QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH

Active
Company number SC007335Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 1909

Key figures

£148,451,000
Net assets 2024/25

† QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 85421

Where the company stands among the 1,342 active companies whose first SIC code is 85421 (First-degree level higher education).

Net assets£148,451,000
Higher than 99% · median £9,889
Total assets£182,269,000
Higher than 99% · median £35,183
Cash£17,260,000
Higher than 97% · median £61,119
Company age117.0 years
Older than 99% · median 5.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY£170.4m
  2. QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH£148.5m
  3. KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES U.K. LIMITED£88.8m
  4. LONDON SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£74.7m
  5. KAPLAN FINANCIAL LIMITED£63.5m
  6. LCA LONDON LIMITED£42.3m
  7. THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (USA) IN ENGLAND£39m
  8. REGENT'S UNIVERSITY LONDON LIMITED£34.3m
  9. REGENT'S PARK COLLEGE£30.1m
  10. HIBT LIMITED£28.3m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 1,342. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH

What kind of company is it?

QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGH is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number SC007335. It was incorporated on 22 Nov 1909. Its status is active. The registered office is in East lothian (EH21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is first-degree level higher education (85421), post-graduate level higher education (85422).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Jul 2025); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £148,451,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £17,260,000. Total assets were £182,269,000 and total liabilities £31,571,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,342 active companies whose first SIC code is 85421: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £9,889). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £35,183). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £61,119). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly fats and oils. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 30 days to pay suppliers, and 26% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

5 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Apr 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 17 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2024/25
2024/25 †
Cash at bank and in hand17,260,000
Total assets182,269,000
Total liabilities31,571,000
Net assets / total equity148,451,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
30 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
26%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 74%
  • 31 to 60 days 20%
  • After 60 days 6%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Jan 2026
30
55%
84%
31 Jul 2025
21
69%
31%
31 Jan 2025
12
95%
5%
31 Jul 2024
13
95%
5%
31 Jan 2024
14
94%
6%
31 Jul 2023
15
95%
5%
31 Jan 2023
15
93%
7%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently March 2026. Main goods: fats and oils.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

3 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £148.5m
  2. Name changed to QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY, EDINBURGHPreviously QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, EDINBURGH
  3. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.