OPEN UNIVERSITY WORLDWIDE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£8,897
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
What it does
The main business activity for OUW is to provide a commercial framework for achieving the Company’s mission, which has been defined as: ‘To meet the supported open learning needs of students and educational or training organisations worldwide by helping The Open University to become the leading quality provider of learning opportunities, distance teaching methodologies, materials and intellectual property.’
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1976-05-25
- Employees
- 91 (2025 accounts · was 87 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 6AA
- Postcode
- MK7 6AA
- Capital
- 260,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-09
- Next due by
- 2027-07-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85600 Educational support services
Officers 4 current · 58 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5854477 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| OPEN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED | 1997-08-01 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE BERRILL BUILDING, WALTON HALL, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MK7 6AA | 2002-01-03 |
| WALTON HALL, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA | 1997-07-23 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 82 similar companies in MK, with 91 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Milton Keynes
This company ranks 42 among educational support services in Milton Keynes.
The class of 1976
51%
of the 7,066 companies incorporated in 1976 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.