KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED
Get an alert when KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+0.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+1.4% vs 2024
Employees
201
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£820K
+13.4% 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 | £10,456,000 | £10,844,000 | |
| Operating profit | £505,000 | £605,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £723,000 | £820,000 | |
| Net profit | £723,000 | £820,000 | |
| Cash | £4,102,000 | £4,115,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,812,000 | £3,866,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,812,000 | £3,866,000 | |
| Equity | £3,812,000 | £3,866,000 | |
| Average employees | 203 | 201 | |
| Wages | £7,094,000 | £7,360,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
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
+3.7%
£10,456,000 £10,844,000
-
Cash
+0.3%
£4,102,000 £4,115,000
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£3,812,000 £3,866,000
-
Employees
-1%
203 201
-
Operating profit
+19.8%
£505,000 £605,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.4%
£723,000 £820,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£7,094,000 £7,360,000
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 | 4.8% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 15.6% | |
| Current ratio | 8.39x | 10.20x |
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
- KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED 1997-12-24 → present
- KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SERVICES AND CONTRACTS LIMITED 1997-07-31 → 1997-12-24
- KINGSTON UNIVERSITY PRESS LIMITED 1996-02-08 → 1997-07-31
- BILLANSTAR LIMITED 1995-12-05 → 1996-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these factors the directors consider the company to be a going concern and have therefore prepared the financial statements on this basis.”
Significant events
- “Long-term shifts in temperature and weather patterns caused by climate change affected operations. The main challenges were strong winds causing damage to property and grounds, and extreme high temperatures affecting data centers and the wellbeing of staff.”
- “The company is taking an active role in reaching net zero carbon emissions by changing the fleet to electric cars and using hybrid buses, with the long-term aim of becoming fully electric.”
- “The bus service provision has been reduced from September 2024 to make it more sustainable and efficient.”
- “The services managed by the company on behalf of Kingston University continue to increase and include contract management for Kingston University's parking contract and the servicing of libraries in the afternoon and overnight across all campuses.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUROW, Stephan | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1984 | German |
| GREEN, Louisa | Director | 2023-07-22 | Sep 1974 | British |
| MORITZ, Susan | Director | 2023-11-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDULLA, Raficq Shaik | Secretary | 1997-11-18 | 2005-04-06 |
| ALLAN, Katherine Laura | Secretary | 2010-08-26 | 2017-09-29 |
| ALLAN, Katherine Laura | Secretary | 2007-03-08 | 2009-11-04 |
| DAVIS, Nicola Kerry | Secretary | 2009-11-04 | 2010-08-26 |
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Secretary | 1995-12-05 | 1995-12-21 |
| MARSH, Paul Henry | Secretary | 2005-04-07 | 2007-03-08 |
| MARSH, Paul Henry | Secretary | 1996-12-01 | 1997-12-18 |
| CARTER BELLS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2017-09-29 | 2021-08-01 |
| BEATON, Donald | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2010-04-13 |
| BEWS, Irene Anderson | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2017-12-31 |
| BOGGS, Andrew Michael | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-07-21 |
| BOYNTON, Emily | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| BRENNAN, Keith Gerard | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2021-10-31 |
| BROOKS, Christopher Paul | Director | 2010-10-19 | 2015-07-08 |
| BUTCHER, Terence Michael | Director | 1997-09-15 | 2010-08-26 |
| COLLINGS, Grenville | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2007-04-01 |
| COLLINGS, Grenville | Director | 2003-11-26 | 2005-02-17 |
| DOYLE, Betty June | Nominee Director | 1995-12-05 | 1995-12-31 |
| DRAKE, Sara Kaye | Director | 2006-08-07 | 2013-06-11 |
| DWYER, Daniel John | Nominee Director | 1995-12-05 | 1995-12-21 |
| FLANAGAN, Michael | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2025-05-27 |
| FORD, Peter John | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2001-03-09 |
| GODFREY, Robert John | Director | 1997-09-15 | 1998-05-08 |
| HARRISON, Simon Charles | Director | 2014-09-25 | 2015-12-15 |
| HILTON, Matthew James | Director | 2015-12-11 | 2017-04-26 |
| JUX, David Michael | Director | 1998-12-04 | 2001-03-09 |
| LANCHBERY, Elizabeth Christine | Director | 1997-10-01 | 1998-09-11 |
| LATHAM, Neil Degge | Director | 2010-04-29 | 2014-08-31 |
| MARSH, Paul Henry | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1997-09-15 |
| MAWHOOD, Caroline Gillian | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Francis Grenville | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2003-11-26 |
| PEARSE, Alan | Director | 1998-03-26 | 2001-03-09 |
| POTTER, Martin John | Director | 2011-02-23 | 2011-08-04 |
| ROBINSON, Ewan Neill | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2003-04-01 |
| ROGERS, Patrick George | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2001-01-26 |
| SHEDDEN, Raymond William | Director | 1997-11-18 | 1999-11-17 |
| WARD, Monica Adrienne | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1997-07-15 |
| WEST, Judith Anne | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2007-06-10 |
| WOODS, Heather Joanne | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2019-11-25 |
| WOULFE, Sean Michael | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2016-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston University Higher Education Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-07-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.