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Next accounts due

2027-06-30 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-02 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-16

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1 item

Cash

£146M

-39.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£2B

-7.9% vs 2024

Employees

749

+3.9% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£162M

-187.1% vs 2024

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Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30

Metric Trend 2024-09-302025-09-30
Turnover £356,700,000£350,900,000
Operating profit £233,900,000£225,200,000
Profit before tax £185,600,000-£161,600,000
Net profit £184,200,000-£161,800,000
Cash £241,300,000£145,800,000
Total assets less current liabilities £5,695,300,000£5,500,600,000
Net assets £2,261,300,000£2,082,400,000
Equity £2,261,300,000£2,082,400,000
Average employees 721749
Wages £27,800,000£32,700,000

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 2024-09-302025-09-30
Operating margin 65.6%64.2%
Net margin 51.6%-46.1%
Return on capital employed 4.1%4.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 64.2%66.9%
Current ratio 0.47x0.27x
Interest cover 0.97x1.00x

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
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. CAPELLA UK TOPCO LIMITED · parent
    1. Gemini Greenwich JV Limited 100% · Guernsey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    2. Gemini Greenwich Limited 100% · Guernsey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    3. Gemini Greenwich 2 Limited 100% · Guernsey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    4. Athena Properties 4 Limited 100% · Jersey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    5. IQSA Ewer Hammersmith Limited 100% · Jersey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    6. iQ Shoreditch Unit Trust 100% · Jersey · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    7. GSG Athena 2 Holdco S.à r.l. 100% · Luxembourg · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    8. IQSA Hume House S.à r.l. 100% · Luxembourg · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    9. Arcade Holloway Limited 100% · London, SE1 2DB · Purpose Built Student Accommodation
    10. IQSA (Brighton) Limited 100% · London, SE1 2DB · Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 6 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
KANAKIS, Rebecca Louise Director 2022-07-22 Feb 1980 British
MERRICK, Matthew Graham Director 2026-04-30 Feb 1978 British
SANGAR, Dushyant Singh Director 2025-05-16 Jan 1982 British
Show 6 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DAVIES, Simon David Austin Director 2020-02-17 2022-07-22
KATAKY, Gemma Nandita Director 2020-02-17 2023-02-24
MORTIMER, James Neil Director 2021-07-30 2026-04-30
MORTON, Emma Jane Director 2020-02-17 2021-07-30
VASHI, Rachana Gautam Director 2023-02-24 2025-05-16
VRANA, Michael David Director 2020-02-17 2025-05-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Stephen Allen Schwarzman Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2020-02-17 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 43 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-04-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-02-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-02 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2025-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-05-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-02-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-10 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
2024-07-19 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-04-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-01-26 RP04SH01 capital Second filing capital allotment shares PDF
2023-12-08 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares
2023-04-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-03-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30

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

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