LEICESTER RACECOURSE CO.,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-05 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
146
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£134K
+169.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,524,200 | £6,063,699 | |
| Operating profit | -£149,679 | £183,287 | |
| Profit before tax | -£194,285 | £134,265 | |
| Net profit | -£142,951 | £99,265 | |
| Cash | £3,315,926 | £3,710,121 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,283,270 | £5,321,575 | |
| Net assets | £5,273,270 | £5,276,575 | |
| Equity | £2,647,927 | £2,747,192 | |
| Average employees | 139 | 146 | |
| Wages | £1,248,533 | £1,297,164 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.7% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | -2.6% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.8% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | -1.31x | 1.03x |
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
- Newby Castleman LLP
- 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
- “4 fixtures were abandoned due to the bad weather in 2024 (7 in 2023).”
- “165 races were run, 10 more than in 2023. The 2 extra racedays and 10 extra races in the year helped improve the income and profits for the year.”
- “Our media rights income continues to be under pressure partly due to continuing uncertainties over the Gambling Act review and affordability checks and partly due to the Olympics diverting sporting interests. Inflationary pressures continued to increase many costs. Overall it was a tough trading year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Philip Andrew | Director | 2017-07-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CLOWES, Richard | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| NELSON, Marc William | Director | 2006-01-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| NELSON, Roy Alexander | Director | 2022-11-01 | Jul 1990 | British |
| SANDERSON, James Henry | Director | 2012-10-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, David Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| MAYKELS, David | Secretary | 2006-01-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| PARROTT, Russell | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| BUCKLE, Clive Richard | Director | — | 2020-07-09 |
| FORD, Francis Stanley | Director | — | 1991-07-26 |
| HENSON, David Charles | Director | — | 1998-01-12 |
| LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| MAYKELS, David Charles | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| NELSON, Ian David | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| NELSON, Valerie Ann | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| SANDERSON, James Henry | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| THORPE, David Allan | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Racecourse Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.8%
£5,524,200 £6,063,699
-
Cash
+11.9%
£3,315,926 £3,710,121
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£5,273,270 £5,276,575
-
Employees
+5%
139 146
-
Operating profit
+222.5%
-£149,679 £183,287
-
Profit before tax
+169.1%
-£194,285 £134,265
-
Wages
+3.9%
£1,248,533 £1,297,164
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