MARK JARVIS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-27
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-11 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-28
Watchouts
Cash
£619K
-83.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+33.6% vs 2024
Employees
90
-53.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+48.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-27
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-06 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,586,506 | £20,471,441 | |
| Operating profit | £1,314,948 | £1,997,947 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,805 | £2,014,021 | |
| Net profit | £1,034,229 | £1,683,426 | |
| Cash | £3,753,625 | £618,637 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,357,575 | £10,150,451 | |
| Net assets | £5,009,554 | £6,692,980 | |
| Equity | £5,009,554 | £6,692,980 | |
| Average employees | 192 | 90 | |
| Wages | £3,805,437 | £2,443,604 |
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 | 2024-01-06 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.5% | 19.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.41x | 5.52x | |
| Interest cover | 21208.84x | 110.70x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has noted that the core revenue streams continue to remain popular and is confident that the company is well positioned for the future.”
Group structure
- MARK JARVIS LIMITED · parent
- Charnwood Forest Turf Accountants Limited 100%
- Clark Racing (Northern) Limited 100%
- WADS Limited 100%
- MJ Sports Bet Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company was acquired by Betting Shop Services Ltd (BSSL) in May 2024, and the accounting period was extended to cover a period of 16 months in order to align with the BSSL Group accounting period.”
- “Following acquisition, the company intends to carry out an extensive refurbishment and rebranding programme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, Gregory Roy | Director | 2024-05-23 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, Andrew | Secretary | — | 2024-05-23 |
| COX, David Arnold | Director | — | 2020-08-15 |
| GRAHAM, Andrew | Director | — | 2024-05-23 |
| GRAHAM, Paul | Director | 2018-07-18 | 2024-05-23 |
| HALLAM, Ronald Keith | Director | — | 2024-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betting Shop Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-23 | Active |
| Mr Paul Graham | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-11-23 | Ceased 2024-05-23 |
| Mark Jarvis Sports Inc | Legal person | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2018-07-17 | Ceased 2023-11-23 |
| Mr Ronald Keith Hallam | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-17 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-30 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-27 vs 2024-01-06
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Turnover
+50.7%
£13,586,506 £20,471,441
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Cash
-83.5%
£3,753,625 £618,637
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Net assets
+33.6%
£5,009,554 £6,692,980
-
Employees
-53.1%
192 90
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Operating profit
+51.9%
£1,314,948 £1,997,947
-
Profit before tax
+48.5%
£1,355,805 £2,014,021
-
Wages
-35.8%
£3,805,437 £2,443,604
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