SPORTING ODDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-06 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+50% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£243M
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£13M
+62.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SPORTING ODDS LIMITED 1999-02-12 → present
- FINANCIAL SPREADS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1998-10-23 → 1999-02-12
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,296,810 | £15,256,588 | |
| Operating profit | — | £953,537 | £4,507,628 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £7,714,979 | £12,569,348 | |
| Net profit | — | £5,201,110 | £8,321,775 | |
| Cash | £1,126,907 | £1,040,222 | £1,560,333 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £230,755,895 | £234,916,782 | £243,238,558 | |
| Net assets | £229,715,673 | £234,916,782 | £243,238,558 | |
| Equity | £229,715,673 | £234,916,782 | £243,238,558 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.9% | 29.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 31.9% | 54.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.4% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.4% | 24.7% | 12.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.47x | 0.87x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of €5.5m the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the director believes to be appropriate for the following reasons. The principal activity of the Company is to act as an online gaming operator for the Greek market within the Entain Group and its expenditure largely relates to the payment of gaming taxes, software royalties, other marketing related expenditure and interest on amounts owed to group undertakings.”
Significant events
- “During 2022, Greek tax authorities filed an appeal against the court ruling in favour of the Company issued in 2021. The hearing is due to take place in October 2025. While the company expects to be successful in defending the appeal by the Greek authorities, should the Greek Supreme Administrative Court rule in favor of the Greek tax authorities, then the Company could become liable for the full 2010-2011 assessment plus interest i.e. an estimated total at 31 December 2024 of €300.0m (2023: €283.6m).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Robert Matthew | Director | 2023-11-30 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Andrew James | Secretary | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| DAVIS, James Edward Coleman | Secretary | 1998-11-04 | 2000-02-04 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter | Secretary | 2000-02-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| TALISMAN, Daniel Jeremy | Secretary | 2002-07-02 | 2015-10-25 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Jack | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-10-11 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Jack | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2006-12-01 |
| BLACK, Andrew James | Director | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| BLANDFORD, Mark Robert | Director | 2002-09-27 | 2007-01-22 |
| COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-10-11 |
| DAVIS, James Edward Coleman | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| FIELD, Charles Richard | Director | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| HELLYER, Compton Graham | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| HOBDAY, David Arthur | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2008-05-12 |
| HUMBERSTON, James Patrick | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2018-12-12 |
| LEWIS, Adam Robert Arthur | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2023-06-30 |
| LONGTON, William George Harry | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2023-11-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| MCIVER, Andrew Ross | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2013-03-19 |
| MCNEILE, Lindsay James | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2001-04-20 |
| PAYNE, Nigel Terence | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2005-01-28 |
| SYKES, Christopher John Newlands | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| TAYLOR, Kevin | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| WILKINSON, James Henry | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2013-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportingbet Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-26 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-6.4%
£16,296,810 £15,256,588
-
Cash
+50%
£1,040,222 £1,560,333
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£234,916,782 £243,238,558
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+372.7%
£953,537 £4,507,628
-
Profit before tax
+62.9%
£7,714,979 £12,569,348
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