LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-08 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£19M

+4.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£43M

+42.9% vs 2023

Employees

870

+17.4% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£14M

-20.2% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-11-25

LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED 2025-11-25 → present
SMG (UK) LIMITED 2000-07-19 → 2025-11-25
OGDEN ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 1992-04-07 → 2000-07-19
OGDEN ALLIED AIRCRAFT APPEARANCE LIMITED 1989-12-04 → 1992-04-07
WHYTE'S (EDGWARE) LIMITED 1964-09-29 → 1989-12-04

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£61,935,000	£65,651,000
Operating profit	£15,822,000	£13,286,000
Profit before tax	£17,713,000	£14,134,000
Net profit	£14,046,000	£12,901,000
Cash	£17,732,000	£18,536,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£42,844,000	£52,239,000
Net assets	£30,056,000	£42,957,000
Equity	£30,056,000	£42,957,000
Average employees	741	870
Wages	£9,056,000	£10,570,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	25.5%	20.2%
Net margin	22.7%	19.7%
Return on capital employed	36.9%	25.4%
Current ratio	0.95x	0.92x
Interest cover	115.49x	38.07x

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: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“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.”

Group structure

LEGENDS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED · parent
1. Newcastle Tyne Theatre Limited 100% · Non-trading company
2. Park Arena Limited 100% · Property holding company

Significant events

“In January 2025 ASM Global took over as operators of two of Sheffield's most iconic venues, Utilita Arena and Sheffield City Hall. Working alongside Sheffield City Council, ASM is investing in the future of these venues, ensuring they remain at the heart of the community while competing on a global stage.”
“In February 2025 ASM Global took over as the operator of Vaillant Live Derby, a new build venue. Following a mobilisation period, trading commenced in April 2025.”

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

People

2 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BRAY, Christopher John	Director	2022-01-21	Nov 1971	British
STILL, Richard Matthew	Director	2022-01-06	Nov 1965	British

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BURNS, John Francis	Secretary	2014-09-15	2019-10-01
LAMBLEY, Michael Richard	Secretary	—	1994-01-14
ODDS, Geoffrey	Secretary	1995-02-02	1996-12-31
PENROSE, Noel Richard	Secretary	1994-05-02	1995-02-02
ROBINSON, Alan Steven	Secretary	1996-12-31	2014-09-15
WHIDDETT, Michael Douglas	Secretary	1994-01-14	1994-05-02
ALLEN, Peter	Director	—	2000-06-30
BURNS, John Francis	Director	2014-09-15	2019-10-01
CALLAGHAN, John Joseph	Director	—	1994-08-02
DAVIES, David	Director	1996-03-08	2000-06-29
DE SCOSSA, Nicholas John Noel	Director	1994-05-02	1994-05-31
DIGIA, Robert Mauro	Director	—	2000-06-30
ESCKILSEN, Lee	Director	1994-11-02	1995-08-31
ETTER, Thomas	Director	—	2000-06-30
HAGGETT, William Stanley	Director	—	1993-04-15
LOGAN, Douglas George	Director	1993-04-15	1993-12-31
LORD, John	Director	1994-07-01	1996-02-29
MACANIFF, John	Director	1993-04-15	2000-06-30
NEWMAN, Robert Ethan	Director	2019-10-01	2022-01-21
PENROSE, Noel Richard	Director	1994-08-02	1996-12-31
ROBINSON, Alan Steven	Director	2000-06-30	2014-09-15
ROMANO, Joseph Frankel	Director	1996-12-31	2000-06-30
RUSSO, Frank	Director	—	2000-06-30
SHARKEY, John	Director	2019-10-01	2022-01-06
SUTHERLAND, John	Director	1996-12-31	2013-11-19
WESTLEY, Harold	Director	2000-11-06	2019-10-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Smg Europe	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2019-10-01	Active
Mr Harold Lester Westley	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-10-01
Mr John Francis Burns	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-10-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 182 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2025-11-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-25	CERTNM	change-of-name	Certificate change of name company	PDF
2025-10-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-26	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-01-26	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-01-10	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-01-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-10-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-05-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-31	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2019-10-30	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2019-10-29	PSC08	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control statement	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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%

£61,935,000 £65,651,000
Cash

+4.5%

£17,732,000 £18,536,000
Net assets

+42.9%

£30,056,000 £42,957,000
Employees

+17.4%

741 870
Operating profit

-16%

£15,822,000 £13,286,000
Profit before tax

-20.2%

£17,713,000 £14,134,000
Wages

+16.7%

£9,056,000 £10,570,000

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

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