BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
Equity attributable
Employees
350
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2024-12-31
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY LIMITED 2007-07-31 → present
- THE BRITISH HORSERACING BOARD LIMITED 1993-04-28 → 2007-07-31
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 | £41,789,000 | £45,448,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,087,000 | £1,610,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,060,000 | £1,642,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,060,000 | £1,642,000 | |
| Cash | £15,231,000 | £12,527,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,732,000 | £10,770,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,294,000 | £10,703,000 | |
| Equity | £10,294,000 | £10,703,000 | |
| Average employees | 339 | 350 | |
| Wages | £16,025,000 | £18,249,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.4% | 14.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.44x | 1.35x |
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 directors believe their current assumptions are reasonable and include appropriate contingencies, and that they have taken all reasonable steps to secure the Company's financial position, and enable the Company and Group to realise their assets and discharge their liabilities in their ordinary course of business as they fall due. The directors have therefore concluded that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and have not identified a material uncertainty in this regard.”
Group structure
- BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY LIMITED · parent
- British Horseracing Database Limited 99.99985%
- British Horseracing Limited 100%
- British Horseracing Board Limited 100%
- Racing Digital Limited 50%
- Horseracing Regulatory Authority Limited 100%
- Great British Racing Limited 100%
- British Champions Series Limited 15%
Significant events
- “The Racing Digital project which started in July 2021 had planned for the original programme to be completed by July 2024 but this has been delayed and costs are significantly higher than budgeted.”
- “Fostering good relations between the BHA and Government became particularly crucial with the change of party in July 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 91 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BELOFF, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2016-09-14 | — | — |
| DUNSHEA, Brant Stuart | Director | 2025-01-01 | Sep 1972 | Australian |
| HALLEY, Kyrsten | Director | 2023-05-01 | May 1983 | British |
| JOHNSON, Paul Daniel | Director | 2025-09-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| JONES, David St. John | Director | 2021-01-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
| PARKER, Charles Michael | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| PARKER, Rajiv | Director | 2022-01-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
| WALSH, Wilfred Thomas | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jun 1962 | British |
| WARREN, Tara Jane | Director | 2023-12-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Raymond Clive | Secretary | 1993-06-07 | 1995-04-11 |
| ALSOP, Mark Frederick Sten | Secretary | 1993-04-28 | 1993-06-07 |
| ATKIN, Stephen Edward | Secretary | 1999-07-13 | 1999-10-31 |
| BRICKELL, Adam Paul | Secretary | 2010-03-29 | 2016-09-13 |
| CODRINGTON, Oliver Simon | Secretary | 2008-04-14 | 2010-03-29 |
| DELMONTE, Alan Emmanuel | Secretary | 2005-10-01 | 2008-04-14 |
| FINESILVER, Morris Barrie | Secretary | 1995-04-11 | 1999-07-05 |
| RICKETTS, Robert Tristram | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2005-09-30 |
| ALLEN, Charles Lamb, Lord Allen Of Kensington | Director | 2025-09-01 | 2026-03-03 |
| ALSOP, Mark Frederick Sten | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1993-06-07 |
| ARMSTRONG, David James | Director | 2019-02-19 | 2026-02-12 |
| ARNOLD, Jeremy Rupert | Director | 2015-01-19 | 2019-09-30 |
| ARNOLD, Jeremy Rupert | Director | 2005-01-10 | 2007-07-30 |
| ARNOLD, Rupert Jeremy | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2020-03-26 |
| ARNOLD, Rupert Jeremy | Director | 2020-01-28 | 2020-01-28 |
| BALDING, Gerald Barnard | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2010-07-30 |
| BARNETT, Charles Henry | Director | 2021-04-28 | 2021-04-29 |
| BARNETT, Charles Henry | Director | 2020-11-18 | 2020-11-19 |
| BITTAR, Paul Allen | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2015-01-19 |
| BRIDGEMAN, John Stuart | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2012-07-11 |
| BROUGHTON, Martin Faulkner | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2007-04-24 |
| BROWN, Keith Clark | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2004-07-31 |
| BURNHAM, Hilary Margaret | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2003-05-31 |
| CARVER, Margaret Adela Miriam | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2021-09-30 |
| CLARK, Nigel Culliford | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2004-12-11 |
| CLIFTON, Andrew David | Director | 2021-08-06 | 2021-08-09 |
| CONNELL, Michael Bryan, Sir | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| COOPER, Nicholas George | Director | 2019-04-04 | 2020-06-30 |
| COWARD, Nicholas Ian | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2011-03-31 |
| CRICHTON-MILLER, Hugh Angus | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2001-01-31 |
| CROWN, Stephen Maurice | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-05-22 |
| CUMANI, Luca Matteo | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| CURRIE, Vivien Anne | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-02-17 |
| DARNELL, Michael | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1996-06-06 |
| DE FREITAS, Anthony Peter Stanley | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| DEUTERS, Christopher Frederick | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| DIXON, Paul Joseph | Director | 2006-07-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| DUNCAN, Atholl Scott | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2020-11-30 |
| ELWES, Nigel Robert | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2002-12-31 |
| FARNSWORTH, William Guy | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2014-07-31 |
| FERGUSON, John Patrick | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-07-28 |
| FOX, Paul Leonard, Sir | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1997-06-06 |
| FREEDMAN, Philip William | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| FURLONG, James Richard | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2003-06-30 |
| GRAHAM GRAY, Morag | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2014-11-30 |
| GRAZEBROOK, Adrian Michael | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| GUNDILL, James Norman | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2003-10-01 |
| GUNN, Dennis George | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2015-06-30 |
| HARMAN, Stephen Richard | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2018-11-12 |
| HARRINGTON, Julie Anne | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2024-12-31 |
| HARRINGTON, Julie Anne | Director | 2018-11-12 | 2019-03-07 |
| HARRINGTON, Julie Anne | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2018-08-31 |
| HARWERTH, Elizabeth Nöel | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2019-07-01 |
| JOHNSTON, Mark Steven | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2014-07-31 |
| JONES, Nicholas Michael Houssemayne | Director | 2011-04-11 | 2014-04-10 |
| JONES, Peter Ivan | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1997-06-06 |
| LOCKE, Paul Henry | Director | 1995-06-07 | 1999-06-06 |
| MACREADY, Nevil John Wilfred, Sir | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-06-07 |
| MALLALIEU, Ann, Baroness | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| MCCLOY, Matthew Campbell | Director | 1995-06-07 | 1998-06-02 |
| MCGRATH, James Christopher | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2010-10-29 |
| MCGRATH, James Christopher | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| MERRIAM, Andrew William Kennedy | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2020-12-31 |
| MONTAGU, David Charles Samuel, The Right Hon Lord Swaythling | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1997-06-06 |
| MORGAN-JONES, Rhydian James | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2007-07-30 |
| NICHOLS, Gregory Patrick | Director | 2003-09-03 | 2006-06-30 |
| OLDREY, Arthur David Gerald | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2003-12-31 |
| OLDREY, Arthur David Gerald | Director | 1993-06-07 | 2000-06-12 |
| PARKER, Eric Wilson, Sir | Director | 2004-11-09 | 2004-12-31 |
| PARKER, Eric Wilson, Sir | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2004-09-30 |
| PARKER BOWLES, Andrew, Brigadier | Director | 1997-06-07 | 1999-12-31 |
| PHELPS, Annamarie | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| PILKINGTON, Thomas Henry Milborne Swinnerton, Sir | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| PRATT, Adrian John Charles | Director | 1998-08-11 | 1999-12-31 |
| RENTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2007-07-30 | 2010-07-30 |
| RICHMOND-WATSON, Julian Howard | Director | 2000-06-13 | 2007-07-30 |
| ROBINSON, Nicholas John Foster | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1995-06-07 |
| ROY, Paul David | Director | 2007-04-24 | 2013-06-30 |
| RUSSELL, Patrick James | Director | 1993-04-28 | 1993-06-07 |
| RUST, Nicholas John | Director | 2015-01-19 | 2021-01-03 |
| SANDERSON, John Francis | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2007-07-30 |
| SANDERSON, John Francis | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1999-09-30 |
| SAUMAREZ SMITH, Joseph William | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2025-01-30 |
| SAVILL, Peter David | Director | 1997-06-07 | 2004-06-30 |
| SIEFF, David Daniel, The Honourable Sir | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2001-07-27 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1994-06-30 |
| SPORBORG, Christopher Henry | Director | 1996-06-07 | 1998-03-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Paul Robert, Sir | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| THE MARQUESS OF ZETLAND, Mark, Marquess | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1997-06-06 |
| THORPE, David Allan | Director | 2014-12-05 | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Racecourse Association Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 353 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31