University Centre West Anglia
Registered name: UNIVERSITY CENTRE WEST ANGLIA
University Centre West Anglia made £962k revenue and £18.5k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
University Centre West Anglia’s revenue fell 21% to £962k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £18.5k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £962k |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £962k |
| Operating profit | £13.7k | £3.6k | −£6k | £9.5k |
| Profit before tax | £15k | £11.5k | £4.1k | £18.5k |
| Profit after tax | £15k | £11.5k | £4.1k | £18.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £15k | £11.5k | £4.1k | £18.5k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £769k | £624k | £486k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £76.5k | £71.4k | £240k |
| Profit per employee | £788 | £549 | £240 | £4.6k |
| Cash conversion | 78.3% | 2562% | — | −176.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.3% | ▼24.4% | ▼20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23% | ▼64.6% | ▲353.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.5% | ▼19.1% | ▼76.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £46.3k | £145k | £105k | £97.5k |
| Net assets | £57.3k | £68.9k | £72.9k | £91.4k |
| Current assets | £194k | £275k | £142k | £136k |
| Debtors | £93.8k | £72.9k | £24.7k | £29k |
| Cash from operations | £10.7k | £91.2k | −£50.1k | −£16.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £240k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −176.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £91.4k
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £97.5k
- Headcount
- ▼76%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Anglia Ruskin University (registered outside the UK register)
- College Of West Anglia (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £18.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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