HEREFORD RACECOURSE COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£136K
+408% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
+20.4% vs 2023
Employees
7
-12.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£441K
-21.1% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,766,231 | £3,533,559 | |
| Operating profit | — | £559,324 | £441,385 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £559,326 | £441,385 | |
| Net profit | — | £619,670 | £431,614 | |
| Cash | — | £26,766 | £135,973 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£2,115,477 | -£1,683,863 | |
| Net assets | — | -£2,115,477 | -£1,683,863 | |
| Equity | -£2,735,147 | -£2,115,477 | -£1,683,863 | |
| Average employees | — | 8 | 7 | |
| Wages | — | £488,537 | £355,632 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 14.9% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 16.5% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -26.4% | -26.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.76x | 0.83x |
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
- Auditor
- Adler Shine LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the company's financial forecasts and expected future cash flows, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The going concern basis has been adopted.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 43 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Megan Joy | Secretary | 2012-05-14 | — | — |
| GALLAGHER, Kieran James | Director | 2025-11-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
| NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph | Director | 2007-08-01 | Dec 1975 | French |
Show 43 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Anthony Brian | Secretary | 2004-09-10 | 2007-02-14 |
| NELSON, Rachel Anne | Secretary | 2007-02-14 | 2012-05-14 |
| STOKES, Mark Bryan | Secretary | 2001-06-30 | 2004-09-03 |
| WILLIAMS, John | Secretary | — | 2001-06-30 |
| ALFORD, Robert Edward Geoffrey | Director | 1993-05-19 | 1994-05-18 |
| ANDREWS, Leslie Mervyn Henson | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2003-07-11 |
| ANDREWS, Leslie Mervyn Henson | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1997-05-15 |
| BENGOUGH, Piers Henry George, Sir | Director | — | 2001-02-23 |
| CLARKE, Simon William | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2007-06-22 |
| CLARKE, Stanley William, Sir | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2004-09-19 |
| CLOWES, Henry Benjamin Beaufoy | Director | 2000-06-05 | 2001-02-23 |
| COTTERELL BARONET, John Henry Geers, Sir | Director | — | 2001-02-23 |
| COURT, Terence Clifford | Director | 2000-03-10 | 2001-02-23 |
| DAVIES, Charles Patrick Conroy, The Rightworshipful The Mayor Of Hereford (Council | Director | 1992-05-20 | 1993-05-19 |
| DUNNE, Thomas Raymond, Sir | Director | — | 1998-05-25 |
| FLEET, David John | Director | 1998-05-01 | 1999-05-20 |
| GALLAGHER, Keiran James | Director | 2025-11-21 | 2025-11-21 |
| GRODZINSKI, Peter Gregory | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2004-12-31 |
| GUNDY, Catherine Doris | Director | 1994-05-18 | 1995-05-17 |
| HARRINGTON, Julie Anne | Director | 2008-01-31 | 2012-03-16 |
| HYDE, George | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2005-09-14 |
| HYDE, George | Director | 1995-05-17 | 1997-05-15 |
| JONES, Stephen Rhys | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2004-12-31 |
| KELLY, Anthony Brian | Director | 2004-09-10 | 2015-07-23 |
| MATTHEWS, William David, His Honor Judge | Director | — | 1992-09-25 |
| MOORSOM, Christopher John Leon | Director | 2003-07-10 | 2004-12-31 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Patrick Colin | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2018-09-29 |
| PHILLIPS, Roger James | Director | 2005-09-19 | 2007-03-26 |
| PRICE, Robin | Director | — | 1999-06-08 |
| RENTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2012-08-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2019-07-04 |
| RUMSEY, Colin George | Director | 1999-05-20 | 2000-05-31 |
| RYAN, John French | Director | — | 1996-02-27 |
| SCUDAMORE, Peter Michael | Director | 1993-05-01 | 2001-02-23 |
| SPINCER, Mark | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2025-11-21 |
| STOKES, Mark Bryan | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2004-09-03 |
| STREET, Rodney Grant | Director | 2001-06-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| TUDGE, Clement Allan | Director | 1997-05-15 | 1998-05-25 |
| TURBUTT, Michael | Director | — | 1992-05-20 |
| VERDIN, Philip George, Major | Director | — | 1999-06-08 |
| WEBB, Stephen John Anthony | Director | 1997-03-15 | 2001-02-23 |
| WILLIAMS, John | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2004-01-20 |
| WILLIAMS, John | Director | — | 2001-02-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Races Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2019-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-6.2%
£3,766,231 £3,533,559
-
Cash
+408%
£26,766 £135,973
-
Net assets
+20.4%
-£2,115,477 -£1,683,863
-
Employees
-12.5%
8 7
-
Operating profit
-21.1%
£559,324 £441,385
-
Profit before tax
-21.1%
£559,326 £441,385
-
Wages
-27.2%
£488,537 £355,632
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