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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

£5M

+36.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£278M

+2.3% vs 2023

Employees

3

-25% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£8M

+27.6% vs 2023

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £7,641,714
Operating profit -£943,545-£221,062
Profit before tax £6,445,017£8,224,090
Net profit £4,105,893£6,193,094
Cash £3,890,388£5,323,365
Total assets less current liabilities £271,869,144£278,062,238
Net assets £271,869,144£278,062,238
Equity £267,763,251£271,869,144£278,062,238
Average employees 43
Wages £317,529£745,495

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 2023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -2.9%
Net margin 81.0%
Return on capital employed -0.3%-0.1%
Current ratio 7.36x3.99x
Interest cover -2.20x-0.49x

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
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. Thus, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.”

Group structure

  1. ARENA LEISURE LIMITED · parent
    1. Arena Leisure Catering Limited 100% · England & Wales
    2. Arena Leisure Racing Limited 100% · England & Wales
    3. Arena Racing (Southwell) Limited 100% · England & Wales
    4. The Doncaster Racecourse Management Limited 81% · England & Wales
    5. Folkestone Racecourse Limited 100% · England & Wales
    6. Lingfield Park Limited 100% · England & Wales
    7. Southwell Racecourse Limited 100% · England & Wales
    8. Windsor Racing Limited 100% · England & Wales
    9. Wolverhampton Racecourse Limited 100% · England & Wales
    10. Worcester Racecourse Limited 81% · England & Wales
    11. Racecourse Data Company Limited 9.09% · England & Wales
    12. Gefion Technologies Limited 100% · England & Wales

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 38 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HILL, Megan Joy Secretary 2012-04-23
HUNT, Bradley David Director 2020-09-24 Sep 1973 British
NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph Director 2012-03-30 Dec 1975 French
PARNELL, Brendan James Director 2023-06-26 Nov 1967 Australian
Show 38 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HULL, David Julian Secretary 1991-11-13
LYNN, Robert Secretary 1993-03-31 1998-09-08
MERCER, Robert Secretary 2001-05-17 2012-04-23
PENROSE, Ian Richard Secretary 1998-08-03 2001-05-17
POPE, Martin Edward Secretary 1991-11-13 1993-06-29
BARNES, Michael John Director 1997-05-21 2005-10-31
CUNNINGHAM, David James Coulter Director 1993-03-23 1993-11-02
DUFFY, Martin Bartlett Director 1993-07-09 1993-11-05
EDWARDS, Derek Thomas Director 1991-09-04 1993-03-22
ELLIOTT, Mark Director 2005-10-01 2012-03-30
FRANKS, Harold Director 1993-03-23 1994-01-04
GOLDIE-MORRISON, Keith Cooper Director 1993-03-23
HARRIS, Antony Charles Director 2008-05-01 2012-03-30
HOGG, Ian Christopher Director 2001-05-08 2004-11-24
HOWARD OF LYMPNE, Michael, Rt Hon Director 2012-05-30 2013-04-23
KELLY, Anthony Brian Director 2012-04-23 2015-07-23
KENT-LEMON, Nigel William Director 1995-09-21 1998-12-11
LOTTO, Giuliano Lorenzo Director 1993-07-09 1995-08-28
LYNN, Robert Director 1993-03-31 1998-09-08
MCGANN, Martin Francis Director 2006-06-27 2008-12-31
MERCER, Robert Director 2012-04-23 2012-05-31
MOULD, Harold Raymond Director 2005-11-01 2010-05-19
MOWAT, Alastair Mcivor Director 1995-11-16 1997-05-21
MUDDLE, Richard John Director 1999-07-26 2001-05-10
NEGAL, Keith Harry Angel Director 1992-05-14
ODRISCOLL, Patrick Colin Director 2012-03-30 2018-09-29
PAGE, Andrew Director 2008-12-01 2012-03-30
PARKER BOWLES, Andrew, Brigadier Director 1999-09-08 2012-03-30
PARR, Graham Thomas Director 1997-05-21 2004-11-24
PENROSE, Ian Richard Director 1998-08-03 2005-09-30
PONTIN, Frederick William, Sir Director 1991-09-04 1995-08-28
POPE, Martin Edward Director 2001-10-30
RENTON, Robert Ian Director 2004-11-24 2012-08-31
REUBEN, James Adam Director 2012-05-14 2024-09-25
ROBERTSON, Kevin Stuart Director 2014-06-30 2020-09-24
SAUNDERS, David Michael Director 1994-12-15
THORPE, David Allan Director 2010-05-19 2012-03-30
WITHERS, Roger Dean Director 2001-05-08 2006-05-08

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Arena Racing Corporation Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 393 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-10-07 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-09-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-06-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-19 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2022-02-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-11-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-06-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-26 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-12-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-09-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-09-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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