NORTHAMPTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-17
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+67.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£14M
-8.6% vs 2024
Employees
239
+3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-4.6% 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 | £21,867,290 | £22,342,234 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,328,566 | -£1,535,111 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,649,344 | -£1,725,071 | |
| Net profit | -£806,546 | -£1,349,878 | |
| Cash | £2,476,661 | £4,152,508 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,382,275 | £32,199,764 | |
| Net assets | £15,746,444 | £14,396,566 | |
| Equity | £15,746,444 | £14,396,566 | |
| Average employees | 230 | 239 | |
| Wages | £11,477,627 | £11,773,894 |
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 | -6.1% | -6.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.0% | -4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -4.14x | -4.98x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- NORTHAMPTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED · parent
- Saints Rugby Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 22 September 2025, an application to re-profile the repayment schedule against the Club's loan from The Department for Culture, Media and Sport was accepted. The re-profile takes effect (retrospectively) from 1 April 2025, and includes a modest increase in the prevailing interest rate until such a point that total repayments are in-line with the original payment schedule. The overall term of the loan is unchanged.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORP, William Chester | Secretary | 2025-08-01 | — | — |
| BEAL, Nicholas David | Director | 2007-02-05 | Dec 1970 | British |
| BEVAN, Ella Ruth | Director | 2012-11-06 | Apr 1972 | British |
| BRAID, Mark Robin Nyle | Director | 2024-10-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Julia Anne | Director | 2016-10-03 | May 1972 | British |
| DARBON, Mark | Director | 2017-08-01 | Mar 1979 | British |
| DROWN, Jonathan James William | Director | 2000-11-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| POVEY, Colin | Director | 2001-09-03 | Dec 1960 | British |
| SMITH, Matthew George | Director | 2016-11-07 | May 1971 | British |
| THORP, William Chester | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jan 1991 | British |
| ZANDER, Christopher Steven | Director | 2026-02-23 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Geoffrey Robert | Secretary | 1995-12-19 | 1999-01-18 |
| CHAPMAN, Julia Anne | Secretary | 2016-10-04 | 2025-08-01 |
| COZZOLINO, Andrew Thomas | Secretary | 1999-01-18 | 2016-10-04 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-12-19 | 1995-12-19 |
| BARWELL, Keith Leslie | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2025-12-05 |
| BARWELL, Leon Keith Lyford | Director | 1999-08-03 | 2013-06-14 |
| BERNAU, Stuart David Murray | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1999-02-01 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Simon Laurence | Director | 2016-11-07 | 2018-06-18 |
| DEANE, Richard Adam | Director | 2006-01-19 | 2016-10-03 |
| FACER, Brian William Ernest | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-09-07 |
| HEWITT, Anthony Clive | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2023-06-30 |
| HOLMES, Murray Alexander Lillie | Director | 1995-12-19 | 2016-08-31 |
| HORWOOD, Roger | Director | 1995-12-19 | 2000-05-31 |
| MCGEECHAN, Ian Robert | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1999-08-03 |
| OWEN, Michael Charles | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1999-10-21 |
| PASK, Philip | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2012-09-17 |
| RAPHAEL, Jonathan Alexander Geoffrey David, Dr | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| ROBSON, Allan | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2017-05-31 |
| STEELE, John David | Director | 2002-08-05 | 2005-07-11 |
| TRAVIS, Ernest Raymond Anthony | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2006-01-19 |
| WHITE, John | Director | 2012-11-06 | 2025-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northampton Saints Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
+2.2%
£21,867,290 £22,342,234
-
Cash
+67.7%
£2,476,661 £4,152,508
-
Net assets
-8.6%
£15,746,444 £14,396,566
-
Employees
+3.9%
230 239
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Operating profit
-15.5%
-£1,328,566 -£1,535,111
-
Profit before tax
-4.6%
-£1,649,344 -£1,725,071
-
Wages
+2.6%
£11,477,627 £11,773,894
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