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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-03 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£458K

-64.2% vs 2023

Net assets

-£511K

+18.6% vs 2023

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£117K

+119.5% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2021-07-202022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £546,000£2,243,000
Operating profit -£27,000-£607,000£108,000
Profit before tax -£27,000-£601,000£117,000
Net profit -£601,000£117,000
Cash £1,280,000£458,000
Total assets less current liabilities -£27,000-£628,000-£511,000
Net assets -£27,000-£628,000-£511,000
Equity -£27,000-£628,000-£511,000
Average employees 0000
Wages
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

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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 2021-07-202022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -111.2%4.8%
Net margin -110.1%5.2%
Return on capital employed 100.0%96.7%-21.1%
Current ratio 0.68x0.61x

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 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, the Directors have reviewed the trading and cash flow forecasts of the Company against the available financing facilities and covenants which include the Directors' assessment of the impact of economic environment. The Company manages a student accommodation property and entered into a management agreement with a third-party operations platform. The construction development of the property finished in July 2023 and property became operational in September 2023. The Directors have assessed the financial forecast of the Company as part of the going concern consideration. There is no further funding requirement from the parent debt and all obligations under the agreement will be met. The Directors believe that there is sufficient revenue generated from the 23/24 academic year and reservations for the 24/25 academic year to maintain profitability for at least the next 12 months. The Directors have given consideration as to the ability of the parent company and ultimate controlling parties to continue as a going concern and the ability of the parent to continue to provide such support as is necessary. The ultimate controlling parties, MREF IV "A" Limited Partnership, MREF IV "B" Limited Partnership and MREF IV "PC" Limited Partnership and MREF IV Lux GP Sarl on behalf of MREF IV "C" SCSp have a combined total of Investor capital of £203,000,000 as at 31 December 2023 which is then used to fund the Company through intercompany debt. For the reasons set out above the Directors believe that the Company have the ability to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements and therefore consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 0 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FERGUSON-DAVIE, Charles John Director 2021-07-21 Oct 1978 British
GILBARD, Marc Edward Charles Director 2021-07-21 May 1962 British
HALL, Steven Director 2024-10-01 Jun 1977 British
MALIM, Sadie Joanna Director 2024-10-01 Mar 1980 British

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mref Iv Colchester Property Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2021-07-21 Active

Filing timeline

Last 15 of 15 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-09-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-09-27 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-07-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-07-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-28 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-09-27 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-09-27 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-07-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2022-09-23 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-07 AA01 accounts Change account reference date company current extended PDF
2021-07-21 NEWINC incorporation Incorporation company PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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