THE FOOTBALL POOLS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+12.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£49M
-38.5% vs 2023
Employees
136
-11.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£15M
-0.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE FOOTBALL POOLS LIMITED 2017-07-18 → present
- FP ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2017-01-19 → 2017-07-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,022,000 | £18,739,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£7,179,000 | -£5,971,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£14,989,000 | -£15,035,000 | |
| Net profit | -£13,929,000 | -£13,748,000 | |
| Cash | £1,897,000 | £2,142,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,203,000 | £22,486,000 | |
| Net assets | -£35,711,000 | -£49,459,000 | |
| Equity | -£35,711,000 | -£49,459,000 | |
| Average employees | 154 | 136 | |
| Wages | £4,659,000 | £4,542,000 |
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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -34.1% | -31.9% | |
| Net margin | -66.3% | -73.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.8% | -26.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.36x | |
| Interest cover | -0.92x | -0.66x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have performed an assessment of going concern, including a review of the Group's current cash position and available working capital, financial forecasts for 2025, 2026 and 2027, and the ability to adhere to the covenants where applicable contained within the Group's financing agreements.”
Group structure
- THE FOOTBALL POOLS LIMITED · parent
- UK Lottery Management Limited 100%
- Football Pools 1923 Limited 100%
- TFPL Financial Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The transaction was concluded on 30th January 2024. During the period Hoplon made £5,208k of loans available to the Company.”
- “In December 2024 the Company moved to a new best in class online platform”
- “On 31st January 2025 the Company renegotiated its Senior Facilities Agreement with HOF I FIH S.a.r.l. (Hoplon), extending the term of the loan to July 2027. Hoplon also made available to the Group additional loan facilities, being tranche E: £625k and tranche F: £2,000k.”
- “On the 27th March the Company agreed to make a regulatory settlement of £375,000 to socially responsible purposes as a result of a regulatory review carried out by the Gambling Commission in relation to the remote operating licence of The Football Pools Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Sarah Alexandra | Secretary | 2026-05-05 | — | — |
| BYRNE, Conleth Simon | Director | 2026-05-05 | Jan 1967 | Irish |
| COOPER, James Alexander | Director | 2025-12-31 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURTIS, Patrick | Secretary | 2018-07-19 | 2023-06-30 |
| PORTER, Jennifer Elizabeth | Secretary | 2017-12-20 | 2018-02-26 |
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2017-02-24 |
| ARNOLD, James Douglas | Director | 2023-01-16 | 2026-03-13 |
| BYRNE, Conleth Simon | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2018-09-30 |
| LLOYD, Derek Thomas | Director | 2017-07-11 | 2023-02-01 |
| LYNN, Carl William | Director | 2017-06-26 | 2025-12-31 |
| MCDERMOTT, Christopher Robert | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2017-06-26 |
| SPOERRI, Joshua Charles | Director | 2017-02-24 | 2017-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opcapita Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-02-03 | Ceased 2024-01-30 |
| Invenio Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-03 | Active |
| Ms Bibi Rahima Ally | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-19 | Ceased 2017-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-10.9%
£21,022,000 £18,739,000
-
Cash
+12.9%
£1,897,000 £2,142,000
-
Net assets
-38.5%
-£35,711,000 -£49,459,000
-
Employees
-11.7%
154 136
-
Operating profit
+16.8%
-£7,179,000 -£5,971,000
-
Profit before tax
-0.3%
-£14,989,000 -£15,035,000
-
Wages
-2.5%
£4,659,000 £4,542,000
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