{"name":"UCK LIMITED","company_number":"03611735","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1998-08-07","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"9 Berners Place, London, United Kingdom, W1T 3AD","postcode":"W1T 3AD","sic_codes":[{"code":85410,"description":"Post-secondary non-tertiary education"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company is of an independent college of higher education specialising in business management, hospitality management, applied science, electrical/electronic engineering, civil engineering, and computer games development. UCK Limited, trades as \"The London College\". The London College currently offers HNC/HND programmes awarded by Pearson Education and BA/BSc (Hons) degrees in partnership with the University of Derby. The articles of association were revised in 2010 as follows \"The income and the property of the Company shall be applied solely towards the promotion of its objects set forth in this Memorandum of the Company and no proportion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise how so ever by way of profit, to the members of the Company and hence the Company is not for profit making\".","previous_names":[{"name":"LAYLAND MANAGEMENT LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-11-16"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Small","year_end":"31 July","last_made_up_to":"2025-07-31","next_due":"2027-04-30"},"employees":{"count":50,"accounts_date":"2025-07-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-07-31","turnover":4523609,"profit_loss":5622,"net_assets":14815665,"cash":11794171,"average_employees":50},{"financial_date":"2024-07-31","turnover":5062232,"profit_loss":435031,"net_assets":14810043,"cash":11944145,"average_employees":48},{"financial_date":"2023-07-31","turnover":5807282,"profit_loss":997203,"net_assets":14375012,"cash":13171760,"average_employees":54},{"financial_date":"2022-07-31","turnover":7363595,"net_assets":13377809,"cash":12821470},{"financial_date":"2021-07-31","turnover":8870995,"net_assets":11372495,"cash":10682482}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":12,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":0,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"UCK Limited presents a contradictory financial profile: an exceptionally strong balance sheet (£14.8M net assets, £11.9M cash) coexisting with severe and sustained revenue decline (43% over four years) and an active strike-off proposal. The pattern of recent director resignations, overdue accounts, and the dissolution signal strongly suggests the company is in wind-down mode rather than recovery — a remarkable outcome for a not-for-profit education provider with substantial accumulated reserves. For sector observers, this case illustrates how regulatory pressure, international recruitment headwinds, and governance fragility can overwhelm even well-capitalised independent HE providers.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/uck","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uck/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uck/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03611735","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uck/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uck/control","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/uck/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/uck"}