BRISTOL CITY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
Cash
£978K
-39% vs 2024
Net assets
-£33M
-50.5% vs 2024
Employees
1,001
-4.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£19M
-466% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,848,236 | £40,337,817 | |
| Operating profit | -£22,291,792 | -£22,294,539 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,285,076 | -£18,595,076 | |
| Net profit | -£3,285,076 | -£18,595,076 | |
| Cash | £1,604,207 | £978,484 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £75,487,635 | £71,892,357 | |
| Net assets | -£21,973,860 | -£33,068,936 | |
| Equity | -£21,973,860 | -£33,068,936 | |
| Average employees | 1,052 | 1,001 | |
| Wages | £31,381,119 | £31,810,824 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -52.0% | -55.3% | |
| Net margin | -7.7% | -46.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -29.5% | -31.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.69x | 1.60x | |
| Interest cover | -7.85x | -6.68x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, whilst acknowledging there can be no certainty as to the economic outlook for the company or its subsidiaries, are confident that, taking into account trading performance and the continued commitment from Pula Sport Limited, that the group will have sufficient working capital for the foreseeable future, being not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BRISTOL CITY HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Bristol City Football Club Limited 100%
- Ashton Gate Limited 100%
- BCFC Limited 100%
- Bristol City Women Football Club Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group loss after tax for the financial period was £18.6m (2024-3.3m).”
- “During the year, the company allotted 7,500,000 ordinary shares, for an aggregate consideration of £7,500,000 by way of a debt-to-equity swap.”
- “The Club finished in sixth position in the Championship ... and qualify for the EFL Championship Play-offs, for the first time since 2008.”
- “Bristol City Women Football Club ... was subject to the sale of a controlling interest post the financial year end... sales proceeds amounted to £4.4m”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Victoria Louise | Secretary | 2025-11-01 | — | — |
| BOSS, Charles Henry | Director | 2026-03-25 | Dec 1984 | British |
| LANSDOWN, Jon Stephen | Director | 2011-03-09 | Sep 1983 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARR, Robert Alan | Secretary | 1996-06-03 | 2013-04-18 |
| CURLING, Christopher John | Secretary | — | 1993-11-17 |
| HARMAN, Doug John | Secretary | 2013-10-14 | 2018-08-02 |
| MARSHALL, Gavin Thomas | Secretary | 2018-08-02 | 2025-10-31 |
| MITCHELL, Christopher John | Secretary | 1993-11-15 | 1996-06-03 |
| SKEGGS, Kelly | Secretary | 2013-04-18 | 2013-10-14 |
| BURCHILL, Kenneth Peter | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1994-01-13 |
| CLAPP, John Leslie | Director | 1993-11-15 | 2001-06-28 |
| COLLER, Deryn Norman | Director | — | 1993-03-04 |
| DAVIDSON, Scott Matthew | Director | 1995-05-26 | 2001-06-28 |
| DAWE, Keith William | Director | 1997-03-24 | 2019-05-31 |
| FRICKER, Michael George | Director | — | 1996-03-22 |
| GOOCH, Archibald William Charles | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2005-09-15 |
| HARMAN, Douglas John | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| KEW, Leslie John, Councillor | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| LANSDOWN, Stephen Philip | Director | 1997-03-24 | 2011-05-31 |
| LAYCOCK, John Steven | Director | 1997-03-24 | 2005-09-20 |
| MANNING, Peter William Charles | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| MARSHALL, Gavin Thomas | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| MULLIGAN, Martin John | Director | 2011-03-28 | 2012-05-16 |
| NEALE, Robert Kenneth Geoffrey | Director | 1994-05-18 | 2001-06-28 |
| NEWLAND, Oliver William | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| PEARCE, Roger William | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2008-08-28 |
| PRICE, Guy Richard | Director | 2011-03-09 | 2012-09-01 |
| RAWCLIFFE, Thomas James | Director | 2025-11-01 | 2026-02-19 |
| RUSSE, David Anthony Richard | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1996-03-22 |
| SAGE, Kenneth James | Director | — | 1993-11-15 |
| SEXSTONE, Colin Leslie | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Gary Frank | Director | 1993-11-15 | 1996-06-03 |
| WILLIAMS, William Ivor | Director | — | 1993-07-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 326 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-02 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-23 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-23 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-5.9%
£42,848,236 £40,337,817
-
Cash
-39%
£1,604,207 £978,484
-
Net assets
-50.5%
-£21,973,860 -£33,068,936
-
Employees
-4.8%
1,052 1,001
-
Operating profit
0%
-£22,291,792 -£22,294,539
-
Profit before tax
-466%
-£3,285,076 -£18,595,076
-
Wages
+1.4%
£31,381,119 £31,810,824
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