ST HELENS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£119K
-22.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£313K
-86% vs 2023
Employees
565
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
-59.3% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,095,180 | £8,581,390 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,205,615 | -£3,554,463 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,259,994 | -£3,600,943 | |
| Net profit | — | -£2,046,194 | -£1,921,533 | |
| Cash | — | £153,493 | £118,731 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,806,296 | £8,136,037 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,234,791 | £313,258 | |
| Equity | £2,998,745 | £2,234,791 | £313,258 | |
| Average employees | — | 545 | 565 | |
| Wages | — | £5,082,919 | £5,539,662 |
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 | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -24.3% | -41.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -22.5% | -22.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -18.7% | -43.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.05x | 0.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | -40.54x | -70.55x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WR Partners
- 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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The 2024 season was our most disappointing since the commencement of the Super League competition in 1996.”
- “The St Helens women's team won the Challenge Cup for the fourth season in a row but lost out in the Grand Final.”
- “Support funding received from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for the sport of rugby league in 2020 started to be repaid including the interest from July 2023.”
- “Due to the impact of COVID-19 on Rugby League the Company previously received £2.6m of loans provided by the government as specific support to the sport of rugby league. These loans attracted interest from May 2021 and interest and loan repayments commenced in July 2023 over an eight year period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLSHAW, Peter | Secretary | 2024-03-27 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Dermot | Director | 2016-07-22 | Dec 1962 | British |
| COLEMAN, Michael | Director | 2010-03-19 | Oct 1960 | British |
| FAIRHURST, Michael Christopher | Director | 2025-02-07 | May 1963 | British |
| MARREN, Kevin John | Director | 2009-02-10 | Sep 1960 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Robert Keith | Director | 2009-05-29 | Sep 1946 | British |
| MCMANUS, Eamonn | Director | 2001-11-20 | May 1956 | British |
| NICHOLL, Joseph | Director | 2006-01-27 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2006-11-08 | 2007-06-08 |
| BULLOUGH, John Samuel | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2006-01-27 |
| CARTER, Peter | Secretary | 2007-10-29 | 2013-04-30 |
| CULLEN, Michael John | Secretary | 2007-06-08 | 2007-09-03 |
| KITCHEN, Paul John | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1999-10-15 |
| TAYLOR, Philip Wayne | Secretary | 1999-11-23 | 2000-03-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Colin Roy | Secretary | 2016-07-22 | 2024-03-27 |
| HASLAMS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-27 | 2006-11-08 |
| ASHTON, Eric | Director | — | 2008-03-20 |
| BARROW, Paul Bernard | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| BELL, Andrew James | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2012-01-30 |
| ELLARD, Thomas | Director | — | 2001-09-04 |
| GREEN, Christopher James | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| HARTLEY, James Alexander George | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2025-11-21 |
| JELLEY, William | Director | — | 1999-04-06 |
| KAY, Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-03-25 |
| LATHAM, Eric | Director | — | 1999-02-03 |
| LYON, William | Director | — | 1993-10-05 |
| LYONS, Fergus John | Director | 2010-03-19 | 2012-01-30 |
| MCGUIRE, Donal Patrick | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| MORRIS, Howard Martin | Director | — | 2002-02-25 |
| MULCAHY, Stephen Francis | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2005-04-13 |
| PICKAVANCE, Joseph | Director | — | 1997-03-10 |
| PRESTEN, Terence Melvyn | Director | — | 1995-07-26 |
| PYKE, Stuart James William | Director | — | 1995-10-24 |
| RIGBY, William | Director | — | 1992-10-13 |
| SPENCER, Joseph Alan | Director | 1999-05-25 | 2009-09-07 |
| THOMAS, Arthur William | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2005-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Club St Helens Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
-5.6%
£9,095,180 £8,581,390
-
Cash
-22.6%
£153,493 £118,731
-
Net assets
-86%
£2,234,791 £313,258
-
Employees
+3.7%
545 565
-
Operating profit
-61.2%
-£2,205,615 -£3,554,463
-
Profit before tax
-59.3%
-£2,259,994 -£3,600,943
-
Wages
+9%
£5,082,919 £5,539,662
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