WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP LIMITED
Get an alert when WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP 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
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-13 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£482K
-82.9% vs 2024
Net assets
-£22M
-564.4% vs 2024
Employees
258
+14.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£19M
+50.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP LIMITED 2010-05-06 → present
- WBAG LIMITED 2010-04-21 → 2010-05-06
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 | £28,209,000 | £30,352,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£34,760,000 | -£15,273,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£37,649,000 | -£18,766,000 | |
| Net profit | -£37,649,000 | -£18,766,000 | |
| Cash | £2,825,000 | £482,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,711,000 | -£17,827,000 | |
| Net assets | -£3,325,000 | -£22,091,000 | |
| Equity | -£3,325,000 | -£22,091,000 | |
| Average employees | 226 | 258 | |
| Wages | £37,847,000 | £32,659,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -123.2% | -50.3% | |
| Net margin | -133.5% | -61.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -125.4% | 85.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | -8.67x | -3.65x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis. The director assesses going concern on a group wide basis. The director has a reasonable expectation that the West Bromwich Albion group of companies will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. This being at least 12 months from the approval of the financial statements. [...] Based on the above, the director remains confident the Group will generate sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months and has therefore concluded that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WEST BROMWICH ALBION GROUP LIMITED · parent
- West Bromwich Albion Football Club Limited 100%
- WBA Football Development Limited 100%
- West Bromwich Albion Heritage Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The 2024/25 season saw West Bromwich Albion Football Club ("Club") compete in the English Football League (EFL) Championship for the fourth successive season.”
- “The 2024/25 season began with Head Coach Carlos Corberán, who departed the club for Valencia on 24 December 2024. For the interim period Chris Brunt, led the first team for six competitive fixtures. On 17 January 2025, Tony Mowbray was appointed as Head Coach. Tony Mowbray left his position as Head Coach of the Club on 21 April 2025 and James Morrison was appointed as Interim Head Coach. Ryan Mason was subsequently appointed as the men's first team Head Coach on 2 June 2025.”
- “In December 2022, the club announced that it had commissioned an independent investigation by a leading King's Counsel (KC) into the 2014 loan by the Club to West Bromwich Albion Holdings Limited. The KC was provided with a substantial amount of documentation and evidence. The investigation took 18 months to complete and concluded in August 2024.”
- “Since the Balance Sheet date various players have been signed and sold. Player Sales include Tom Fellows to Southampton, Torbjorn Heggem to Bologna, Caleb Taylor to Millwall and Darnell Furlong to Ipswich. Players acquired were Krystian Bielik, Aune Heggebo, George Campbell, Chris Mepham and Alfie Gilchrist.”
- “On 15 September 2025, Managing Director Mark Miles stepped down from his role. Andrew Nestor was appointed as President of West Bromwich Albion Football Club on 17 September 2025. The Club also announced the appointments of Ashish Patel as Chief Marketing Officer and Ethan Gobetz as Chief Financial Officer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Shilen | Director | 2024-02-28 | Jun 1980 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODMAN, Martin | Secretary | 2017-01-10 | 2018-02-15 |
| JENKINS, Mark James | Secretary | 2018-02-15 | 2020-08-03 |
| JENKINS, Mark James | Secretary | 2010-10-01 | 2016-12-16 |
| GOODMAN, Martin | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2018-02-15 |
| GOURLAY, Ron | Director | 2022-02-08 | 2022-07-25 |
| JENKINS, Mark James | Director | 2018-02-15 | 2020-08-03 |
| JENKINS, Mark James | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2016-12-16 |
| LI, Pi Yue | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2022-02-08 |
| PEACE, Jeremy Roland | Director | 2010-04-21 | 2013-05-21 |
| WILLIAMS, John Owen | Director | 2016-10-10 | 2018-02-15 |
| XU, Ke | Director | 2018-04-12 | 2024-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Shilen Patel | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-28 | Active |
| Guochuan Lai | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-16 | Ceased 2024-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-01-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-23 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+7.6%
£28,209,000 £30,352,000
-
Cash
-82.9%
£2,825,000 £482,000
-
Net assets
-564.4%
-£3,325,000 -£22,091,000
-
Employees
+14.2%
226 258
-
Operating profit
+56.1%
-£34,760,000 -£15,273,000
-
Profit before tax
+50.2%
-£37,649,000 -£18,766,000
-
Wages
-13.7%
£37,847,000 £32,659,000
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