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The background check for English universities.

A degree at an English university can cost more than £100,000 once tuition, visas and living costs are added up. UniProfile checks the institution the way a bank checks a borrower — its money, its visa standing, and what happens to its graduates — in one clear, plain-English report.

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256 providersEvery English provider in the official HESA finance record

Official sources onlyHESA · OfS · UKVI · UCAS · Graduate Outcomes · NSS

Plain EnglishFor students, families, and the advisers who guide them

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Northbridge University

MEDIUM RISK

Financially stable but with thin margins, and under a new Office for Students condition added in 2026.

01 Financial health HESA · 2024/25 AMBER

Surplus margin

Below −2% is the red zone · −2% to 0% amber · above 0% green

+0.8%

Staff costs

Share of income spent on staff · 60–65% amber · above 65% red

63%

Liquidity

Days it could run with no new income · below 30 red · 60+ green

74 days

Borrowing

Debt as a share of income · below 25% green · above 40% red

18%

UniProfile's view: Financially stable, but with thin margins. One bad year would matter.

What this means, in plain English

The university makes a little more money than it spends, and has enough cash saved to run for about two and a half months. It is safe for now, but there is not much room for error if money gets tighter.

02 Visa & regulatory standing UKVI · Office for Students AMBER

Student visa sponsor licence

Can the university sponsor student visas?

Active · Standard

Applicant nationality

Visa outcomes for this nationality

UK-wide refusal rates by nationality, 2026 Q1. A few examples; national figures, not specific to any university.

85.5%not refused · 14.5% refused

Most applications are not refused, even at the highest rate shown. This is a UK-wide national figure for the selected nationality, not this university, and not a prediction about your own application.

Office for Students conditions

Condition B3 · about student outcomes · imposed March 2026

1 active

UniProfile's view: The university holds an active sponsor licence with no restriction recorded, but it carries one active regulatory condition. Visa refusal rates are national. They vary a lot by the applicant's nationality.

What this means, in plain English

This university can sponsor international students, and the regulator has one formal condition in force on its registration. Whether a visa is granted depends a lot on which country the applicant is from.

03 Student outcomes & value NSS · Graduate Outcomes AMBER

Student satisfaction (teaching)

National Student Survey · around the UK average of ~76%

76%

In skilled work or further study

15 months after graduating · UK average is around 70%

68%

Median graduate salary

UK sector median is £30,300

£27,500–£30,000

UniProfile's view: Average satisfaction. Graduate earnings sit just below the UK sector median.

What this means, in plain English

Students here are about as happy as at most UK universities. Most graduates go on to skilled jobs or further study, but they tend to earn a little less than the typical UK graduate.

Updated 4 June 2026, based on the most recent HESA, OfS, and UKVI releases.

Sources: HESA Finance KFI Table 14 and Table 6 (2024/25); OfS Register; OfS National Student Survey 2025; UKVI Vis_D02; HESA Graduate Outcomes 2023/24.

UniProfile ratings are editorial opinions, not statements of fact, based on public data at the date shown. They are not financial, immigration, or legal advice, and UniProfile is not a credit rating agency or affiliated with any institution named. Full Terms & Disclaimer →

How we score

UniProfile reports are built from official UK data: HESA, the Office for Students, UKVI, and UCAS. Each report covers three areas: financial health, visa and regulatory standing, and student outcomes. Financial thresholds are calibrated against the same concern bands the UK regulator uses to identify financially distressed institutions. Ratings refresh as each official release lands.

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Built on official data, using a transparent framework whose financial indicators align with independent, peer-reviewed research into UK university risk (Higher Education Quarterly, 2026). How we assess →

01 / Why independent

Most of what you read about English universities is paid for by universities.

That does not make it wrong. It makes it one-sided. UniProfile uses only official UK government and regulatory data, the same numbers the regulator uses to watch over these universities.

Where most information comes from

Sources that are paid to sell a place

01 University marketingWritten by the university itself Self-reported
02 Education agentsUsually paid 10–20% commission by the university Commission
03 League tables & rankingsLargely funded by university advertising Ad-funded
04 Social mediaPaid partnerships that are rarely made clear Sponsored

Where UniProfile gets its data

Official UK data only

01 HESAThe official record of university finances Official
02 Office for StudentsThe government regulator for English universities Regulator
03 UK Visas & ImmigrationStudent visa sponsor register Home Office
04 UCASApplications and acceptances each year Official
05 Graduate Outcomes & NSSJobs, pay and student satisfaction Survey

UniProfile has no relationship with any university. We do not sell leads, take commission, or accept advertising. You pay £10 for the report. That is the whole business.

02 / What's in a report

Three questions every family should be able to answer, in plain English.

Every UniProfile report is the same document, in the same order, for every university. We do not rank universities against each other. We turn official numbers into clear English, and we give our own clearly labelled view of what they mean, so you always know which is the data and which is our opinion.

What the official data says

Liquidity · 74 days
about the same as last year

What UniProfile tells you

The university has about two and a half months of cash to keep running if no new money came in. That is roughly the same as last year.

Part 1 · Money

Is the university financially stable?

If a university runs short of money, students can lose their place, and sometimes their visa. We give one clear rating: red, amber or green.

Financial health rating AMBER

Surplus or deficitDoes it make or lose money?

+0.8%

Cash in handDays it could run on savings

74 days

Staff costsShare of income spent on staff

63%

BorrowingDebt compared to income

18%

What this means The university makes a little more than it spends and keeps enough cash to run for about two and a half months. It is steady for now, but its margins are thin, so a harder year would matter.

Source · HESA financial returns

Part 2 · Visa & regulator

Can you get a student visa — and stay?

A university can lose its right to sponsor student visas with little warning. We check its licence, any action by the regulator, and the visa refusal rate for the applicant's country.

VISA SPONSOR LICENCE · VALID

1 OPEN REGULATOR CONDITION

Visa odds vary by country

UK-wide, about 1 in 7 student visas were refused in the latest quarter (2026 Q1, 14.5%), but the rate varies a lot by nationality. The report shows the figure for the applicant's own country. It is a national statistic, not a prediction about any one application.

Source · UKVI · for illustration

Action by the regulatorOffice for Students

1 open

Visa refusal rateUK-wide, all nationalities · national benchmark

14.5%

What this means The university holds an active sponsor licence, so it can sponsor student visas today. It has one open condition with the regulator, which we explain in plain English in the report.

Source · UKVI · Office for Students

Part 3 · Student outcomes & value

Do graduates do well?

We show how satisfied students are, and what graduates go on to do and earn 15 months after finishing.

Student satisfactionNational Student Survey

76%

Graduates in skilled workOr further study, after 15 months

68%

Typical graduate pay15 months after finishing

£27,500–£30,000

What this means Most students here are satisfied, and about seven in ten graduates go on to skilled work or further study, earning a little below the typical UK graduate.

Source · NSS · Graduate Outcomes

03 / How it works

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Data sources · all official

HESA

The official record of UK university finances

Office for Students

Government regulator: conditions, action, completion rates

UKVI

Home Office: student visa sponsor register & refusal data

UCAS

University applications and acceptances each year

Graduate Outcomes & NSS

Graduate jobs, pay, and student satisfaction

How we do it

Every report follows the same fixed rules, applied the same way to every university. The judgements in a report are UniProfile's editorial opinion, and every one is labelled as such, sitting alongside the official data it is based on.

All the data is public. We name the source and the year on every page, with a link, so you can check it yourself.

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What UniProfile is not

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