| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| FOR |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| FOR |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| Page |
| Company Information | 1 |
| Report of the Director | 2 |
| Report of the Independent Auditors | 4 |
| Income Statement | 8 |
| Other Comprehensive Income | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10 |
| Statement of Changes in Equity | 11 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| COMPANY INFORMATION |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| DIRECTOR: |
| REGISTERED OFFICE: |
| REGISTERED NUMBER: |
| AUDITORS: |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditors |
| 9 Berners Place |
| London |
| W1T 3AD |
| HOLDING COMPANY: |
| 680 Bath Road |
| Hounslow |
| London |
| TW5 9QX |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| The director presents his report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 July 2025. |
| PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY |
| The principal activity of the company during the year was holding a leasehold interest in a property occupied by its parent undertaking, UCK Limited. |
| REVIEW OF BUSINESS |
| The results for the year and the financial position of the company are as shown in the annexed financial statements. |
| During the year, the property continued to be occupied by UCK Limited. Under the arrangements agreed with the landlord, rental invoices were issued directly to UCK Limited and were settled directly by UCK Limited. London College Limited did not receive rental income or make rental payments during the year. |
| The company incurred a loss of £23,669, principally comprising depreciation of the leasehold interest and fixtures and fittings. |
| DIRECTOR |
| FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
| The company’s principal financial assets comprise amounts owed by group undertakings and a rent deposit. Its principal financial liabilities comprise accruals and accrued expenses. |
| The principal financial risks are credit risk relating to amounts owed by group undertakings and liquidity risk arising from the company’s lack of trading income. These risks are managed by monitoring the recoverability of group balances, reviewing the company’s expected liabilities and cash requirements, and obtaining financial support from the parent company where required. |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| The changes in fixed assets are shown in note 6 to the financial statements. |
| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
| None of the directors had any other material interests at any time during the year in any contract of significance in relation to the business of the company other than that stated in note 11 to the financial statements. |
| TAXATION STATUS |
| The company is a close company within the meaning of the Corporation Tax Act 2010. |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES |
| The director is responsible for preparing the Report of the Director and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. |
| Company law requires the director to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the director has elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the director must not approve the financial statements unless he is satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the director is required to: |
| - | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
| - | make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
| - | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES - continued |
| The director is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable him to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. He is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
| STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS |
| So far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and he has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. |
| AUDITORS |
| The auditors, Mehta & Tengra, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
| This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. |
| ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD: |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| Opinion |
| We have audited the financial statements of London College Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). |
| In our opinion the financial statements: |
| - | give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 July 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended; |
| - | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and |
| - | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
| Basis for opinion |
| We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| Conclusions relating to going concern |
| In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 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. |
| Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the director with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. |
| Other information |
| The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Director, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon. |
| Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
| In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. |
| Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
| In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
| - | the information given in the Report of the Director for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
| - | the Report of the Director has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
| In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Director. |
| We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
| - | adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
| - | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
| - | certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
| - | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or |
| - | the director was not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Director. |
| Responsibilities of director |
| As explained more fully in the Statement of Director's Responsibilities set out on pages two and three, the director is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the director determines necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
| In preparing the financial statements, the director is responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
| Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. |
| The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
| Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud |
| We identify and assess the risks of material misstatements of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. |
| Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities |
| In identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement arising from irregularities, including fraud, we considered the nature and size of the company, its business activities, its control environment and the areas of the financial statements involving significant judgement. We also made enquiries of the director regarding the company’s procedures for identifying and responding to fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, and whether the director was aware of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud. |
| We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the company. The principal laws and regulations considered to have a direct effect on the financial statements included the Companies Act 2006 and UK tax legislation. |
| The company had no turnover or rental income during the year. We therefore concluded that the presumed fraud risk relating to revenue recognition was not applicable in the circumstances of this audit. |
| We identified management override of controls as the principal risk of material misstatement due to fraud. Our procedures in response to this risk included testing journal entries and other adjustments, reviewing accounting estimates and judgements for evidence of management bias, and assessing the business rationale and accounting treatment of significant and unusual transactions. |
| We also reviewed supporting evidence relating to the company’s leasehold interest, the arrangements under which UCK Limited pays rent directly to the landlord, the recoverability of amounts owed by group undertakings, the impairment assessment and the financial support provided by the parent company. |
| Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that some material misstatements arising from fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations may not be detected, particularly where irregularities involve deliberate concealment, forgery, collusion or management override of controls |
| A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors. |
| REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED |
| Use of our report |
| This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
| for and on behalf of |
| Chartered Accountants |
| Statutory Auditors |
| 9 Berners Place |
| London |
| W1T 3AD |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| INCOME STATEMENT |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| TURNOVER |
| Administrative expenses | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| OPERATING LOSS and |
| LOSS BEFORE TAXATION | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Tax on loss | 5 |
| LOSS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| LOSS FOR THE YEAR | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | - | - |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| BALANCE SHEET |
| 31 JULY 2025 |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| Notes | £ | £ |
| FIXED ASSETS |
| Tangible assets | 6 |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| Debtors | 7 |
| CREDITORS |
| Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS |
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| CAPITAL AND RESERVES |
| Called up share capital | 9 |
| Retained earnings | 10 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS |
| The financial statements were approved by the director and authorised for issue on |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| Called up |
| share | Retained | Total |
| capital | earnings | equity |
| £ | £ | £ |
| Balance at 1 August 2023 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 July 2024 |
| Changes in equity |
| Total comprehensive income | - | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Balance at 31 July 2025 |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 1. | STATUTORY INFORMATION |
| London College Limited is a |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
| Basis of preparing the financial statements |
| Related party exemption |
| The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 from separately disclosing qualifying transactions between wholly owned members of the UCK Limited group |
| Tangible fixed assets |
| Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. |
| Short leasehold - Over the term of the lease |
| Fixture and fittings - 15% on reducing balance |
| Impairment of assets |
| At each reporting date fixed assets are reviewed to determine whether there is any indication that those asset have suffered an impairment loss. If there is an indication of possible impairment, the recoverable amount of any affected asset is estimated and compared with its carrying amount. If the estimated recoverable amount is lower, the carrying amount is reduced to its estimated recoverable amount, and an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
| If an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carry amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but not in excess of the amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss. |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 2. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
| Deferred tax |
| Deferred tax assets are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. |
| If and when all conditions for retaining tax allowances for the cost of a fixed asset have been met, the deferred tax is reversed. |
| Deferred tax is recognised when income or expenses from an associate have been recognised, and will be assessed for tax in a future period, except where: |
| - it is probable that the timing difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. |
| A deferred tax liability or asset is recognised for the additional tax that will be paid or avoided in respect of assets and liabilities that are recognised in a business combination. The amount attributed to goodwill is adjusted by the amount of deferred tax recognised. |
| Deferred tax is calculated using the tax rates and laws that that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference. |
| With the exception of changes arising on the initial recognition of a business combination , the tax expense (income) is presented either in profit or loss, other comprehensive income or equity depending on the transaction that resulted in the tax expense (income). |
| Deferred tax liabilities are presented within provisions for liabilities and deferred tax assets within debtors. Deferred tax asset and deferred tax liabilities are offset only if: |
| - the company has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities, and |
| - the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation |
| authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously |
| Taxation |
| Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax. |
| The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because of items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The Company's liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period. |
| Leasehold property occupied by a group undertaking |
| The company holds a leasehold interest in a property under a lease expiring on 26 January 2032. The property is occupied by the company’s parent undertaking, UCK Limited. |
| Under arrangements agreed with the landlord, rental invoices are issued directly to UCK Limited and are settled directly by UCK Limited. London College Limited does not receive rental income from UCK Limited and no rental expense has been recognised by the company during the year. |
| The leasehold interest is included within tangible fixed assets at cost less accumulated depreciation and any impairment losses. It is depreciated over the remaining term of the lease. At each reporting date, the director assesses whether there is any indication of impairment. No impairment was considered necessary at 31 July 2025. |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 3. | EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS |
| The average number of employees during the year was NIL (2024 - |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Director's remuneration |
| 4. | OPERATING LOSS |
| The operating loss is stated after charging: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Depreciation - owned assets |
| Auditors' remuneration |
| 5. | TAXATION |
| Analysis of the tax charge |
| No liability to UK corporation tax arose for the year ended 31 July 2025 nor for the year ended 31 July 2024. |
| Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss |
| The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below: |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Loss before tax | ( |
) | ( |
) |
| Loss multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of |
( |
) |
( |
) |
| Effects of: |
| Expenses not deductible for tax purposes |
| Trading losses | 761 | 840 |
| Total tax charge | - | - |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 6. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
| Fixtures |
| Short | and |
| leasehold | fittings | Totals |
| £ | £ | £ |
| COST |
| At 1 August 2024 |
| and 31 July 2025 |
| DEPRECIATION |
| At 1 August 2024 |
| Charge for year |
| At 31 July 2025 |
| NET BOOK VALUE |
| At 31 July 2025 |
| At 31 July 2024 |
| The short leasehold is for 15 years from 27 January 2017 to 26 January 2032. |
| 7. | DEBTORS |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Amounts falling due within one year: |
| Amounts owed by group undertakings |
| Amounts falling due after more than one year: |
| Rent deposit |
| Aggregate amounts |
| 8. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
| 2025 | 2024 |
| £ | £ |
| Accruals and deferred income |
| Accrued expenses |
| 9. | CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL |
| Allotted, issued and fully paid: |
| Number: | Class: | Nominal | 2025 | 2024 |
| value: | £ | £ |
| Ordinary | £1 | 1 | 1 |
| LONDON COLLEGE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 05734673) |
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JULY 2025 |
| 10. | RESERVES |
| Retained |
| earnings |
| £ |
| At 1 August 2024 |
| Deficit for the year | ( |
) |
| At 31 July 2025 |
| 11. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
| The company has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS 102 from disclosing transactions between wholly owned members of the group. |
| There were no other related party transactions to report. |
| 12. | ULTIMATE PARENT COMPANY |
| London College Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of UCK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. |
| 13. | GOING CONCERN |
| The financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis. The company does not currently generate trading or rental income and is dependent on the continuing financial support of its parent company, UCK Limited, to meet liabilities as they fall due. |
| UCK Limited has confirmed that it intends to provide sufficient financial support to the company for at least twelve months from the date on which these financial statements are authorised for issue. The director has reviewed the parent company’s financial position and cash-flow forecasts and is satisfied that UCK Limited has the ability to provide this support. |