THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SCIENCE PARK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+45.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£51M
+5% vs 2024
Employees
18
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+202.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,597,549 | £7,893,598 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,085,365 | £3,097,634 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,060,277 | £3,127,116 | |
| Net profit | -£3,611,503 | £2,448,873 | |
| Cash | £3,387,866 | £4,924,673 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,678,978 | £57,029,938 | |
| Net assets | £48,757,092 | £51,205,963 | |
| Equity | £48,757,092 | £51,205,963 | |
| Average employees | 18 | 18 | |
| Wages | £618,465 | £685,155 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £161,984 | £152,084 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+19.6%
£6,597,549 £7,893,598
-
Cash
+45.4%
£3,387,866 £4,924,673
-
Net assets
+5%
£48,757,092 £51,205,963
-
Employees
0%
18 18
-
Operating profit
+200.4%
-£3,085,365 £3,097,634
-
Profit before tax
+202.2%
-£3,060,277 £3,127,116
-
Wages
+10.8%
£618,465 £685,155
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -46.8% | 39.2% | |
| Net margin | -54.7% | 31.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -5.9% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | -3.46x | -6.56x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SCIENCE PARK LIMITED 2006-04-18 → present
- CHILWORTH SCIENCE PARK LIMITED 2000-03-15 → 2006-04-18
- CHILWORTH CENTRE LIMITED 1983-07-19 → 2000-03-15
- VICTORYPUSH LIMITED 1983-02-10 → 1983-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis is included in the significant accounting policies in the notes to the financial statements. In assessing the use of the Going Concern assumption, the directors have reviewed the forecast profit and loss and cash flow forecasts for the period covering 12 months from signing. These do not indicate any concerns regarding the liquidity of the company.”
Group structure
- THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON SCIENCE PARK LIMITED · parent
- Southampton Science Park Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 27th August 2025, the company issued 8 million shares to the University of Southampton, its parent company, to fund the construction of the Infinity Labs. Shares were issued at £1 each at par. Share capital was increased to £55,061,979.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENT, Kevin Raymond | Director | 2023-07-18 | Nov 1968 | British |
| AUSTIN, Michael James Alexander | Director | 2025-06-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
| CHAVE, Robin Arthur, Dr | Director | 2013-12-09 | Dec 1967 | British |
| CRABB, Sally Jane | Director | 2026-04-21 | Nov 1975 | British |
| MCLOCKLIN, Neil James | Director | 2025-06-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| MURPHY, Wendy June | Director | 2022-03-18 | Oct 1965 | British |
| POONI, Gurkanwal Singh, Dr | Director | 2023-07-18 | Dec 1968 | British |
| ROATH, Vicki Anne | Director | 2020-03-03 | Jun 1970 | British |
| SHARPE, Philip Ronald | Director | 2007-07-06 | Jul 1949 | British |
| SPEARING, Simon Mark, Professor | Director | 2016-06-07 | Dec 1964 | British |
| THORPE-TRACEY, Brian Christopher | Director | 2023-07-18 | Nov 1957 | British |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, John Reginald | Secretary | 1998-03-03 | 2007-08-31 |
| HOLT, Jane | Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2022-07-23 |
| HOLT, Jane Marguerite | Secretary | 2007-09-06 | 2019-05-24 |
| PARKER, Carol Lynn | Secretary | 1997-11-01 | 1998-03-03 |
| ROATH, Vicki Anne | Secretary | 2019-05-28 | 2021-07-31 |
| TUTTY, Robin Bryan | Secretary | — | 1992-04-13 |
| WILLIAMS, Philip | Secretary | 1996-05-09 | 1997-10-31 |
| ASHLEY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-04-13 | 1996-05-09 |
| ARNOLD, John Francis | Director | 1995-04-24 | 2001-08-17 |
| ARNOLD, John Francis | Director | — | 1995-03-27 |
| BARBER, Stephen Ian Lee | Director | 2016-09-13 | 2024-12-12 |
| BIRKETT, Peter Ronald | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2019-07-31 |
| CURRAN, Paul James, Professor | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2005-07-31 |
| DAMPER, Robert, Prof | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2010-12-08 |
| DAVIES, Bryan | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2015-12-08 |
| DIBBEN, Kenneth Francis | Director | — | 2001-12-12 |
| DUNN, Ian Derek | Director | 2016-03-08 | 2019-12-12 |
| ELLIOTT, Stephen John, Professor | Director | 2004-11-18 | 2005-11-17 |
| FOX, Donald Peter, Doctor | Director | 1995-12-04 | 2007-05-31 |
| GIFFORD, Edwin William Henry, Dr | Director | — | 1997-09-24 |
| GREY, Frederick Spencer | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| HAWKINS, Stephen John, Professor | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2015-12-08 |
| HIGGINSON, Gordon, Sir | Director | — | 1994-09-30 |
| HOLT, Jane Marguerite | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2007-09-06 |
| KAMM, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2022-03-18 |
| LARGE, John Barry, Professor | Director | — | 1998-01-15 |
| MONAGHAN, Kevin Peter | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2021-12-16 |
| NELSON, Philip Arthur, Professor | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2013-12-12 |
| NESBITT, Robert William, Professor | Director | 1997-09-29 | 2001-04-12 |
| NEWBY, Howard Joseph, Sir | Director | 1994-12-05 | 1995-12-04 |
| PEPPER, Donald John | Director | — | 1999-12-09 |
| PETTS, Judith Irene, Professor | Director | 2011-06-08 | 2016-01-31 |
| POOK, Sarah Catherine | Director | 2020-03-03 | 2022-12-15 |
| POPE, Jeremy James Richard | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2004-05-17 |
| RIX, John, Sir | Director | — | 1995-06-02 |
| SEDDON, Edward Jeremy | Director | 2001-10-24 | 2006-06-18 |
| SMITH, Michael Denis | Director | 1994-04-12 | 1995-03-27 |
| SPENCER, Irene | Director | 2010-06-09 | 2023-12-07 |
| ULPH, Alistair Mitchell, Professor | Director | 2001-02-23 | 2004-05-17 |
| VAIL, John Richard | Director | 1998-12-14 | 2007-05-16 |
| WALKER, Alan James | Director | 2006-06-19 | 2016-12-13 |
| WHITE, Mary Anne Louise | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2020-03-03 |
| WHITE, Mary Anne Louise | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2010-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Southampton | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 286 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.