UNIVERSITY OF ST MARK & ST JOHN
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-17 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-03
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-14.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+9.6% vs 2024
Employees
297
-2.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+212.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIVERSITY OF ST MARK & ST JOHN 2013-02-19 → present
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH ST MARK & ST JOHN 2011-05-16 → 2013-02-19
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 | £29,263,000 | £42,286,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,221,000 | £3,395,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,695,000 | £3,022,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,695,000 | £3,022,000 | |
| Cash | £6,771,000 | £5,803,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,055,000 | £45,402,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,203,000 | £38,574,000 | |
| Equity | £35,203,000 | £38,574,000 | |
| Average employees | 306 | 297 | |
| Wages | £12,251,000 | £11,491,000 |
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 | -7.6% | 8.0% | |
| Net margin | -9.2% | 7.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.3% | 7.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.8% | 34.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | -4.56x | 7.82x |
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
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board of Governors has a responsibility to assess the ability of the University to continue trading and present its financial statements on a going concern basis. After making appropriate and extensive enquiries, the University Board of Governors considers that the University has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSITY OF ST MARK & ST JOHN · parent
- Marjon (South West) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The University-wide Athena Swan Bronze accreditation, which recognises our commitment to advancing gender equality in higher education.”
- “Completion of our new Health and Wellbeing Hub facility, open to students, staff and the public from September 2025.”
- “Plymouth Marjon University's new apprenticeship provision was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in its first inspection, with the report published in June 2025.”
- “The inaugural year for Teach Talk! enabled four events on (i) innovative assessment, (ii) integrating technology into teaching, (iii) inclusive teaching practices, and (iv) Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to take place.”
- “National recognition after being awarded the highest possible rating, 3-star status, in the BUCS Football Accredited Universities programme.”
- “Successfully bid for a BERA & Kusuma Trust collaborating with University of Salford and Plymouth City Council Youth Services and Poole Farm entitled: 'Bridging Worlds: blending organic and co-created digital environments to support neurodivergent young people in mainstream education'.”
- “Launched a new partnership with AIC Sri Lanka to launch BA Early Childhood Education and Care top-up, MA Education with Early Childhood, and BSc Psychological Studies top-up courses.”
- “New partnership that sees the Argyle Women's team make Plymouth Marjon their new home for the next two seasons.”
- “New partnership with the Barbican Theatre to bring an array of new shows and performances to the University's Quad Theatre.”
- “Working with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to use part of the Plymouth campus to become the new home of one of their Pain Management Clinics.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
17 active · 80 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADJEI, Steven Nuamah | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1972 | British |
| BARON, Michael John | Director | 2025-10-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| BOLT, Guy Sheer | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1981 | British |
| DAKIN, Timothy John, Right Reverend Dr | Director | 2025-10-01 | Feb 1958 | British |
| DOODSON, Katherine Mary | Director | 2020-01-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| GRIER, James Emerson, The Rt Rev'D | Director | 2023-08-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| HATTON, Victoria Elsie | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1983 | British |
| JONES, Charlie Lauren | Director | 2025-10-01 | Jan 1986 | British |
| LLEWELLYN, Mark Elliot, Professor | Director | 2024-12-01 | Dec 1979 | Welsh,British |
| PHILLIPS, Leah Beth, Dr | Director | 2025-11-01 | Oct 1984 | British,American |
| SCOTT, John Peter, Professor | Director | 2024-12-01 | Apr 1949 | British |
| TAYLOR, Claire Louise, Professor | Director | 2023-05-09 | Jun 1968 | British |
| TAYLOR, Isobella-Skye | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 2002 | British |
| WALLIS, Laura Kate, Dr | Director | 2023-10-01 | Aug 1987 | British |
| WATERFIELD, Peter Michael | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1987 | British |
| WESTERMAN, Jackie Dorothy | Director | 2021-01-29 | Jul 1971 | British |
| WILSON, Tatiana Maria Laura Rose Fidelis Columba, Reverend | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 80 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Karen Mary | Secretary | 2011-05-16 | 2017-12-31 |
| PLANT, Stephen | Secretary | 2020-01-16 | 2025-04-30 |
| STUART, Unity Faith | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2020-01-16 |
| AITCHISON, Cara Carmichael, Professor | Director | 2013-05-01 | 2016-10-01 |
| BAKER, Mike | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2019-07-10 |
| BARRY, Jonathan, Dr | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2016-07-09 |
| BAYLY, Richard Dion | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2019-11-01 |
| BENSON, Joseph Robert | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2012-07-05 |
| BORNE, Gregory, Dr | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2023-07-31 |
| BOYD, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| BRIDGETT, Louise Ruth | Director | 2023-06-30 | 2025-04-01 |
| BRIGHTMAN, Linda | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2016-07-01 |
| BROADFOOT, Patricia Mary, Professor | Director | 2014-09-19 | 2017-07-14 |
| BROWNLOW, Susan Ann, Dr | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2018-12-14 |
| CHANDLER, Ian Nigel, The Venerable | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2015-09-18 |
| COOPER, Margaret Ann | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2012-11-20 |
| COOPER, Susan Eileen, Dr | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| CRIDDLE OBE, Stephen Melville | Director | 2020-05-13 | 2023-05-12 |
| DOBSON, Benjamin John, Dr | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-08-02 |
| DRAPER, Jonathan Lee, The Very Reverend Doctor | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2017-01-01 |
| DUNBALL, Barbara Elizabeth | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-07-15 |
| DYER, John Henry | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-10-02 |
| EDMONDS, Catherine Elizabeth, Reverend | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2018-11-05 |
| EDWARDS, Lauren Rose | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| EVANS, Julie Marianne, Dr | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2017-05-02 |
| EVANS, Matthew William | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2024-11-25 |
| FORD, John Frank, The Rt Revd | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2013-11-13 |
| GEORGE-FOSTER, Lucinda Mary | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2013-03-27 |
| GIBSON, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 2013-07-05 | 2020-07-04 |
| GREENER, Pamela Anne | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2019-10-01 |
| GULZAR, Geoffery Burtrom Romail | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| HARRINGTON, Nicholas John | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2011-07-10 |
| HAWTIN, Alex James | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2024-08-01 |
| HEAP, Stephen Irvine, Reverend | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2013-10-03 |
| HIND, Patricia, Professor | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2024-12-01 |
| HOBSON, Stephen James | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-07-14 |
| HOLBROOK, Victoria Suzanne | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-09-01 |
| IVEY, Jacynth Althea | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2022-01-21 |
| JONES, Michelle Amanda, Professor | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-05-09 |
| KELEMEN, Carleen Tina | Director | 2011-10-14 | 2012-11-01 |
| KING, Christine Elizabeth, Professor | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2018-10-09 |
| LIDDELL, Zak Luke | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2016-07-08 |
| LINCOLN, Michael John | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2016-10-10 |
| MACNAIR, Mark Richard, Prf | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2012-07-30 |
| MANTELL, Philip Clive | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2015-09-18 |
| MCGILL, Elias | Director | 2016-07-08 | 2018-07-01 |
| MCKINNEL, Nicholas Howard Paul, Rt Reverend | Director | 2015-09-18 | 2021-09-24 |
| MILLS, Charles Richard | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2016-10-04 |
| MINTRAM, Will Jack Austin | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| MOFFATT, Christian | Director | 2013-07-20 | 2014-07-04 |
| MOUNSTEPHEN, Ruth Margaret Astley | Director | 2020-03-20 | 2023-09-12 |
| NAYLOR, Diana Marilyn | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-08-16 |
| NICHOLLS, Fiona | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| NOBLE, Margaret Kathleen, Professor | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-09-28 |
| PERHAM, Michael Francis, The Right Reverend | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-01-01 |
| PILBEAM, Bob | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2014-11-11 |
| PORTER, John Alan, Professor And Obe | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-05-15 |
| PRETTY, Derek William Methven | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2017-07-14 |
| RADFORD, Georgina Margaret, Reverend Professor | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| RAIKES, Graham Evan William Thair, Colonel (Retired) | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2025-07-11 |
| ROBERTS, Rhys William | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| RODHAM, Christopher Lonsdale | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2012-03-13 |
| ROWE, Nigel | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2017-07-14 |
| SALMON, Helen | Director | 2012-11-07 | 2015-09-18 |
| SEARSON, John Michael | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2023-04-01 |
| SHOEBRIDGE, Michele Indianna | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2020-04-20 |
| SHUM, Gary Lap Kei, Professor | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2022-11-01 |
| SMITH, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2016-03-18 |
| SORENSEN, Thelma Olive | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2015-03-31 |
| STEVENS, Richard Charles Barrington | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| SWIFT, Duncan Kenric | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2024-12-02 |
| TAMSETT-WHITE, Lynn Jean | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-09-24 |
| THEYER, Nigel Anthony | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2013-07-15 |
| TONNA-MORGAN, Esther Jane | Director | 2021-11-18 | 2024-03-22 |
| UPTON, Raymond Peter | Director | 2016-10-04 | 2018-09-16 |
| VAN DER LUGT, Emma Louise | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2025-07-01 |
| WARNER, Robert Ernest, Professor | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2023-01-01 |
| WHITBY, Daniel Menezes Rhodes | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2016-07-08 |
| WILLIAMS, Juliet Susan Durrant | Director | 2012-05-16 | 2015-11-19 |
| WILLIAMS, Liam | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Mark Elliot Llewellyn | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-12 | Active |
| Professor Claire Louise Taylor | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-05-09 | Active |
| Professor Michelle Amanda Jones | Individual | Significant influence | 2022-12-17 | Ceased 2023-05-09 |
| Colonel (Retired) Graham Evan William Thair Raikes | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-11-15 | Ceased 2025-07-12 |
| Mrs Emma Louise Van Der Lugt | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-09-19 | Ceased 2018-11-14 |
| Mr Raymond Peter Upton | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2018-09-16 |
| Professor Robert Ernest Warner | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2022-12-17 |
| Dr. Karen Mary Cook | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 241 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
+44.5%
£29,263,000 £42,286,000
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Cash
-14.3%
£6,771,000 £5,803,000
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Net assets
+9.6%
£35,203,000 £38,574,000
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Employees
-2.9%
306 297
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Operating profit
+252.9%
-£2,221,000 £3,395,000
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Profit before tax
+212.1%
-£2,695,000 £3,022,000
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Wages
-6.2%
£12,251,000 £11,491,000
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