THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-11 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+210.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£109M
+3% vs 2024
Employees
1,388
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+162.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED 2012-11-22 → present
- THE COLLEGE OF LAW LIMITED 2012-07-25 → 2012-11-22
- COL SUBCO NO.1 LIMITED 2012-02-02 → 2012-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £161,800,000 | £172,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,400,000 | £2,700,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,600,000 | £4,200,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,400,000 | £3,200,000 | |
| Cash | £4,800,000 | £14,900,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £156,600,000 | £170,600,000 | |
| Net assets | £105,400,000 | £108,600,000 | |
| Equity | £105,400,000 | £108,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,414 | 1,388 | |
| Wages | £67,700,000 | £67,300,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.7% | 56.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 0.80x | 0.84x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the University will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Group structure
- THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW LIMITED · parent
- The College of Law Services Limited 100%
- Central Law Training (Scotland) Limited 100%
- ULAW (UK) Limited 100%
- ULAW Hong Kong Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Our programme in Policing closed in 2025. ULaw continues to expand its portfolio beyond law and business with a new MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice and a BSc Computer Science programme both having their first intakes in FY25.”
- “We opened a new campus in April 2025 following a new arrangement with Hull University to deliver our post-graduate law programmes, whilst teaching out and closing our arrangement in May 2025 to deliver our programmes at The University of Chester.”
- “The partnership with the University of Europe, a German university within the Global University Systems group (GUS), of which ULaw is a member, was cancelled in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKSTOCK, Douglas | Director | 2022-01-03 | Oct 1961 | British |
| BLINOFF, Lea | Director | 2024-01-02 | Jan 1960 | British |
| BLUNKETT, David, Lord | Director | 2015-06-01 | Jun 1947 | British |
| CRISP, Peter Charles, Professor | Director | 2022-06-15 | Jul 1965 | British |
| ETINGEN, Arkady | Director | 2015-06-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
| GRABINER, Anthony Stephen, Lord | Director | 2015-08-01 | Mar 1945 | British |
| JENNINGS, David Adelbert Thomas | Director | 2024-03-06 | Sep 1975 | British |
| KISILEVSKY, Valery | Director | 2015-06-01 | May 1984 | Canadian |
| NOLLENT, Carol Andrea, Professor | Director | 2022-06-15 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, David Ross | Secretary | 2013-03-01 | 2018-05-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Alan Stuart | Secretary | 2012-02-15 | 2012-12-19 |
| RICHARDS, Sarah Katherine Frean | Secretary | 2012-12-19 | 2013-03-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-15 |
| AITCHISON, Carolyn Jane | Director | 2015-07-22 | 2022-01-02 |
| BERINGER, Guy Gibson | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2012-11-30 |
| BOUCHER, Thomas Greer | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2015-07-24 |
| BOWKETT, Alan John | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2015-06-01 |
| BUISSON, Alexandre | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2016-04-30 |
| CATCHPOLE, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2015-06-01 |
| CERAGIOLI, Elisabetta | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2024-07-11 |
| DABBOUS, Alexander Charles | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2015-06-01 |
| FINBOW, Roger John | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2012-11-30 |
| FINCH, Robert Gerard, Sir | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2012-11-30 |
| GAY, Hilary Lorraine | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2012-11-30 |
| HEADLEY, John Christopher | Director | 2017-11-29 | 2023-01-31 |
| JAMES, Sally Ann | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2012-11-30 |
| JOHNSTON, David Ian | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2016-05-31 |
| LATHAM, John Charles | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2015-07-31 |
| LLOYD HUTCHINSON, Sarah | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2014-02-22 |
| MACDONAGH, Lesley Anne | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| MAHONEY, Craig Austin, Professor | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| MORRIS, Alfred Cosier, Mr. | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2024-01-01 |
| MORRIS, Craig Alexander James | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-15 |
| NOLLENT, Carol Andrea | Director | 2014-09-23 | 2021-08-20 |
| PLATIS, Stylianos, Dr | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2016-10-31 |
| REEVES, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2012-09-24 | 2012-11-30 |
| SAVAGE, Richard Nigel, Professor | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2014-02-21 |
| SLATER, Timothy Edward | Director | 2015-09-23 | 2016-07-31 |
| STOKHUYZEN, Wiet Austin | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2015-06-01 |
| WILSON, Robert James Timothy, Sir | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2015-06-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 1 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-15 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO. 2 LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-02-02 | 2012-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-07-10 | Active |
| Col Newco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-07-10 |
| Mr Arkady Etingen | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+6.7%
£161,800,000 £172,700,000
-
Cash
+210.4%
£4,800,000 £14,900,000
-
Net assets
+3%
£105,400,000 £108,600,000
-
Employees
-1.8%
1,414 1,388
-
Operating profit
+12.5%
£2,400,000 £2,700,000
-
Profit before tax
+162.5%
£1,600,000 £4,200,000
-
Wages
-0.6%
£67,700,000 £67,300,000
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