UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-13.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
709
+10.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY 2019-10-03 → present
- CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY 2018-04-17 → 2019-10-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £788,000 | £947,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,201,000 | £1,228,000 | |
| Cash | £15,069,000 | £13,067,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £18,390,000 | £19,822,000 | |
| Equity | £18,390,000 | £19,822,000 | |
| Average employees | 641 | 709 | |
| Wages | £24,980,000 | £28,489,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -152.4% | 129.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.7% | 53.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.18x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees of UKCEH consider the organisation to be a successful going concern. Since it was established on 1 December 2019, UKCEH has had a positive net income in aggregate, and has built its reserves to a level well above the minimum target. We successfully moved back into surplus in 2024, after a deficit in 2023, through income diversification and efficient operational spend.”
Group structure
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY · parent
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Enterprise
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology International Limited
Significant events
- “In November 2024, UKCEH launched its Strategy to 2030, Environmental Science for a Better World, outlining commitment to scientific excellence, innovation, and collaboration with a focus on impact and sustainability.”
- “The opening of UKCEH's first international office in Accra, Ghana, to foster world-leading partnerships between UK and West African scientists.”
- “UKRI-Natural Environment Research Council confirmed £38million funding for an ambitious programme, Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI), to improve resilience to floods and droughts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULLEN, Samuel David | Secretary | 2021-04-19 | — | — |
| BATCHELAR, Judith Margaret | Director | 2024-12-02 | Mar 1959 | British |
| CLARE, Philip Michael, Dr | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1968 | British |
| DAVISON, Ruth Kelly | Director | 2025-07-02 | Jan 1977 | British |
| EASTMAN, Lynette Claire | Director | 2021-01-11 | May 1956 | British |
| GALGEY, William James Hyde | Director | 2019-12-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| GODFRAY, Hugh Charles Jonathan, Professor Sir | Director | 2021-08-19 | Oct 1958 | British |
| HANNAH, David Meldrum, Professor | Director | 2026-01-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| MCMYN, Victoria Alexandra | Director | 2024-06-26 | Dec 1982 | British |
| MONKS, Paul Steven, Professor | Director | 2025-10-01 | May 1967 | British |
| NORTHCOTE, Alexander Benet Paul Hornby | Director | 2018-07-10 | Jan 1971 | British |
| SHUCKBURGH, Emily Fleur, Professor | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1973 | British |
| TYE, Alexia Wai-Chun | Director | 2019-12-01 | Jul 1961 | Singaporean |
| WAINWRIGHT, Stuart Anthony, Dr | Director | 2023-06-28 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, Kathleen Margaret | Secretary | 2018-04-17 | 2020-12-31 |
| BAILEY, Mark Jonathan, Professor | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2023-06-17 |
| CAMERON, Ewen James Hanning, Lord | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2024-11-30 |
| EVANS, Fiona Mary | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2020-09-30 |
| GILLESPIE, Iain Miles Macgregor, Professor | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2025-04-16 |
| LEINSTER, Paul, Dr | Director | 2018-04-17 | 2020-04-30 |
| NAYLOR, Linda Anne | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2025-11-30 |
| SCRAGG, Neil Grant | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2024-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+20.2%
£788,000 £947,000
-
Cash
-13.3%
£15,069,000 £13,067,000
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£18,390,000 £19,822,000
-
Employees
+10.6%
641 709
-
Wages
+14%
£24,980,000 £28,489,000
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