HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY

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  Confirmation statement overdue

  Due 2026-05-07.

• ◆

  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY 2013-01-09 → present
2. HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 2012-04-27 → 2013-01-09

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

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the board members' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY · parent
   1. Cedar Energy Limited 100% · England and Wales · Production of electricity and heat
   2. Harper Adams (Rural Enterprises) Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   3. Harper Adams University Development Trust · UK · Provide support for students in the agricultural sector

Significant events

• “The Harper Keele Vet School (HKVS) graduated its first cohort and went through its formal accreditation process with the RCVS. Our first joint graduates were admitted to the profession through a special resolution, and we have subsequently received confirmation we are fully accredited.”
• “Our Future Farm continued to excel at pace and won several awards including Pig Herd Productivity of the Year Award, and the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmer Gold Cup. The latter being the first time a university farm had entered the competition as well as being the first university to win.”
• “In October 2024 the University opened its new urban base at The Quad, a digital skills and enterprise hub, in central Telford.”
• “The University launched a new two-year accelerated course in Veterinary Biosciences. Many students follow this course as a route to enter the veterinary profession.”
• “The University was confirmed as a new member of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation Livestock and Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

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

  +7.7%

  £55,086,000 → £59,309,000

• Cash

  +0.8%

  £24,249,000 → £24,444,000

• Net assets

  -1%

  £85,318,000 → £84,439,000

• Employees

  +7.4%

  553 → 594

• Operating profit

  -205.7%

  £669,000 → -£707,000

• Profit before tax

  -162.3%

  £893,000 → -£556,000

• Wages

  +11.7%

  £24,001,000 → £26,816,000

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