGOTT, Robert Zebulon	Director	2007-02-14	2017-11-27
BANERJEE, Sube Sekhar, Professor	Director	2020-05-27	2022-03-16
BEER, Julian	Director	2007-02-14	2015-03-09
BEVERIDGE, Michael Colin, Professor	Director	2001-12-07	2003-09-30
BLACKSELL, Andrew Mark, Dr	Director	2002-03-21	2003-09-30
CHAPMAN, Wendy Jane	Director	2006-08-26	2011-05-13
CHUDLEY, John, Dr	Director	2004-03-29	2006-04-03
CLARKE, Richard Alan	Director	1999-02-19	2003-09-30
CLEMENTS, Archie Campbell Adair	Director	2022-10-05	2023-12-21
COPE, Robert John, Professor	Director	2001-12-07	2002-11-21
DAYBELL, James Richard Tyrrell, Professor	Director	2021-02-10	2022-03-16
EBDON, Leslie Colin, Professor Sir	Director	1999-07-27	2001-12-07
GREENSTED, Christopher Stanford, Professor	Director	2001-12-07	2003-09-30
GRIFFITHS, James	Director	2013-10-11	2016-06-28
HART, Malcolm Barrie, Professor	Director	1999-07-27	2002-03-21
HURRELL, Cheryl	Director	2010-09-29	2018-09-05
JARVIS, Alison Lorna	Director	2022-10-05	2024-04-12
JENNINGS, Barry Randall, Professor	Director	1999-07-27	2003-09-30
JONES, Kevin, Professor	Director	2017-03-08	2022-03-16
MATTHEWS, Alastair Sean	Director	2017-03-08	2020-11-09
MCFADZEN, Ian Robert Bruce	Director	2017-11-01	2019-11-29
NEY, Ursula Mary, Dr	Director	2020-07-15	2022-03-16
PARR-MORLEY, Louise	Director	2020-11-11	2022-06-30
PARRY, Anthony Victor	Director	2000-03-23	2003-09-30
PARSONS, Victor Philip	Director	1999-07-27	2003-09-30
PAYNE, Simon, Professor	Director	2015-09-02	2018-03-09
PEARCE, James Francis	Director	2001-12-07	2004-03-29
PHIPPEN, Andrew David, Professor	Director	2011-03-24	2013-10-11
PLAYFORD, Raymond John, Professor	Director	2012-11-28	2015-09-23
RAIKES, Graham Evan William Tudor	Director	2004-03-29	2008-09-05
REYNOLDS, Andrew Stephen	Director	2005-09-26	2006-12-22
ROBERTS, Jerry Alan, Professor	Director	2017-03-08	2022-10-05
ROWLAND, Steven, Professor	Director	2010-05-05	2012-07-31
SCHLEMMER, Stephen	Director	2004-03-29	2007-02-14
SCHLEMMER, Stephen	Director	2001-12-07	2003-09-30
TAYLOR, Mark John	Director	2003-09-30	2004-03-29
TILLEY, Sarah	Director	2005-09-26	2008-12-18
VICKERS, Steven Miles	Director	1999-07-27	2003-09-30
WATKINS, Mary Jane, Baroness	Director	2009-12-02	2012-07-31
WITTAMORE, Kenneth James	Director	1999-07-27	2001-12-07
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1999-02-04	1999-02-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 196 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-02-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-31	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-03-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-03	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-02-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-13	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-24	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-04-15	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-04-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-03-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-21	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-10-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-07-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-18.6%

£7,814,519 £6,357,738
Cash

+104.6%

£1,186,823 £2,428,487
Net assets

-1%

£2,868,971 £2,839,045
Employees

+9.1%

22 24
Operating profit

-38.6%

£862,326 £529,525
Profit before tax

-37.5%

£999,091 £624,010
Wages

+4.4%

£671,671 £701,365

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

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