LINCOLN BISHOP UNIVERSITY
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-07 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-23
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+71.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
-31.6% vs 2024
Employees
285
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£6M
-93.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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9 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LINCOLN BISHOP UNIVERSITY 2025-07-29 → present
- BISHOP GROSSETESTE UNIVERSITY 2019-04-25 → 2025-07-29
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 | £15,371,000 | £14,980,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,393,000 | -£4,027,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,155,000 | -£6,103,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,155,000 | -£6,103,000 | |
| Cash | £1,815,000 | £3,105,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,123,000 | £54,997,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,655,000 | £14,127,000 | |
| Equity | £20,655,000 | £14,127,000 | |
| Average employees | 266 | 285 | |
| Wages | £11,835,000 | £12,515,000 |
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 | -22.1% | -26.9% | |
| Net margin | -20.5% | -40.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.5% | -7.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.92x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.86x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or University's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LINCOLN BISHOP UNIVERSITY · parent
- BG (Lincoln) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Professor Andrew Gower commencing in role as permanent Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, joining the University following a rigorous selection process led by the University Council”
- “The University's application to change its name from Bishop Grosseteste University to Lincoln Bishop University being granted formal approval by the OfS”
- “The University Council initiating development of Lincoln Bishop University's Strategic Plan 2025-30 to set institutional direction and priorities for the coming five years; also commissioning development of a Financial Resilience Framework 2025-30 to set the necessary principles and parameters for the University to work within to ensure its long-term financial sustainability”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANCELLOR, Leanne | Secretary | 2025-07-02 | — | — |
| BISHOP, Mary Joy, Professor | Director | 2025-12-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| BLACKSTOCK, Douglas | Director | 2025-12-15 | Oct 1961 | British |
| BOLTON, Stephan Myles | Director | 2025-07-01 | Dec 1996 | British |
| BROWN, Alison | Director | 2023-04-07 | Jan 1981 | British |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Nicholas Alan, Rt Revd | Director | 2026-03-03 | Nov 1963 | British |
| CHIPPENDALE, Julia Dawn | Director | 2023-04-07 | Aug 1969 | British |
| CROOKS, Rebecca Louise | Director | 2023-04-07 | Jan 1978 | British |
| FROST, Anne Elizabeth | Director | 2022-08-01 | Jun 1960 | British |
| GOWER, Andrew Charles, Professor | Director | 2025-04-22 | Jul 1972 | British |
| HALL, Lorena Jane | Director | 2026-01-05 | Dec 1977 | British |
| HOWARTH, Marianne Stella Lodge, Professor | Director | 2019-08-01 | Apr 1945 | British |
| JONES, Simon Matthew, Very Revd | Director | 2024-12-01 | May 1972 | British |
| LESCHENKO, Walter | Director | 2020-03-25 | Nov 1951 | British |
| MCLAFFERTY, Rachel | Director | 2024-12-01 | Feb 1982 | British |
| MIDGLEY, Rebecca Helen | Director | 2024-11-04 | May 1995 | British |
| MORRIS, Alfred | Director | 2025-12-01 | Nov 1941 | British |
| SEN, Jaidip | Director | 2023-12-15 | Aug 1963 | British |
| TEMPLE, Elise | Director | 2023-07-04 | Mar 1979 | British |
| TRUSCOTT, Kathleen Iris | Director | 2023-04-07 | Jan 1955 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANNATT, Thomas Jeffrey | Secretary | 2024-03-26 | 2025-07-02 |
| DEVILLE, Stephen | Secretary | 2019-04-25 | 2019-10-14 |
| GILLULY, Stephanie Therese, Dr | Secretary | 2019-10-14 | 2024-03-26 |
| BABB, David John | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2021-03-25 |
| BARRON, Sonia Patricia, Reverend | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2023-05-23 |
| BELL, Erin Niamh | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2022-07-06 |
| BOWN, Clarissa | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-02-03 |
| CONWAY, Stephen David, Bishop | Director | 2024-09-01 | 2026-02-23 |
| COULTER, Russell | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2025-12-01 |
| CRITCHLEY, Stephen Richard, Dr | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2026-03-24 |
| CROFT, Jacqueline Anne | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-09-30 |
| DADSWELL, David Ian | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2021-03-25 |
| DANNATT, Thomas Jeffrey | Director | 2023-12-15 | 2025-07-02 |
| DARNELL, Jessica Alexandra | Director | 2021-06-25 | 2023-04-07 |
| FANE, Jordan William Tyson | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2020-08-31 |
| FLEMING, James Scott, Prof. | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2023-12-11 |
| FOSTER, Alan | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-02-28 |
| GALJAARD, Stephen Mark | Director | 2023-12-15 | 2025-07-14 |
| GORDON, Max Frederick | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| HALL, Abraham Logan | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-07-05 |
| HALLSWORTH, Richard John | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2024-06-28 |
| HEAD, David William | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-04-25 |
| HEMPENSTALL, Kaylee Natasha | Director | 2021-06-25 | 2022-07-06 |
| LAWRENCE, Sarah Catherine, Rev'D Canon Dr | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Stephen Roy | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-08-31 |
| MACKAY, Hector Gavin | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-04-25 |
| MASON, Sacha Rachel | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2025-07-31 |
| MYERS, Sally Ann | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2021-03-25 |
| NEIL, Peter Sydney, Reverend Canon Professor | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2023-07-31 |
| OLSEN, Elyse Bess | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| PEYTON, Nigel | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2024-08-31 |
| SHORT, Connor John | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2024-04-29 |
| STACEY, Alan Laurence | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2021-01-01 |
| STANTON, Karen Ann | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| TOYNE, Marian Elizabeth Christina, Reverend | Director | 2021-11-24 | 2024-07-18 |
| WALDER, Robert Vernon | Director | 2019-04-25 | 2022-07-31 |
| WALLER, Henry Thomas | Director | 2022-07-06 | 2023-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-09-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-25 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-25 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 9
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
-2.5%
£15,371,000 £14,980,000
-
Cash
+71.1%
£1,815,000 £3,105,000
-
Net assets
-31.6%
£20,655,000 £14,127,000
-
Employees
+7.1%
266 285
-
Operating profit
-18.7%
-£3,393,000 -£4,027,000
-
Profit before tax
-93.4%
-£3,155,000 -£6,103,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£11,835,000 £12,515,000
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