UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED
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Cash
£64k
-91.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£6.5m
+10.8% vs 2024
Employees
250
-10.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£750k
+129.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £24,066,126 | £22,950,754 | -4.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,452,033 | -£1,607,182 | -10.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,532,362 | £749,822 | +129.6% | |
| Net profit | -£2,532,362 | £749,822 | +129.6% | |
| Cash | £736,569 | £64,317 | -91.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,320,520 | £2,668,156 | -19.6% | |
| Net assets | -£7,305,000 | -£6,517,399 | +10.8% | |
| Equity | -£7,305,000 | -£6,517,399 | +10.8% | |
| Average employees | 279 | 250 | -10.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £68,100 | £50,400 | -26% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.0% | -7.0% | |
| Net margin | -10.5% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -43.7% | -60.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 168.6% | 170.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.55x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | -1.08x | -1.04x |
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
- UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED 2022-10-24 → present
- UCFB COLLEGE OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED 2011-02-25 → 2022-10-24
- BFC COLLEGE OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED 2010-12-31 → 2011-02-25
- BFC AND BPP COLLEGE OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED 2010-11-15 → 2010-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Lopian Gross Barnett & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS LIMITED · parent
- UCFB Burnley Limited 100%
- UCFB Manchester Limited 100%
- UCFB Wembley Limited 99%
- UCFB College of Football Business Limited 100%
- UCFB Liverpool Limited 100%
- UCFB Online Limited 100%
- UA Wembley Limited 0%
- UA Manchester Limited 0%
- VSI Executive Education Limited 87.5%
Significant events
- “During the financial year to 31st July 2025, UCFB initiated a Voluntary Severance Scheme (VSS) for all staff. This was to mitigate the impact of the cost of inflation as the tuition fees for UCFB had been capped by Government since September 2017. 17 members of staff opted into the VSS, the cost of the VSS was circa £200k.”
- “In November 2024, UCFB acquired 87.5% shareholding of VSI Executive Education Limited (VSI) from its holding company UCFB Holdings Limited. VSI is a provider of executive education in the Sports Industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANASZKIEWICZ, John William | Director | 2011-12-06 | Dec 1962 | British |
| DAVIES, John Elwyn | Director | 2022-10-05 | Dec 1959 | British |
| FLOOD, Brendan | Director | 2011-03-08 | Nov 1961 | British |
| JONES, Martyn | Director | 2022-10-05 | Sep 1955 | British |
| MAGUIRE, Christopher William, Professor | Director | 2026-02-01 | Dec 1961 | British |
| QUIGLEY, Steven Anthony Joseph | Director | 2025-10-31 | May 1960 | British |
| RAY, Sarah Louise | Director | 2025-09-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLETCHER, Paul John | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2022-10-05 |
| FRIEDMAN, Shari Rebeka | Director | 2022-10-05 | 2024-11-19 |
| SCHELAND, Anne Marie | Director | 2010-11-15 | 2011-02-09 |
| WILSON, Philip Alan Stuart | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2017-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ucfb Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-10-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2022-10-24 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-10-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-10-24 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.