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The University of Manchester Worldwide Limited

First-degree level higher education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 34

  1. Professor Luke Gregory Georghiou 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Robert Fraser 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Professor April Mary Scott Mcmahon 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Professor Clive Thomas Agnew 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Zoe Rainey 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Benedict Dauncey 2016-2019 Director View profile
  7. Professor Sharon Gail Clarke 2014-2015 Director View profile
  8. Professor Helen Elaine Penelope Ferneley 2013-2020 Director View profile
  9. Professor Fiona Devine 2013-2018 Director View profile
  10. Dilraj Sidhu 2013-2017 Director View profile
  11. Professor Catherine Maria Cassell 2012-2013 Director View profile
  12. Andrew Nicholas Dyson 2010-2011 Director View profile
  13. Professor Keith Mark Brown 2010-2018 Director View profile
  14. Stephen Richard Mole 2010-2016 Director View profile
  15. Professor Alistair Mitchell Ulph 2009-2010 Director View profile
  16. Michael Hartmann 2008-2013 Director View profile
  17. Janine Ellis 2007-2018 Director View profile
  18. Professor Roderick Wilson Coombs 2007-2010 Director View profile
  19. Professor Peter Naude 2007-2012 Director View profile
  20. Professor Michael Ian Luger 2007-2013 Director View profile
  21. Nigel Francis Banister 2005-2015 Director View profile
  22. Philip Molyneux 2005-2007 Director View profile
  23. Nicholas John Collett 2004-2007 Director View profile
  24. Professor Peter Ross Noel Barrar 2003-2004 Director View profile
  25. Geoffrey Hope Terry 2003-2007 Director View profile
  26. Stephen John Jones 2003-2005 Director View profile
  27. Professor John Andre Arnold 2003-2007 Director View profile
  28. Professor Edward Patrick Montgomery Gardener 2003-2007 Director View profile
  29. Alan Christopher Thompson 2003-2003 Director View profile
  30. Louise Virginia Anne Bissell 2008-2025 Secretary View profile
  31. Marianne Mckenzie-Green 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  32. Dewi Wyn Hughes 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  33. Gary Robert Edmund Jones 2003-2003 Secretary View profile
  34. Paul Matthew Raftery 2003-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
First-degree level higher education; Post-graduate level higher education
Incorporated
14/02/2003
Registered office
Oxford Road
Previous names
Manchester Business School Worldwide Limited (until 01/08/2016)
Business & Management Education Limited (until 03/12/2007)

Financials

Total assets
£3,137,396
Cash
£3,397,486
Employees
31
Turnover
£5,747,102
Profit/loss
£272,688

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

4 directors on the board

5.6y median 5.7y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Zoe Rainey Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 2Finance 1Transport 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04666867
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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