Health Sciences University
Registered name: HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
Health Sciences University made £26.3m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Health Sciences University’s revenue grew 63% to £26.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit. The company is classified under “first-degree level higher education” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £16.1m | £26.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15.7m | £24.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £373k | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £758k | −£256k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £758k | −£256k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £758k | −£256k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £758k | −£256k | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 174 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | −1.6% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 2.3% | 6.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £96k | £92.7k | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | −£1.5k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲63.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼133.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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