UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF STUDENTS

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Dains Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees believe the charity and group remain in a position to continue operating and have the capacity to meet all liabilities as they fall due. The Balance Sheet records Net Assets of £325.6k as at 31 July 2025 although this is low due to a pension deficit liability, payable over a twelve-year period to May 2037. This position has improved by £248.2k within the 2024/25 financial year and has improved cumulatively by £2.71m across the four-year period 2021/22 - 2024/25 compared to Net Liabilities of £2.39m reported as at 31 July 2021. The Guild benefits from significant annual grant funding from University of Birmingham and this funding is reviewed regularly, with a five-year funding agreement in place for the period 2022/23 - 2026/27. A more detailed statement regarding the Guild's Going Concern status is reported within the Accounting Policies section on page 24.”

Group structure

1. UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM GUILD OF STUDENTS · parent
   1. Guild Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Provision of external marketing services

Significant events

• “As part of the Guild's commercial review and strategy, in November 2025, the University of Birmingham Guild of Students and its trading subsidiary Guild Services Limited, entered into a franchise partnership to operate a food and beverage operation within a new JD Wetherspoon. This will replace the existing Joes Bar operation and will be ready to launch in late 2025/26.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

10

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +33.3%

  £84,042 → £112,034

• Cash

  +13.2%

  £1,016,819 → £1,150,730

• Net assets

  +320.6%

  £77,413 → £325,573

• Employees

  +3.9%

  331 → 344

• Profit before tax

  +0.7%

  £246,350 → £248,160

• Wages

  +4.2%

  £3,216,486 → £3,350,525

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