Annual Report
For the year ended 31 July 2025
Opening a world of possibilities
Cambridge University Press & Assessment spreads knowledge, sparks curiosity and aids understanding around the world through our qualifications, assessments, academic publications and original research.
We are part of the University of Cambridge, sharing its mission ‘to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence’. This connection gives us an unrivalled depth of experience in research, academic publishing, national education systems, international education and English language learning.
We help people across the world to realise their potential, benefiting society and the planet. Our products and services inform action around some of the world’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, and we are committed to reducing our environmental impact.
Our financial success is reinvested in progressing the Cambridge mission, enabling us to expand on the good we do.
What we do
Academic We publish academic-level research, reference books and higher education textbooks across a wide range of disciplines under the Cambridge University Press imprint. There were 161 million downloads of scholarly research this year, including book chapters and research papers. Our higher education website hosts our learning materials and we are the world’s oldest Bible publisher.
English We help people learn English and prove their skills to the world. Our qualifications and tests for learners and teachers of English are recognised worldwide as a mark of excellence. How we use and learn English is one of our strongest areas of research, including a multi-billion word database, and informs our English language courses and assessment. The Cambridge Dictionary is the world’s number one dictionary website.
International Education We are the world’s largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for 3 to 19 year-olds. We are also a world-leading provider of materials, resources and services to teachers and learners in print and online. Through the Partnership for Education we offer education reform across curriculum, assessment, learning and teacher materials.
Cambridge OCR Cambridge OCR is a leading UK awarding body, providing a wide range of general and vocational qualifications to help students achieve their full potential. Baseline and formative assessments from Cambridge Insight empower teachers to understand students’ strengths and areas for improvement.
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