BRITISH DRESSAGE

1. BRITISH DRESSAGE 1997-11-20 → present
2. BRITISH DRESSAGE LIMITED 1997-10-01 → 1997-11-20

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Forvis Mazars LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Given this strong closing financial position, the resilience of major income streams and the prudent approach to future financial planning, the Board considers that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared using the going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. BRITISH DRESSAGE · parent
   1. British Dressage Trading Limited 100% · England & Wales · trading activities

Significant events

• “British Dressage has enjoyed a significant period of success post-pandemic, with three years of continual growth in both membership and horse registration numbers, peaking at 19,150 and 17,350 respectively in 2024.”
• “BD riders representing Great Britain brought home a record 15 medals in total across all championships in 2024, won in five different FEI categories for the first time ever.”
• “Ella Grace-Dovey became Britain's first ever Children on Horses medallist, bringing home Individual Gold at the European Championships in July with a British-bred horse.”
• “Abigail Gray achieved two medals at the FEI Pony European Championships, Individual Silver and Freestyle Gold, becoming only the second British rider in BD history to achieve the Pony European Champion title.”
• “Annabella Pidgley was crowned European Champion for the second time in her career, this time in the Under 25 category, winning Individual Silver and Freestyle Gold.”
• “Every single member of the Olympic and Paralympic team came home with at least one medal, with Senior riders winning team Bronze.”
• “Lottie Fry added Bronze in the Freestyle, her first solo Olympic success and only the third British dressage rider in history to win an individual medal at the Games.”
• “Great Britain has now won nine dressage medals at four consecutive Olympic Games - London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris.”
• “In 2022 a commitment was made to reinvest a minimum of £250,000 of Reserves into special projects, with significant progress achieved in the last calendar year.”
• “Partnership with Virtus and SportExcel UK to expand access to dressage competition for those with hidden disabilities and non-classifiable conditions, including the launch of the Sunflower scheme across BD venues.”
• “Piloted the Urban Equestrian Programme to offer young riders from differing socio-economic backgrounds in under-privileged areas the opportunity to experience BD training and competition for the first time.”
• “Published a sustainability strategy and began implementing the first phase, including staff training and eco-friendly initiatives at BD head office.”
• “Presented Equine Welfare Action Plan focusing on governance, regulation, training, education, and sport development at the AGM in October.”
• “The Trustees are satisfied with the out-turn for 2024 of a surplus of just over £100k.”
• “Whilst membership numbers and horse registrations dipped slightly from the record levels seen in the first half of 2024, they remained strong to the end of the year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +8.1%

  £5,161,306 → £5,578,996

• Cash

  -9.2%

  £211,189 → £191,829

• Net assets

  +4.1%

  £2,584,672 → £2,689,353

• Employees

  +5.1%

  39 → 41

• Profit before tax

  +139.9%

  -£141,156 → £56,385

• Wages

  +8.3%

  £1,330,786 → £1,441,569

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