THE RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-15 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

+6.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+0.9% vs 2023

Employees

141

+3.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£139K

-63.6% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

THE RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED 1994-03-24 → present
RACE-COURSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE) 1907-05-22 → 1994-03-24

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

THE RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£21,409,036	£21,124,354
Operating profit	£693,283	£391,607
Profit before tax	£380,650	£138,510
Net profit	£408,596	£39,181
Cash	£1,639,348	£1,749,454
Total assets less current liabilities	£6,859,198	£8,347,164
Net assets	£4,511,731	£4,553,912
Equity	£4,511,731	£4,553,912
Average employees	136	141
Wages	£7,201,339	£7,549,631

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	3.2%	1.9%
Net margin	1.9%	0.2%
Return on capital employed	10.1%	4.7%
Current ratio	1.46x	1.93x
Interest cover	2.08x	1.39x

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: RSM UK Audit LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections, which cover the 12-month period from the date of signing the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group and Company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

THE RACECOURSE ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
1. Racecourse Technical Services Limited 100% · provides broadcast and other services to racecourses and other customers

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

10 active · 69 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
JEFFERY, David John	Secretary	2022-12-01	—	—
BARNETT, Ilona Denise	Director	2022-06-04	Mar 1972	British
CRUDDACE, Martin John	Director	2015-08-17	Jul 1964	British
DAVIES, Philip Andrew, Sir	Director	2026-01-01	Jan 1972	British
EADE, Alexander James	Director	2023-02-01	Nov 1975	British
GARRATT, Jonathan Michael Harvey	Director	2022-12-01	Mar 1969	British
GILL, Susannah Cordelia	Director	2026-05-12	Sep 1984	British
NORRIS, Richard John	Director	2025-01-20	Aug 1980	British
SANDERSON, John Joseph Andrew	Director	2011-08-18	Jun 1977	British
WALSH, Wilfred Thomas	Director	2021-10-01	Jun 1962	British

Show 69 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Malcolm John	Secretary	1996-03-28	2000-06-16
ATKIN, Stephen Edward	Secretary	2000-07-17	2018-09-30
COOK, Holly Sian	Secretary	2018-11-26	2022-12-01
CRICHTON-MILLER, Hugh Angus	Secretary	2000-06-17	2000-07-17
JACKSON, Stanley	Secretary	—	1992-07-01
LUPTON, David Lloyd	Secretary	1992-07-01	1995-09-29
HARCOURT REGISTRARS LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	1995-09-29	1996-03-28
ARMSTRONG, David James	Director	2019-05-30	2025-12-31
ATKIN, Stephen Edward	Director	2000-07-17	2018-09-30
BARLOW, Ian Edward	Director	2009-04-07	2015-06-30
BARNETT, Charles Henry	Director	2015-02-19	2023-01-31
BARNETT, Charles Henry	Director	2008-07-01	2010-10-21
BAZALGETTE, Simon Louis	Director	2008-09-01	2019-10-16
BENNETT, Jack Henry Alsop	Director	—	1994-03-03
BETTERIDGE, Timothy	Director	2003-09-01	2005-01-13
BOWDEN, Robert William Leslie	Director	1999-02-25	2001-06-01
BROWN, Keith Clark	Director	2001-02-01	2004-07-31
BUCKLE, Clive Richard	Director	2004-09-01	2013-05-21
BUSHELL, Delia	Director	2019-10-16	2020-09-11
CARVER, Margaret Adela Miriam	Director	2015-04-01	2021-09-30
CLARKE, Simon William	Director	2003-09-01	2007-04-17
CLARKE, Stanley William, Sir	Director	1997-02-13	2003-09-01
CLEVERLY, John Grover	Director	—	1994-03-03
COPPEL, Andrew Maxwell	Director	2004-09-01	2007-11-19
CRICHTON-MILLER, Hugh Angus	Director	1997-06-07	2001-01-31
ELLIOTT, Mark	Director	2007-06-11	2012-03-30
ERSKINE CRUM, Douglas Vernon	Director	2003-09-01	2004-05-04
FABRICIUS, Roderick Norwood	Director	1998-02-17	2003-09-01
FABRICIUS, Roderick Norwood	Director	—	1994-03-03
FARNSWORTH, William Guy	Director	2016-05-26	2020-06-25
FARNSWORTH, William Guy	Director	2004-09-01	2010-07-31
FARRANT, Rodger David	Director	1995-02-13	2001-02-27
FOX, Paul Leonard, Sir	Director	1993-03-03	1997-06-06
FRANCIS, George Carwardine	Director	—	1996-05-31
GILLESPIE, Edward William	Director	1993-06-10	2003-02-13
GOULD, Andrew Nicholas Martin	Director	2008-01-01	2008-09-01
GRAY, Morag Graham	Director	2003-09-01	2004-08-31
GRIGGS, Clifford Ernest	Director	—	1994-03-03
GUNDILL, James Norman	Director	—	2003-09-01
HESKETH, Alexander, Lord	Director	2003-09-01	2004-02-07
JACKSON, Stanley	Director	—	1997-12-31
JOHNSTON, Richard Arthur	Director	2003-02-13	2004-09-10
JUGGINS, Rodger Alwyn	Director	—	1994-03-03
KELLY, Anthony Brian	Director	2008-04-11	2015-08-17
KERSHAW, Mark James	Director	2004-05-14	2008-05-31
KERSHAW, Mark James	Director	—	1999-02-25
KYLES, Vivien Anne	Director	2010-08-01	2016-05-26
LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain	Director	2004-03-05	2004-08-31
LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain	Director	—	1993-06-10
LEGGE, Martin Joseph	Director	—	1992-02-27
MASTERSON, Patrick Gerard	Director	2013-05-21	2022-06-03
MUDDLE, Richard John	Director	1994-03-03	1997-02-13
MUDDLE, Ronald Albert	Director	—	1994-03-03
NELIGAN, Timothy Patrick	Director	—	1994-07-28
PANK, John David Graham, Major General	Director	1994-10-03	1998-02-17
PEPLINSKI, Hazel Gilchrist	Director	2020-07-31	2022-12-01
RENTON, Robert Ian	Director	2001-02-27	2007-06-11
SANDERSON, James Henry	Director	2005-02-18	2008-09-24
SANDERSON, John Francis	Director	1996-06-01	2003-09-01
SHEWEN, Antony Gordon Mansel	Director	—	1995-02-13
SMITH, Nicholas Kester	Director	2026-02-04	2026-05-12
STREET, Rodney Grant	Director	2007-04-17	2008-04-11
TETLEY, Christopher Michael	Director	2008-10-10	2011-08-18
THOMAS, Richard	Director	2001-07-24	2003-09-01
THORPE, David Allan	Director	2004-08-01	2009-07-23
TRUESDALE, Nevin John	Director	2020-09-11	2024-12-31
WARR, John James	Director	—	1993-03-03
WATERWORTH, Adam James Philip	Director	2010-10-20	2015-02-18
WHITTLE, William Thomas	Director	—	1994-03-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Arena Leisure Ltd	Corporate entity	Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 250 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-12	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-05-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-06-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-01-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-01-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-07-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-05-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-02-07	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-02-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-12-08	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2022-12-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-12-05	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-12-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-12-05	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

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

-1.3%

£21,409,036 £21,124,354
Cash

+6.7%

£1,639,348 £1,749,454
Net assets

+0.9%

£4,511,731 £4,553,912
Employees

+3.7%

136 141
Operating profit

-43.5%

£693,283 £391,607
Profit before tax

-63.6%

£380,650 £138,510
Wages

+4.8%

£7,201,339 £7,549,631

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

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