NEWBURY RACECOURSE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+135.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£47M
+1.3% vs 2023
Employees
191
+9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+53% 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 | £18,958,000 | £22,040,000 | |
| Operating profit | £489,000 | £857,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £719,000 | £1,100,000 | |
| Net profit | £719,000 | £794,000 | |
| Cash | £2,301,000 | £5,416,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,975,000 | £50,902,000 | |
| Net assets | £46,688,000 | £47,309,000 | |
| Equity | £46,666,000 | £47,296,000 | |
| Average employees | 174 | 191 | |
| Wages | £3,492,000 | £4,525,000 |
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 | 2.6% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.7% | 13.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 3.38x | |
| Interest cover | — | 85.70x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following this review the Board has concluded that it has reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources in place to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has not identified a material uncertainty in this regard.”
Group structure
- NEWBURY RACECOURSE PLC · parent
- Newbury Racecourse Enterprises Limited 100%
- Newbury Racecourse Management Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2024 racing programme was affected by an abandonment on 17th January”
- “The first Party in the Paddock event took place after the Weatherby's Super Sprint meeting”
- “Our second Party in the Paddock in August saw Dizzee Rascal perform”
- “Rounding off 2024, Kandoo Kid thrilled crowds by winning the Coral Gold Cup in November”
- “In June we were pleased to welcome Shaun Hinds as the Company's new Chief Executive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGH, Mark | Secretary | 2020-05-01 | — | — |
| BURKE, Dominic James | Director | 2010-11-19 | Sep 1958 | British |
| BURROUGH, Bryan Robert Hardy | Director | 2018-12-06 | Feb 1960 | British |
| HERBERT, Henry Malcolm | Director | 2000-01-21 | Mar 1959 | American |
| HINDS, Shaun Charles | Director | 2024-06-03 | Feb 1968 | British |
| LEIGH, Mark | Director | 2020-04-14 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LLOYD WEBBER, Madeleine Astrid, Lady | Director | 1998-10-23 | Nov 1962 | British |
| RICHARDSON, James Owen Willans | Director | 2025-01-06 | Mar 1981 | British |
| SLOT, Juliet Mary | Director | 2025-06-10 | Mar 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Matthew Longstreth | Director | 2018-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| WATSON, Sofia Astrid Kristina | Director | 2023-05-09 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORDERN, Sarah | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2014-02-26 |
| KERSHAW, Mark James | Secretary | 1999-01-05 | 2002-02-01 |
| PANK, John David Graham, Major General | Secretary | — | 1999-01-04 |
| SPENCER, Claire Emma | Secretary | 2014-02-26 | 2020-04-30 |
| BEYER, Trevor Jorgen Nielsen | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2007-05-25 |
| BUTCHER, Alexander Mark | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2008-07-21 |
| DODDS, John | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2025-06-10 |
| HASTINGS, Priscilla Victoria | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| HERBERT, Henry George Reginald Molyneux, The Earl Of Carnarvon | Director | — | 1998-05-29 |
| HIGGINS, Stephen Alan | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2013-12-24 |
| HORDERN, Sarah | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2014-02-26 |
| JONES, Nicholas Michael Houssemayne | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2010-06-08 |
| KERSHAW, Mark James | Director | 1999-01-05 | 2008-05-31 |
| KIMMINS, Malcolm Brian Johnston | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2007-05-25 |
| MCGRATH, James Christopher | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2024-06-11 |
| PANK, John David Graham, Major General | Director | — | 1999-01-04 |
| PENSER, Nils Wilhelm Erik | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2024-06-11 |
| SHEFFIELD, John Julian Lionel George | Director | — | 2004-05-28 |
| SIEFF, David Daniel, The Hon Sir | Director | — | 2010-06-08 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2015-06-04 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 1994-02-14 | 1998-06-30 |
| SPENCER, Claire Emma | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2020-04-30 |
| STEWART-BROWN, Brian Trevor | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2019-06-05 |
| THICK, Julian Mark | Director | 2013-12-13 | 2024-02-02 |
| TODD, Richard Laurence | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2018-10-29 |
| TODHUNTER, Michael John Benjamin | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| TOLLER, Charles Bolton, Captain | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-24 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+16.3%
£18,958,000 £22,040,000
-
Cash
+135.4%
£2,301,000 £5,416,000
-
Net assets
+1.3%
£46,688,000 £47,309,000
-
Employees
+9.8%
174 191
-
Operating profit
+75.3%
£489,000 £857,000
-
Profit before tax
+53%
£719,000 £1,100,000
-
Wages
+29.6%
£3,492,000 £4,525,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers