COVENTRY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+28.2% vs 2024
Employees
252
-16% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£960K
-4.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COVENTRY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LIMITED 2011-10-12 → present
- COVENTRY COLLEGE LIMITED 2011-09-21 → 2011-10-12
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 | £21,123,000 | £20,323,000 | |
| Operating profit | £998,000 | £956,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,001,000 | £960,000 | |
| Net profit | £964,000 | £833,000 | |
| Cash | £3,006,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,353,000 | £1,678,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,309,000 | £1,678,000 | |
| Equity | £1,309,000 | £1,678,000 | |
| Average employees | 300 | 252 | |
| Wages | £12,570,000 | £11,446,000 |
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 | 4.7% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 73.8% | 57.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.24x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In preparing the financial statements, the Directors are required to form a view on the appropriateness of preparing the accounts on a going concern basis. In order to be considered a going concern, an entity must consider that it has sufficient resources to continue in operation for a period of at least 12 months after the signing of these financial statements. Key to this, is having sufficient cash to pay liabilities as these fall due. This assessment is based on cash flow forecasts that cover the period up to 31 July 2027 (the "going concern assessment period").”
Significant events
- “From 3 March 2022, an unlimited bank cross guarantee was agreed between the Company and its parent University.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISHMAN, John Martin | Director | 2022-04-01 | Mar 1959 | Irish |
| FRIEND, Aidan Mark | Director | 2024-05-31 | Mar 1966 | British |
| JONES, Geraint Paul | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| WELLS, Richard Peter Kerwin | Director | 2022-07-22 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLONER, Matthew | Secretary | 2013-11-05 | 2017-12-29 |
| FULFORD, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2019-11-18 | 2023-05-04 |
| TOWNS, Gemma Louise | Secretary | 2018-06-07 | 2019-06-24 |
| ALCOCK, Nigel John | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2018-10-09 |
| ATKINS, Madeleine Julia, Professor | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2013-11-28 |
| CARTER, Simon Charles | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2022-07-22 |
| COLTMAN, Larry | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| DALY, Guy Bernard Joseph, Professor | Director | 2020-02-12 | 2022-03-31 |
| DISHMAN, John Martin | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2018-08-02 |
| DOBSON, Joanne Kay | Director | 2024-06-07 | 2025-09-01 |
| DUNN, Ian Keith, Prof | Director | 2011-10-28 | 2022-07-22 |
| FITZPATRICK, Michael Edward, Professor | Director | 2022-07-22 | 2024-05-31 |
| FROST, David Stuart | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2022-07-22 |
| GALLIFORD, Stephen John | Director | 2022-07-22 | 2026-02-06 |
| HORNER, Susan Margaret, Dr | Director | 2020-09-02 | 2022-07-22 |
| KENDALL, Donna Marie | Director | 2022-07-22 | 2024-05-31 |
| LATHAM, John, Professor | Director | 2014-01-20 | 2016-01-21 |
| MAJITHIA, Anil Kalyanji | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, Ian Mitchell, Professor | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2020-02-16 |
| OWEN, Nicholas Richard, Dr | Director | 2020-09-02 | 2021-08-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Alan, Prof | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2015-08-31 |
| ROSE, Yvonne Merice | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2022-07-22 |
| SOUTTER, David George Michael | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2016-03-31 |
| THOMAS, Peter James | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2017-04-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry University Higher Education Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-
Turnover
-3.8%
£21,123,000 £20,323,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+28.2%
£1,309,000 £1,678,000
-
Employees
-16%
300 252
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£998,000 £956,000
-
Profit before tax
-4.1%
£1,001,000 £960,000
-
Wages
-8.9%
£12,570,000 £11,446,000
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