THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER LEAGUE LIMITED
Get an alert when THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER LEAGUE LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2B
+14.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£296M
+42% vs 2024
Employees
362
+19.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£119M
-37.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,652,427,000 | £3,655,915,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£5,834,000 | -£14,886,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £189,203,000 | £118,624,000 | |
| Net profit | £118,201,000 | £87,537,000 | |
| Cash | £1,336,757,000 | £1,532,677,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £640,930,000 | £804,912,000 | |
| Net assets | £208,495,000 | £296,025,000 | |
| Equity | £208,495,000 | £296,025,000 | |
| Average employees | 302 | 362 | |
| Wages | £36,300,000 | £45,636,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.9% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.30x | 1.34x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position, resources and revenue streams of the Group. The Group has considerable financial resources, including £1,533m of cash at bank and in hand at the balance sheet date, and has broadcasting and commercial rights secured for the next three-year broadcasting cycle for seasons 2025/26 to 2027/28. Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PREMIER LEAGUE LIMITED · parent
- The Football Association Premier League Medical Care Scheme Limited 100%
- Premier League International Holdings Limited 100%
- Premier League India Holdings Limited 100%
- The Football Association Premier League US LLC 100%
- Football Association Premier League China Company Limited 100%
- Premier League Studios Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Football Governance Bill received Royal Assent, becoming law as the Football Governance Act 2025, on 21 July 2025. The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will be established imminently, to oversee financial sustainability, governance, and fan engagement across the top five tiers of English football.”
- “In February 2023, the Premier League referred a number of alleged breaches of its Rules by Manchester City FC to an independent Commission under Rule W.3.4. The proceedings before the Commission were heard during the current financial year.”
- “On 3 September 2025, the Company and Manchester City FC reached a settlement in relation to the arbitration commenced by the club concerning the Company's Associated Party Transaction (APT) Rules.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLUMB, Kevin Mark | Secretary | 2015-09-01 | — | — |
| BRITTAIN, Alison Jane | Director | 2023-01-03 | Feb 1965 | British |
| FYFIELD, Rowenna Mai | Director | 2021-10-18 | May 1969 | British |
| MASTERS, Richard James | Director | 2019-02-07 | Jun 1966 | British |
| MISTRY, Dharmash Pravin | Director | 2021-10-18 | Aug 1970 | British |
| RYDER, Matthew Conrad | Director | 2023-02-20 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWARD, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 2015-04-13 | 2015-09-01 |
| FOSTER, Michael | Secretary | 2005-02-04 | 2005-06-02 |
| FOSTER, Michael | Secretary | 1992-05-27 | 2003-10-30 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Harris | Secretary | 2003-10-13 | 2005-02-03 |
| PURDON, Jane | Secretary | 2005-06-02 | 2015-04-09 |
| ARNEY, Claudia Isobel | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2021-01-31 |
| BEESTON, Kevin Stanley | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2022-01-14 |
| FOSTER, Michael | Director | 1999-03-11 | 1999-11-01 |
| FRY, Anthony Michael | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| HOFFMAN, Gary Andrew | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2022-01-31 |
| LEAVER, Peter Lawrence Oppenheim | Director | 1997-04-03 | 1999-03-11 |
| MCCORMICK, Peter David Godfrey | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2023-01-03 |
| MCCORMICK, Peter David Godfrey | Director | 2014-03-07 | 2015-06-04 |
| PARRY, Richard Nicholas | Director | 1992-05-27 | 1997-04-04 |
| QUINTON, John Grand, Sir | Director | 1992-05-27 | 1999-03-11 |
| RICHARDS, David Gerald, Sir | Director | 1999-03-11 | 2013-05-31 |
| SCUDAMORE, Richard Craig | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2018-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-07-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-07-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£3,652,427,000 £3,655,915,000
-
Cash
+14.7%
£1,336,757,000 £1,532,677,000
-
Net assets
+42%
£208,495,000 £296,025,000
-
Employees
+19.9%
302 362
-
Operating profit
-155.2%
-£5,834,000 -£14,886,000
-
Profit before tax
-37.3%
£189,203,000 £118,624,000
-
Wages
+25.7%
£36,300,000 £45,636,000
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