The Worldwide Universities Network

Active04456762 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
7 June 2002 (24 years)
Previously known as
The Wun Foundation (until 13 August 2010)
Industry
Other education n.e.c. (85590)
Directors
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Dennis Yuk Ming Lo
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
Yorkshire
Address
Nexus Discovery Way
University Of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 3AA

Filing status

Accounts due
30 April 2027
Last accounts
31 July 2025
Conf. stmt due
19 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
5 July 2026

Officers 14 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah, Professor
Director · Appointed 10 August 2026
Ghanaian
Born September 1971 (55)
Lo, Dennis Yuk Ming, Professor
Director · Appointed 6 June 2025
Chinese
Born October 1963 (63)
Director · Appointed 27 February 2025
Also at N8 Limited, Leeds International Piano Competition Ltd, Wun Trading Limited · more companies
British
Born January 1960 (66)
Nagata, Kyosuke, President
Director · Appointed 31 October 2024
Japanese
Born October 1953 (73)
Petersen, Frances William, Professor
Director · Appointed 15 October 2024
South African
Born October 1964 (62)
Sritara, Piyamitr, Professor
Director · Appointed 27 September 2024
Thai
Born January 1959 (67)
Roberts, Lisa Oriel, Professor
Director · Appointed 21 February 2024
British
Born February 1969 (57)
Director · Appointed 18 November 2022
Also at Universities UK, The Universities and Colleges Employers' Association, The Russell Group of Universities
British
Born January 1959 (67)
Paul, Martin Alfons, Prof. Dr
Director · Appointed 9 June 2022
German
Born March 1958 (68)
Parfitt, Andrew, Professor
Director · Appointed 16 February 2022
Australian
Born March 1965 (61)
Flanagan, William Francis, Vice Chancellor
Director · Appointed 12 February 2021
Canadian
Born November 1960
Director · Appointed 11 October 2019
Also at The Russell Group of Universities · more companies
British
Born July 1964 (62)
Freshwater, Dawn, Professor
Director · Appointed 5 February 2018
British
Born August 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 1 January 2014
Also at Yorkshire Universities, N8 Limited, Jisc · more companies
Belgian,British
Born February 1964 (62)
Officer history (82 former)
10 August 2026
Appointed Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah, Professor as Director
4 July 2026
Resigned Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah, Professor as Director
4 July 2026
Resigned Nawangwe, Barnabas, Professor as Director
4 July 2026
Resigned Shen, Meng-Ru, President as Director
3 July 2026
Resigned Mangelsdorf, Sarah, Dr as Director
3 July 2026
Resigned Garza Salazar, David Alejandro, Dr as Director
2 July 2026
Resigned Evans, Carolyn Maree, Professor as Director
2 July 2026
Resigned Herman, Frederic, Rector as Director
19 February 2026
Resigned Letschert, Rianne Monique, Prof.Dr as Director
13 February 2026
Resigned Goulart Almeida, Sandra Regina, President as Director
1 February 2026
Resigned Lennie, Peter, Professor as Director
18 July 2025
Resigned Smith, Mark Edmund, Professor as Director
6 June 2025
Appointed Lo, Dennis Yuk Ming, Professor as Director
16 April 2025
Resigned Smith, Helena Mary as Secretary
27 February 2025
Resigned Yu, Hai-Sui, Professor as Director
27 February 2025
Appointed West, Shearer Carroll, Professor as Director
25 February 2025
Resigned Tuan, Rocky Sung-Chi, Professor as Director
31 October 2024
Appointed Nagata, Kyosuke, President as Director
15 October 2024
Appointed Petersen, Frances William, Professor as Director
15 October 2024
Resigned Reddy, Batmanathan Dayanand, Professor Emeritus as Director
4 October 2024
Resigned Mahaisavariya, Banchong, Professor as Director
27 September 2024
Appointed Evans, Carolyn Maree, Professor as Director
27 September 2024
Appointed Sritara, Piyamitr, Professor as Director
15 March 2024
Appointed Yu, Hai-Sui, Professor as Director
5 March 2024
Resigned Wei, Liu, Professor as Director
21 February 2024
Appointed Roberts, Lisa Oriel, Professor as Director
15 January 2024
Resigned Hagen, Margareth, Professor as Director
15 January 2024
Resigned Rogers, Mark, Acting President as Director
31 December 2023
4 August 2023
Resigned Kupe, Tawana, Professor as Director
12 July 2023
Appointed Reddy, Batmanathan Dayanand, Professor Emeritus as Director
21 March 2023
Appointed Shen, Meng-Ru, President as Director
3 March 2023
Resigned Phakeng, Rosina Mamokgethi, Professor as Director
31 January 2023
Resigned Su, Huey-Jen Jenny, Dr as Director
18 November 2022
Appointed Welch, Evelyn Kathleen, Professor as Director
1 September 2022
Appointed Mahaisavariya, Banchong, Professor as Director
25 August 2022
Resigned Brady, Hugh Redmond, Professor as Director
31 July 2022
Resigned Mccarthy, John, Provost as Director
31 July 2022
Resigned Subbaswamy, Kumble, Chancellor as Director
8 July 2022
Resigned Wu, Zhaohui, President, Professor as Director
9 June 2022
Appointed Paul, Martin Alfons, Prof. Dr as Director
16 May 2022
Appointed Rogers, Mark, Acting President as Director
31 March 2022
Resigned Deeks, Andrew, Professor as Director
18 February 2022
Resigned Paul, Martin, Professor as Director
16 February 2022
Appointed Parfitt, Andrew, Professor as Director
15 February 2022
Appointed Letschert, Rianne Monique, Prof.Dr as Director
15 February 2022
Appointed Kupe, Tawana, Professor as Director
13 October 2021
Appointed Herman, Frederic, Rector as Director
6 October 2021
Appointed Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah, Professor as Director
19 August 2021
Resigned Owusu, Ebenezer Oduro, Professor as Director
19 August 2021
Resigned Hernandez, Nouria, Professor as Director
19 May 2021
Appointed Hagen, Margareth, Professor as Director
12 February 2021
Resigned Turpin, David, Dr as Director
12 February 2021
Appointed Flanagan, William Francis, Vice Chancellor as Director
12 January 2021
Resigned Olsen, Dag Rune, Professor as Director
15 October 2020
Appointed Nawangwe, Barnabas, Professor as Director
8 October 2020
31 August 2020
Resigned Langlands, Alan Robert, Sir as Director
31 July 2020
Resigned Spence, Michael James, Dr as Director
24 July 2020
Appointed Hernandez, Nouria, Professor as Director
18 May 2020
Resigned Feldman, Richard, President as Director
15 March 2020
Resigned Mccutcheon, Stuart Norman, Professor as Director
14 February 2020
Appointed Mangelsdorf, Sarah, Dr as Director
14 February 2020
Appointed Smith, Mark Edmund, Professor as Director
4 February 2020
Resigned Tendler, Saul Jonathan Benjamin, Professor as Director
18 October 2019
Resigned Newman, Katherine Shelley, Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor as Director
11 October 2019
4 October 2019
Appointed Mccarthy, John, Provost as Director
6 August 2019
Resigned Mbithi, Peter Mulwa Felix, Professor as Director
22 July 2019
28 March 2019
Appointed Phakeng, Rosina Mamokgethi, Professor as Director
28 March 2019
Appointed Feldman, Richard, President as Director
12 March 2019
Appointed Tendler, Saul Jonathan Benjamin, Professor as Director
12 March 2019
Resigned Seligman, Joel, President as Director
12 March 2019
Resigned Price, Max, Dr as Director
30 September 2018
Resigned Burnett, Keith, Professor Sir as Director
31 July 2018
Resigned Hearn, John Patrick, Professor as Director
27 April 2018
Appointed Goulart Almeida, Sandra Regina, President as Director
27 April 2018
Resigned Ramirez, Jaime Arturo, Professor as Director
9 February 2018
Appointed Tuan, Rocky Sung-Chi, Professor as Director
6 February 2018
Appointed Deeks, Andrew, Professor as Director
5 February 2018
Resigned Johnson, Paul, Professor as Director
5 February 2018
Appointed Freshwater, Dawn, Professor as Director
18 January 2018
Resigned Sung, Joseph, President as Director
18 October 2017
Appointed Ramirez, Jaime Arturo, Professor as Director
21 September 2017
Appointed Garza Salazar, David Alejandro, Dr as Director
31 July 2017
Resigned Schenker-Wicki, Andrea Gabriela Maria, Professor Dr as Director
3 April 2017
Appointed Mbithi, Peter Mulwa Felix, Professor as Director
3 March 2017
Appointed Su, Huey-Jen Jenny, Dr as Director
12 January 2017
Resigned Aryeetey, Ernest, Professor as Director
12 January 2017
Appointed Owusu, Ebenezer Oduro, Professor as Director
26 July 2016
Appointed Wei, Liu, Professor as Director
14 January 2016
Appointed Lennie, Peter, Professor as Director
14 January 2016
Appointed Newman, Katherine Shelley, Provost & Senior Vice Chancellor as Director
1 October 2015
Resigned Loprieno, Antonio, Professor as Director
1 October 2015
Resigned Nutbeam, Donald, Professor as Director
1 October 2015
Appointed Schenker-Wicki, Andrea Gabriela Maria, Professor Dr as Director
1 October 2015
1 September 2015
Appointed Brady, Hugh Redmond, Professor as Director
1 September 2015
Resigned Thomas, Eric Jackson, Sir as Director
31 July 2015
Resigned Barron, Eric, President as Director
1 July 2015
Appointed Turpin, David, Dr as Director
1 July 2015
1 April 2015
Appointed Wu, Zhaohui, President, Professor as Director
25 March 2015
Appointed Aryeetey, Ernest, Professor as Director
16 February 2015
Resigned Lin, Jianhua, Professor as Director
30 January 2015
Appointed Loprieno, Antonio, Professor as Director
14 January 2015
Appointed Subbaswamy, Kumble, Chancellor as Director
31 July 2014
Resigned Blank, Rebecca as Director
12 May 2014
Appointed Barron, Eric, President as Director
11 May 2014
Resigned Erickson, Rodney as Director
28 January 2014
Resigned Chen, Jun, Professor as Director
1 January 2014
Appointed Lamberts, Koenraad, Professor as Director
31 December 2013
Resigned Grenville, Jane Clare, Prof as Director
1 October 2013
Resigned Cantor, Brian, Professor as Director
1 October 2013
Appointed Grenville, Jane Clare, Prof as Director
1 October 2013
Appointed Langlands, Alan Robert, Sir as Director
31 August 2013
Resigned Arthur, Michael James Paul as Director
1 August 2013
Resigned Ward, David as Director
1 August 2013
Appointed Lin, Jianhua, Professor as Director
1 August 2013
Resigned Yang, Wei, President as Director
1 August 2013
Appointed Olsen, Dag Rune, Professor as Director
1 August 2013
Resigned State University Of Campinas as Corporate Director
1 August 2013
Resigned Gronmo, Sigmund, Professor as Director
1 August 2013
Appointed Blank, Rebecca as Director
11 January 2013
Appointed Paul, Martin, Professor as Director
1 August 2012
Resigned Young, Michael, President as Director
5 July 2012
Appointed State University Of Campinas as Corporate Director
5 July 2012
Resigned Ferreira Costa, Fernando, Professor as Director
20 March 2012
Appointed Ferreira Costa, Fernando, Professor as Director
6 March 2012
Appointed Erickson, Rodney as Director
6 March 2012
Appointed Ward, David as Director
6 March 2012
Resigned Martin, Carolyn, Professor as Director
1 January 2012
Appointed Johnson, Paul, Professor as Director
31 December 2011
Resigned Robson, Alan David, Professor as Director
12 December 2011
Appointed Seligman, Joel, President as Director
5 December 2011
Resigned Spanier, Graham, Dr as Director
17 October 2011
Appointed Sung, Joseph, President as Director
1 July 2011
Appointed Young, Michael, President as Director
30 June 2011
Resigned Wise, Phyllis, Dr as Director
18 April 2011
Appointed Hearn, John Patrick, Professor as Director
10 March 2011
Appointed Martin, Carolyn, Professor as Director
10 March 2011
Appointed Mccutcheon, Stuart Norman, Professor as Director
4 March 2011
Appointed Wise, Phyllis, Dr as Director
18 October 2010
Appointed Spence, Michael James, Dr as Director
30 September 2010
Resigned Emmert, Mark as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Gronmo, Sigmund, Professor as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Samarasekera, Indira Vasanti, Dr as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Yang, Wei, President as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Chen, Jun, Professor as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Spanier, Graham, Dr as Director
21 July 2010
Appointed Price, Max, Dr as Director
10 June 2010
Appointed Robson, Alan David, Professor as Director
1 October 2009
Resigned Wakeham, William Arnot, Sir as Director
1 October 2009
Appointed Nutbeam, Donald, Professor as Director
30 May 2009
Appointed Emmert, Mark as Director
18 January 2008
6 December 2007
Appointed Burnett, Keith, Professor Sir as Director
23 April 2007
Resigned Gilbert, Alan David, Professor as Director
21 February 2005
Appointed Gilbert, Alan David, Professor as Director
16 February 2005
Resigned Harris, Martin Best, Sir as Director
22 September 2004
Appointed Arthur, Michael James Paul as Director
31 May 2004
Resigned Wilson, Alan, Prof Sir as Director
31 December 2002
Resigned Kelly, Stephen Anthony as Secretary
31 December 2002
Appointed Smith, Helena Mary as Secretary
1 October 2002
Appointed Cantor, Brian, Professor as Director
30 September 2002
Resigned Cooke, Ron, Professor Sir as Director
16 September 2002
Appointed Kelly, Stephen Anthony as Secretary
16 September 2002
Resigned Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Secretary
1 August 2002
Appointed Cooke, Ron, Professor Sir as Director
1 August 2002
Appointed Wakeham, William Arnot, Sir as Director
1 August 2002
1 August 2002
Appointed Thomas, Eric Jackson, Sir as Director
1 August 2002
Appointed Wilson, Alan, Prof Sir as Director
1 August 2002
Resigned Pinsent Masons Director Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
1 August 2002
Appointed Harris, Martin Best, Sir as Director
7 June 2002
Appointed Pinsent Masons Director Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
7 June 2002
Appointed Pinsent Masons Secretarial Limited as Corporate Secretary

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 July 2025 · total exemption full accounts

Net Assets
£484,321
Cash
£537,293
Profit
£65,885
Employees
2
Debt Ratio
18%
Current Ratio
5.5x
Return on Equity
14%

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £200k £400k £600k 2024 2025 £418,436 £484,321
Balance sheet detail
20252024
Fixed Assets£1£1
Current Assets£591,699£601,968
Cash£537,293£522,559
Creditors (< 1 year)£107,379£183,533
Net Current Assets£484,320£418,435
Net Assets£484,321£418,436
Shareholder Funds£484,321£418,436
Turnover£816,283
Gross Profit£816,283
Admin Expenses£936,476
Staff Costs£161,572£105,107
Operating Profit(£120,193)
Profit Before Tax(£101,971)
Profit for Period£65,885(£101,971)

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
11 August 2026Appointment of a director
16 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
16 July 2026Confirmation statement with no updates5 July 2026
9 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
7 July 2026Termination of appointment of a director
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