TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN IN DURHAM
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Cash
£565k
+15.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.4m
-5.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
25
+13.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£70k
-950.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £953,203 | £867,702 | £1,017,074 | +17.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£12,900 | -£74,351 | -476.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £147,936 | -£6,636 | -£69,723 | -950.7% | |
| Net profit | £147,936 | -£6,636 | -£69,723 | -950.7% | |
| Cash | £544,237 | £491,049 | £565,402 | +15.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£841,497 | -£848,133 | -£917,856 | -8.2% | |
| Net assets | -£1,303,497 | -£1,310,133 | -£1,379,856 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 22 | 22 | 25 | +13.6% | |
| Wages | £534,045 | £625,023 | £655,267 | +4.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.5% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | 15.5% | -0.8% | -6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 321.6% | 320.4% | 288.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.39x | 0.42x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN IN DURHAM 1989-01-04 → present
- PROJECTCITY LIMITED 1988-05-18 → 1989-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Teikyo University of Japan has agreed to provide financial support to the charitable company to enable it to continue its operations as a going concern for the foreseeable future. In addition, Teikyo Foundation (UK) provides funding so that the charitable company can meet its day-to-day working capital requirements.”
Significant events
- “The Japanese Festival was held successfully in October 2025 with more than 500 visitors at the campus.”
- “An Okinaga Junior Research Fellowship scholar was nominated in autumn 2023 for a three-year period (until December 2026) in the fellowship programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIRAGA, Takumi | Secretary | 2025-09-01 | — | — |
| HIRAGA, Takumi | Director | 2025-09-01 | Dec 1964 | Japanese |
| NISHIKAWA, Atsushi | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jan 1976 | Japanese |
| OKINAGA, Hiroko | Director | 2007-04-28 | May 1974 | Japanese |
| OKINAGA, Yoshihito | Director | 1994-07-17 | Apr 1973 | Japanese |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRAYAMA, Yoichiro | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| HORIKAWA, Kenji | Secretary | 2018-04-01 | 2020-09-18 |
| INAYAMA, Yoshio | Secretary | 2007-07-24 | 2010-03-31 |
| KONO, Yuichi | Secretary | 2020-09-14 | 2024-10-31 |
| MURAI, Junichi | Secretary | 2010-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| THOMAS, John Frederick, Wing Commander | Secretary | — | 2007-07-03 |
| AOKI, Makoto | Director | 1996-05-04 | 1998-06-22 |
| ASADA, Yasuo | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2014-10-27 |
| EMORI, Susumu | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1994-07-17 |
| HIRAYAMA, Yoichiro | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| HORIKAWA, Kenji | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2020-09-18 |
| IMAI, Akimasa | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2005-03-31 |
| INAYAMA, Yoshio | Director | 2007-07-24 | 2010-03-31 |
| ISHIHARA, Atsushi | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| KONDO, Akira | Director | 1994-07-17 | 1996-05-02 |
| KONO, Yuichi | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2024-10-31 |
| MIYAZAKI, Tadashi | Director | 1994-07-17 | 2013-06-01 |
| MOGI, Yoshisabuco | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| MOGI, Yoshisaburo | Director | 1998-06-22 | 2002-05-31 |
| MURAI, Junichi | Director | 2010-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| MURAMATSU, Naoki | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-01-25 |
| MUTOH, Mitsuhiro | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2002-03-31 |
| NAKAJIMA, Kazushige | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2022-04-01 |
| NAKATANI, Tomoki | Director | 2017-08-23 | 2019-05-15 |
| NISHIZAWA, Yoshimasa | Director | 2000-05-06 | 2003-03-23 |
| ODA, Takuji, Dr | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2026-02-28 |
| OKINAGA, Shoichi | Director | — | 2008-10-01 |
| SASAHARA, Junji | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| SASAYAMA, Masao | Director | 2014-10-27 | 2017-08-23 |
| SAWADA, Kunihiro | Director | 2010-01-25 | 2011-03-31 |
| SEKIGUCHI, Hideo | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| TAYAMA, Keiichi | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| THOMAS, John Frederick | Director | — | 2007-07-03 |
| WATANABE, Asao | Director | 1992-08-25 | 2000-05-06 |
| WRIGHT, George | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| YOSHIDA, Yuji | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2026-02-28 |
| YOSHIDA, Yuji | Director | 1992-09-01 | 2007-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Yoshihito Okinaga | Individual | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.