MATCHROOM SPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-27 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£22M
-42.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+32.4% vs 2024
Employees
142
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£55M
+5.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MATCHROOM SPORT LIMITED 2000-09-01 → present
- MATCHROOM LIMITED 1990-11-06 → 2000-09-01
- BARRY HEARN LIMITED 1982-04-23 → 1990-11-06
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 | £218,262,375 | £225,455,880 | |
| Operating profit | £51,598,657 | £54,048,439 | |
| Profit before tax | £52,462,435 | £55,206,739 | |
| Net profit | £39,403,151 | £41,948,474 | |
| Cash | £38,016,452 | £22,002,861 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,875,445 | £35,380,410 | |
| Net assets | £26,214,741 | £34,705,215 | |
| Equity | £26,214,741 | £34,705,215 | |
| Average employees | 136 | 142 | |
| Wages | £11,230,716 | £12,225,278 |
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 | 23.6% | 24.0% | |
| Net margin | 18.1% | 18.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 192.0% | 152.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.61x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company and group remain highly profitable and cash generative. Further information with regards to the directors' considerations with regard to the going concern basis of preparation of the financial statements is provided in note 2.3, including the basis on which the board have concluded that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- MATCHROOM SPORT LIMITED · parent
- Euro Pro Tour Limited 100%
- Poker Million Limited 100%
- World Snooker Holding Limited 74%
- World Snooker Limited 74%
- The Professional Darts Corporation Limited 100%
- World Series of Darts Ltd 100%
- Matchroom Boxing Limited 100%
- Matchroom Boxing USA Limited 100%
- Matchroom Boxing USA LLC 60%
- Matchroom Boxing Global LLP 60%
- Matchroom Multi Sport Limited 100%
- Matchroom Media Ltd 100%
- Loop Streaming & Productions Ltd 100%
- World Professional Nineball Pool Corporation Ltd 100%
- DartConnect LLC 75%
Significant events
- “The group have again reported strong results for the year. The group turnover for the year ended 30 June 2025 was £225,455,880 (2024 - £218,262,375) and profit for the financial year was £41,948,474 (2024 - £39,403,151).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Wendy Frances | Secretary | 2021-04-30 | — | — |
| DAWSON, Stephen James | Director | — | Nov 1959 | British |
| FRAZER, Emily Louise | Director | 2023-07-01 | May 1990 | British |
| GODDING, Catherine Louise | Director | 2010-01-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| HEARN, Edward John | Director | 2004-06-08 | Jun 1979 | British |
| PALMER, Shaun Antony | Director | 2023-07-01 | Aug 1987 | British |
| PORTER, Matthew Richard | Director | 2013-07-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
| SIMMONDS, Melanie Jane | Director | 2023-07-01 | Feb 1986 | British |
| SLIPPER, Oliver Michael | Director | 2024-05-07 | Mar 1976 | British |
| SMITH, Frank John | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jul 1992 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWSON, Stephen James | Secretary | — | 2021-04-30 |
| DAVIS, Steve | Director | — | 1992-08-31 |
| FOWLER, Robert E | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-03-14 |
| HEARN, Barry Maurice William | Director | — | 2021-04-30 |
| KING, Frederick Albert | Director | — | 1995-08-31 |
| MORGAN, Giles | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| OUIN, Charles Nigel | Director | — | 1994-10-21 |
| WARNER, David Roger | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2002-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matchroom Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-02-22 | Active |
| Mr Barry Maurice William Hearn | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+3.3%
£218,262,375 £225,455,880
-
Cash
-42.1%
£38,016,452 £22,002,861
-
Net assets
+32.4%
£26,214,741 £34,705,215
-
Employees
+4.4%
136 142
-
Operating profit
+4.7%
£51,598,657 £54,048,439
-
Profit before tax
+5.2%
£52,462,435 £55,206,739
-
Wages
+8.9%
£11,230,716 £12,225,278
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