LEICESTER RACECOURSE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+16.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+4.3% vs 2023
Employees
146
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+42.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,798,036 | £6,346,189 | |
| Operating profit | £75,674 | £442,168 | |
| Profit before tax | £790,813 | £1,127,361 | |
| Net profit | £724,840 | £931,589 | |
| Cash | £3,607,223 | £4,194,834 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,632,582 | £18,433,240 | |
| Net assets | £16,710,082 | £17,435,740 | |
| Equity | £13,627,592 | £14,422,923 | |
| Average employees | 139 | 146 | |
| Wages | £1,303,033 | £1,352,027 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 12.5% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | 2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.8% | 10.8% | |
| Current ratio | 4.38x | 5.21x | |
| Interest cover | 5.57x | 47.04x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Newby Castleman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- LEICESTER RACECOURSE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Leicester Racecourse Co., Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The racing companies will continue to add value to events, in particular on our premium racedays. The highest profile raceday in 2025 will be LRC's Ladies Day on Saturday 5 July. In addition to racing there will be live music headlined by Sophie Ellis-Bextor with a DJ set by Mark Wright and support from The Different Lights.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Philip Andrew | Director | 2015-01-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| NELSON, Marc William | Director | 2006-01-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| NELSON, Roy Alexander | Director | 2022-11-01 | Jul 1990 | British |
| SANDERSON, James Henry | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, David Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| MAYKELS, David | Secretary | 2006-01-09 | 2014-02-03 |
| PARROTT, Russell | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| BUCKLE, Clive Richard | Director | — | 2020-07-09 |
| BUCKLE, Mark | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-05-30 |
| LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| NELSON, Ian David | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| NELSON, Valerie Ann | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Ernest Samuel Lees | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-31 |
| Mr Clive Richard Buckle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-09 |
| Mr Mark Buckle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-30 |
| Mr Marc William Nelson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Philip Andrew Booth | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-11-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.5%
£5,798,036 £6,346,189
-
Cash
+16.3%
£3,607,223 £4,194,834
-
Net assets
+4.3%
£16,710,082 £17,435,740
-
Employees
+5%
139 146
-
Operating profit
+484.3%
£75,674 £442,168
-
Profit before tax
+42.6%
£790,813 £1,127,361
-
Wages
+3.8%
£1,303,033 £1,352,027
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers