MOTORSPORT UK ASSOCIATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
Equity attributable
Employees
76
Average over period
Profit before tax
£545K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- MOTORSPORT UK ASSOCIATION LIMITED 2020-10-02 → present
- THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB MOTOR SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 1998-10-27 → 2020-10-02
- RAC MOTOR SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE) 1979-12-31 → 1998-10-27
- BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED (THE) 1978-12-31 → 1979-12-31
- RAC MOTOR SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 1977-12-19 → 1978-12-31
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 | £12,813,108 | £13,797,790 | |
| Operating profit | -£43,096 | -£221,688 | |
| Profit before tax | £629,441 | £545,283 | |
| Net profit | £629,441 | £159,156 | |
| Cash | £645,136 | £1,115,594 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,212,909 | £11,528,729 | |
| Net assets | £9,589,905 | £9,749,061 | |
| Equity | £9,589,905 | £9,749,061 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 76 | |
| Wages | £3,469,623 | £3,630,166 |
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 | -0.3% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.4% | -1.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.43x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -0.32x | -1.71x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the group's forecasts and projections, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group, as a whole, have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOTORSPORT UK ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
- British Grand Prix Limited 100%
- MSA Scotland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024, Motorsport UK delivered on several critical projects as part of our medium-term digital transformation.”
- “The F4 British Championship certified by FIA was won by Deagen Fairclough with a record-breaking 14 wins.”
- “The British Rally Championship delivered one of the most captivating seasons in recent history.”
- “Motorsport UK is proud to host several prestigious international motorsport events to the UK with a record 480,000 spectators attending the Formula 1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone in July 2024.”
- “The FIA World Karting Championships returned to the UK in 2024, for the first time since 2017.”
- “During 2024, Motorsport UK initiated a consultation on sustainable fuel adoption and the Board approved a landmark decision to mandate specialist racing fuels in British Championships to contain a minimum sustainable content with a roadmap to fossil-free racing fuels by 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 63 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURRAY, Craig Robert | Secretary | 2022-04-12 | — | — |
| BEARNE, Nicole Annette Denise | Director | 2024-04-01 | Mar 1968 | British |
| CHAMBERS, Hugh Bertram | Director | 2018-11-01 | Aug 1957 | British |
| CHANDHOK, Karun | Director | 2021-06-02 | Jan 1984 | British |
| COOPER, Christopher Robert | Director | 2019-11-20 | Sep 1963 | British |
| KWAN, Katrina-May | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
| LAPWORTH, William David | Director | 2018-01-01 | Apr 1956 | British |
| NORBURY, John Richard | Director | 2018-01-01 | Aug 1956 | British |
| PONTEFRACT, Nicholas David | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1983 | British |
| RICHARDS, David Pender | Director | 2018-01-01 | Jun 1952 | British |
| TATE, Christopher John | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1953 | British |
| WATSON, Adrienne | Director | 2026-01-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
| WILLS, Roger Gary | Director | 2019-11-20 | Jan 1968 | New Zealander |
Show 63 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUNT, Simon Nicholas | Secretary | 2014-06-11 | 2018-10-31 |
| BULT, Sebastian Alexander | Secretary | 2021-12-13 | 2022-02-16 |
| COHEN, Joel Edward | Secretary | 2019-09-23 | 2021-07-30 |
| GANGAHAR, Danesh Kumar | Secretary | 2006-05-09 | 2006-10-03 |
| JONES, Stanley Robert | Secretary | 2006-10-03 | 2014-06-11 |
| LANKSHEAR, Terence Albert | Secretary | 1991-12-12 | 2006-05-09 |
| ANDREWS, Anthony Scott | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2019-03-12 |
| ASHMEAD, Richard John | Director | 2003-03-18 | 2006-12-31 |
| BASHFORD-MALKIE, Helen Kathleen | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2023-01-01 |
| BLUNT, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2014-06-11 | 2018-10-31 |
| BOND MUIR, Catherine Lisa | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2023-08-17 |
| BONE, Michael Albert | Director | — | 1996-04-17 |
| BROAD, Michael John | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-11-20 |
| BROWNSON, Susan Ann | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2013-05-03 |
| BUNTING, Nicholas John | Director | 2013-05-20 | 2013-10-16 |
| CARDELL, Denis Southwell | Director | — | 1994-02-03 |
| CARTER, Dennis Ivan | Director | 2006-02-09 | 2017-12-31 |
| CUSSONS, Benjamin Piers | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-10-02 |
| CUSSONS, Benjamin Piers | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2014-03-05 |
| DOUGLAS, Keith Humphrey | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| FACK, Robert Julian Henshaw | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2003-12-31 |
| GANGAHAR, Danesh Kumar | Director | 2006-05-09 | 2019-11-20 |
| GASKELL, Christine Ann | Director | 2014-03-05 | 2019-11-20 |
| GOW, Alan James | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| GRANT, John Albert Martin | Director | 2002-07-11 | 2006-02-09 |
| GRANT PETERKIN, Martin Robert | Director | 1998-02-05 | 2003-12-31 |
| GUY, Paul Nelson | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HILTON, Colin Newton | Director | 2000-06-08 | 2013-05-20 |
| JACKSON, David Timothy | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2019-09-09 |
| JOHNSON, Neil Anthony | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-12-18 |
| JONES, Stanley Robert | Director | 2006-10-03 | 2018-05-31 |
| KEOWN, Timothy Gordon | Director | 2002-06-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| KNIGHT, Robin George | Director | 2006-02-09 | 2008-12-31 |
| LANKSHEAR, Terence Albert | Director | 2000-06-08 | 2006-05-09 |
| LAPSLEY, Alastair Gourlay Howard | Director | — | 1998-02-05 |
| LIMB, Michael James | Director | 1994-02-03 | 2002-12-06 |
| LIMB, Michael James | Director | — | 1994-01-17 |
| MAVOR, Ian Gordon Ferrier | Director | 1997-12-18 | 1998-06-04 |
| MAXWELL, John Hunter | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| MAYO, Richard Burns | Director | 1994-02-03 | 1998-02-05 |
| MCGIVERN, Brian Kenneth | Director | — | 2002-06-06 |
| MOFFITT, Nicholas Earle Herbert | Director | 2006-02-09 | 2025-12-31 |
| MOLAY, James William | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2000-01-27 |
| MOSLEY, Max Rufus | Director | 1991-12-12 | 1993-05-24 |
| PARKIN, Roderick Kenworthy | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| POOK, Colin Ernest | Director | 1994-02-03 | 1996-12-31 |
| PURVES, Thomas Finlayson Grant | Director | 2019-03-12 | 2024-12-31 |
| PURVES, Thomas Finlayson Grant | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| QUENBY, John Richard | Director | — | 2001-03-27 |
| READ, Peter | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| RICHARDSON, John Harvey | Director | 1994-02-03 | 2002-12-05 |
| ROGERS, John, Sir | Director | — | 1998-07-15 |
| ROSE, Jeffrey David | Director | — | 1998-04-09 |
| SEARS, John George Stanley | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| SONES, Michael John | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| SOUTHCOMBE, Richard Michael | Director | — | 2003-12-31 |
| STOKER, Graham Kenneth Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| TROUGHEAR, William Scott | Director | 1994-02-03 | 2006-02-09 |
| TROUTON, Ronnie George | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2006-02-09 |
| WATSON, Ian Michael | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-11-20 |
| WHALE, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2004-09-09 | 2012-12-31 |
| WILTSHIRE, Raymond Geoffrey | Director | 1996-05-22 | 2002-04-07 |
| WOOD, John Rollo | Director | 2000-02-03 | 2008-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 266 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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