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Company description
THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 27 July 1993; registered for 33 years; registered office reported in CHELTENHAM, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 85600 · Educational support services.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 6 trade marks, 1 charity record, 2 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE
- Company number
- 02839815
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 0 outstanding · 1 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 July 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
27 July 2025Next statement due
10 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -150.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- -13.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 44.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 32.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 42.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 43.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 67.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 63.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99921.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99921.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49915.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49924.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49923.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49922.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.4% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 August 2025 – 31 January 2026
- Filed
- 26 February 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 August 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £14,914,565
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £5,025,789
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £1,878,129
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,305,922
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 20.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 180 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
UCAS’ standard payment terms are 60 days from receipt of invoice, although specific terms may be agreed in advance for significant contracts, or where special conditions arise.
Full terms can be found at http://www.ucas.com/corporate/about-us/terms-and-conditions/ucas-terms-and-conditions-contractors-and-suppliers/ucas-group-terms-and-conditions-supply-goods-and-services - Dispute resolution process
UCAS aims to pay all its suppliers within the agreed terms. The organisation’s purchase order system is overseen by the Commercial team, and UCAS operates a dedicated email inbox for supplier invoices, to ensure efficient receipt and processing.
In the event of any queries or disputes, the Accounts Payable team may be contacted via email or telephone in the first instance. If a dispute cannot be resolved by the team, it may be escalated first via the Financial Controller or the original requisitioner, and, if necessary, to the appropriate Head of Department.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 28.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay62.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay78.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay62.0% outside terms
- 32.0 average days to pay56.0% outside terms
- 33.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Pre-Applicant Communications
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-17bc47d4-09d0-4d18-8674-c0c835b6cb0b
- Supplier named in award
- Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
- Award value
- £240,000
- Contract period
- 1 December 2025 – 31 March 2027
- Published
- 21 November 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 80300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-17bc47d4-09d0-4d18-8674-c0c835b6cb0b-2025-11-21T17:24:36Z
UCAS Capitation fee
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA · ocds-b5fd17-3ab33ef0-0afa-4cac-b732-9c8d7dc4ac4b
- Supplier named in award
- THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025
- Published
- 28 August 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 80300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3ab33ef0-0afa-4cac-b732-9c8d7dc4ac4b-2024-08-28T14:28:49+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
UCAS
Owner The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service · classes 9,16,18,19,26,35,36,38,39,41,42,43,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2026
UCAS
Owner The Universities And Colleges Admissions Service · classes 9,16,18,19,26,35,36,38,39,41,42,43,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2026
UCAS PERSONAL STATEMENT
Owner The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service · classes 9,16,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
UCAS REFERENCE
Owner The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service · classes 9,16,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2018
UCAS
Owner The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service · classes 16,35
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2024
EMME
Owner The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service · classes 9,16,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2011
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 27 July 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES ADMISSIONS SERVICE
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 13 August 1993
- Latest income
- £58,723,000
- Latest expenditure
- £57,131,000
- Provides Services
- Other Defined Groups
- Education/training
UCAS is an independent charity, and remains committed to its vision of being at the heart of connecting people to higher education. We do this by providing information, advice, and admissions services to inspire and facilitate progression in education.
Source details and official record →This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.