CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-18 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£953K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2025-07-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,010,015 | £12,340,397 | |
| Operating profit | £335,153 | £764,691 | |
| Profit before tax | £597,962 | £1,000,209 | |
| Net profit | £597,962 | £1,000,209 | |
| Cash | £1,063,006 | £953,432 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,262 | £1,001,471 | |
| Equity | £1,262 | £1,001,471 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 3.3% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.14x |
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
- PEM Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company, the University of Cambridge. The directors have received confirmation that the University of Cambridge intends to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINGLE, Sam | Secretary | 2023-07-11 | — | — |
| GLASHEEN, James Walter, Dr | Director | 2024-11-15 | Dec 1967 | American |
| SEABRIGHT, Paul James, Dr | Director | 2010-12-14 | Jan 1966 | British |
| ZEFFMAN, Amanda Tracey, Dr | Director | 2015-03-31 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Helen Margaret | Secretary | 2006-03-20 | 2006-10-13 |
| MEAD, Timothy John, Dr | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2007-11-01 |
| NICHOLLS, Jonathan William, Dr | Secretary | 2007-11-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| RAMPTON, Emma | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2023-07-11 |
| WARREN, Suzanne | Secretary | 2006-10-13 | 2007-03-01 |
| GLADDEN, Lynn Faith, Professor | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| JENNINGS, Richard Charles, Dr | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2015-03-31 |
| LESLIE, Ian Malcolm, Professor | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2009-12-31 |
| NEELY, Andrew David, Professor | Director | 2017-03-24 | 2023-12-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Diarmuid, Dr | Director | 2021-04-20 | 2025-08-31 |
| RAVEN, Anthony, Dr | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2021-08-23 |
| SLATER, Nigel Kenneth Harry, Professor | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Julie Christina | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2006-10-13 |
| WILLEY, Teri Frances | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2011-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Enterprise Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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