QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST FOUNDATION -THE
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-22 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-08
Watchouts
Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
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Period ending 2025-07-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Turnover
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 | £5,872,921 | £10,702,196 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £958,507 | £5,737,134 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 16.3% | 53.6% |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Charitable Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Charitable Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements”
Significant events
- “A legacy gift of £3.8m was received to support research into diabetes, ophthalmology, cancer and Alzheimer's disease.”
- “The Boeing Company pledged over £800k to establish a Material Characterisation and Processing Lab in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.”
- “The Pathway Bursary Fund has now raised £3.6m towards its £5.2m target for 2030, with £746k secured in 2024/25 alone, supporting students from under-represented backgrounds.”
- “The Annual Fund campaign generated £222k in 2024/25 from 282 donors, supporting a diverse range of student-led projects.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIEL, Eddie | Secretary | 2024-02-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Patrick Michael | Director | 2023-11-28 | Apr 1974 | British |
| BRESLIN, Tessa Mary | Director | 2024-03-08 | May 1976 | Irish |
| COPTY, Georgina | Director | 2022-08-01 | Mar 1974 | Irish,Israeli |
| CURRAN, Garrett Paul | Director | 2024-03-08 | Dec 1971 | Northern Irish |
| FEENEY, Ryan James | Director | 2024-03-08 | Nov 1979 | Northern Irish |
| GREER, Ian Andrew, Professor Sir | Director | 2018-11-15 | Apr 1958 | British |
| KEANE, Gareth, Dr | Director | 2025-10-06 | Jun 1972 | Irish |
| KINGON, Stephen Leigh | Director | 2025-02-25 | May 1947 | Irish |
| ROBINSON, Bruce, Sir | Director | 2021-03-18 | Jan 1950 | British |
| TIERNAN, Declan Martin | Director | 2025-10-06 | Oct 1972 | Irish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEENEY, Ryan James | Secretary | 2023-07-31 | 2024-02-02 |
| GIBBONS, Aine | Secretary | 1998-06-03 | 2007-04-05 |
| SINTE, Norma Isobel | Secretary | 2007-03-05 | 2019-06-21 |
| TROTT, Nathalie | Secretary | 2019-07-22 | 2023-07-01 |
| BAIN, George Sayers, Professor Sir | Director | 1998-06-03 | 2004-10-28 |
| BENNETT, William Norman | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2011-02-03 |
| CLAGUE, Joanne | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2022-07-31 |
| FULTON, John Francis, Professor | Director | 1998-06-03 | 1999-03-25 |
| GALBRAITH, Wendy | Director | 2011-02-03 | 2022-07-31 |
| GIBBONS, Aine | Director | 1999-03-25 | 2007-04-06 |
| GREGSON, Peter John | Director | 2004-10-28 | 2013-08-30 |
| JOHNSTON, Patrick, Professor | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-06-04 |
| LANGE, Deborah | Director | 2018-11-15 | 2019-04-04 |
| LYNCH, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2004-10-28 | 2016-07-31 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Anne | Director | 2022-10-13 | 2025-01-01 |
| O'KANE, James Patrick Jude | Director | 2006-11-09 | 2018-05-01 |
| O'KANE, James Patrick Jude | Director | 1998-06-03 | 2004-10-28 |
| PRENTER, Stephen | Director | 2021-03-18 | 2025-06-23 |
| RUTHERFORD, James Edmund | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2018-04-16 |
| VERNON, Edward James | Director | 2016-06-21 | 2017-06-10 |
| VERNON, Edward James | Director | 2015-12-17 | 2025-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Joanne Clague | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-07 | Ceased 2022-07-31 |
| Professor Ian Greer | Legal person | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-11-15 | Ceased 2025-06-20 |
| Mrs Deborah Lange | Legal person | Significant influence | 2018-11-15 | Ceased 2019-04-04 |
| Mr James Rutherford | Individual | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2018-04-16 |
| Mr Ed James Vernon | Individual | Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2023-11-28 |
| Mrs Wendy Galbraith | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2019-06-06 |
| Mr James Patrick, Jude O'Kane | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2018-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-16 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-16 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+82.2%
£5,872,921 £10,702,196
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Cash
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Not reported
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Net assets
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Not reported
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Employees
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Not reported
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