LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION
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Cash
£2.4M
-30.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.8M
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
492
-6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£214K
+37.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,582,000 | £15,279,000 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £156,000 | £214,000 | +37.2% | |
| Net profit | £156,000 | £214,000 | +37.2% | |
| Cash | £3,414,000 | £2,370,000 | -30.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,628,000 | £3,842,000 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,628,000 | £3,842,000 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £3,628,000 | £3,842,000 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 528 | 492 | -6.8% | |
| Wages | £6,760,000 | £7,110,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £150,708 | £139,185 | -7.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.59x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The ongoing financial support from the University of Leeds enables LUU to sustain its activities and provide for the student experience. From 2024-25 the annual block grant was increased by the University by £0.6m, to £4.7m, with an annual inflationary uplift thereafter. LUU is grateful to the University of Leeds for this support, for which it is reliant to enable it to meet its charitable objects. When considered alongside a strong cash position and free reserves levels, this positive relationship provides comfort to the Trustees over going concern.”
Significant events
- “The June 2025 Leeds Ball event was a brilliant event which sold out and attracted around 4,750 students.”
- “After a slow recovery post-Covid, our Bars, Events & Venues saw trading improve during 2024/25, exceeding both budget and forecast as the year progressed and delivering a contribution of £585k (2024: £431k).”
- “During the year a Cyber-attack on the Co-op led to reduced availability in stores and a drop in trading.”
- “LUU delivered an Alignment project during the year; the outcome of this significant project is a revised organisational structure with a smaller Senior Leadership team, and a new pay grade structure which enables clear progression for our staff.”
- “Indirectly, the impact of campus unrest as a result of ongoing international tensions around the middle east continued to take a toll on the resources of LUU, with increased numbers of students leaning on the Union to provide advice, support and guidance.”
- “In July 2024 we received £203k in project funding to undertake an IT Workspace Migration project which will enable LUU to transition away from the University's Microsoft environment to one of its own. That income was recognised in 2023-24. The project took longer than anticipated to action and the funds remained unspent at 31st July 2025 and are therefore carried forward in restricted funds. Since year-end, the project has been delivered and the - funding will be released in full during 2025-26.”
- “At the end of the year we undertook a review of the Fixed Asset Register and wrote off assets with an original cost value of £3,493k which are deemed to be no longer in use. These assets had a net book value of £nil.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 87 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAKALI, Samira | Director | 2024-12-13 | Jul 1982 | British |
| CLEPHAN, Neil Henry | Director | 2019-07-04 | Jan 1957 | British |
| FARID, Safiyah Ayla Ruby | Director | 2025-06-30 | Apr 2004 | British |
| FENG, Mian | Director | 2025-07-04 | Dec 1999 | Chinese |
| GUG, Shivani | Director | 2024-07-01 | May 2000 | British |
| HUANG, Siqi | Director | 2025-10-09 | Dec 2005 | Chinese |
| LIU, Yalian | Director | 2025-06-30 | May 2002 | Chinese |
| MORRIS, Eden Hope | Director | 2025-07-02 | Oct 2001 | British |
| RELF, Amara Lilli Lennon Star | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 2001 | British |
| ROGERSON, Nicola Louise | Director | 2024-12-13 | Jun 1985 | British |
| SHALE, Lydia | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 2002 | British |
| SMITH, Joshua Steven | Director | 2022-03-24 | Mar 1991 | British |
| ZYCHOWICZ, Nikita | Director | 2025-07-04 | Jul 1998 | Polish,Russian |
Show 87 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAMI, Rani | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2022-12-31 |
| ALI, Asad | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2020-12-18 |
| ALI, James | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| ALLEN-COTTER, Olivia | Director | 2024-07-04 | 2025-07-03 |
| AMIRY, Freshta | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2024-09-20 |
| BASSETT, Jessica Louise | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| BERMAN, Rachel | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BISSETT, George Thomas David | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| BRADLEY, George Arthur | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| BURTON, Aysha Kim | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| BUSH, Ruth | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2015-05-30 |
| CATTERALL, Hannah Elyse | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| CHEYETTE, Jack | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2010-08-01 |
| COHEN, Naomi Ellen | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2013-05-31 |
| COORAY, Nawalage Jude Randhike | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-02-01 |
| CORNER, Bethan | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| COTTEE-JONES, Piers Alan | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| COYLE, Ralph John | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-06-30 |
| CRAWLEY, Marcus Asheton Vickers | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-06-30 |
| DAHLER, Toke | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| DIGWOOD, Andrew James | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| DIXON, Tom Patrick John | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| DUNBAR, Harry | Director | 2019-05-07 | 2021-07-08 |
| EATON, Bethany | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| EBOT-ARREY, Eyong | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2019-05-08 |
| ELLIOTT, Chloé Annabel | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| ELLIOTT, Edmund | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| EMOTU, Felix Ejesu | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| ESCORCIO, Bradley | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| ESURUOSO, Afopefunoluwa Serene | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| EVANS, Lydia | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| FAIRBAIRN, Catheryne Alicia Sturgess | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| FENTON, Henry Denis | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2013-07-31 |
| FENTON, Sarah | Director | 2016-02-24 | 2018-12-05 |
| FISHER, Benjamin James | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| FLETCHER, Laila Bint Abubakr | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-29 |
| FOSTER, Jonathan | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| FOWLER-EKAR, Natasha | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| FRIEND, Emma | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| GOLD, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-06-30 |
| GOVUS, Freya | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| GRINDROD, Richard | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2019-05-08 |
| HADDLEY, Antony Scott | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| HALL-RODRIGUEZ, Carolina | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| HALLIDAY, Sophie Louise | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2016-02-23 |
| HART, Lucy | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-07-03 |
| HARTLEY, Sophia Elisabeth Freya | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| HEALEY, Emma | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| HOGDKINSON, Megan | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| HOPPER, Charlotte Elizabeth | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2013-06-30 |
| HUXLEY, Lauren Rachael | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2020-06-29 |
| HUXLEY, Rachel Margaret | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-07-31 |
| IONS, Colin William | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2019-12-12 |
| JACKSON, Benjamin | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| JEBREEL, Elliot | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-06-30 |
| JIMENEZ MOGROVEJO, Nicole Anahi | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2022-07-01 |
| KAF AL-GHAZAL, Zaki | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| KELLY, Tina Louise | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2015-05-30 |
| KHAN, Abiha | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| KHAN, Rimsha | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| LAIRD, Oliver Walter | Director | 2019-12-12 | 2022-03-24 |
| LAUBRE, Carolin | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-02-24 |
| MAPOSA, Roland Dumisani | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2021-07-08 |
| MARTIN, Christopher Jonathan | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2016-02-24 |
| MBERI, Michael | Director | 2021-12-16 | 2024-07-04 |
| MCGUIGAN, Jonathan David | Director | 2014-05-28 | 2016-02-24 |
| METCALF, Fiona Elizabeth | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| MILNER, Penelope | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2023-07-07 |
| MOHAMMED, Haryati Binte | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MORRIS, Christopher Alfred | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| MORTIMER, Timothy John | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-06-30 |
| MORTON, Charlotte Grace | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2021-06-30 |
| MURPHY, Lucy Antonia | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-06-28 |
| MUTCH-VIDAL, Natash | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| MUWANGUZI, Patience | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2011-09-22 |
| NASSONOVA, Natalja | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2023-07-06 |
| NICOL, Claire-Jane | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-05-06 |
| NISBET, Hannah Angharao | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| O'BYRNE, Francis | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| OGUNYINKA, Taiwo Toheeb | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| OLADIPO, Japhet Olatomiwa | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| OWUSU, Melissa | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| PADMANATHAN, Divakar | Director | 2012-12-01 | 2014-05-30 |
| PALMER, Jack Rhys | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| PALMER, Simon Ramsay | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2013-07-31 |
| PAPAGEORGIOU, Maria | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| PINHO, Nicolas Padula | Director | 2023-03-23 | 2025-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 302 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | 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
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.