THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-06 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+34.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+68% vs 2024
Employees
276
+29% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+101.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TRUST 2021-10-21 → present
- THE LONDON FOOTBALL TRUST 2018-08-24 → 2021-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,612,517 | £11,330,504 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £950,343 | £1,918,995 | |
| Net profit | £950,343 | £1,918,995 | |
| Cash | £3,238,165 | £4,353,588 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,823,194 | £4,742,189 | |
| Net assets | £2,823,194 | £4,742,189 | |
| Equity | £2,823,194 | £4,742,189 | |
| Average employees | 214 | 276 | |
| Wages | £3,384,842 | £4,643,340 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 11.0% | 16.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.6% | 20.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.57x | 3.98x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Lovewell Blake LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TRUST · parent
- Leisure United
- Leisure United Enterprises Ltd
Significant events
- “In August 2025, the charity's subsidiary, Leisure United, became aware that they had been named in a personal injury claim relating to an incident that occurred in 2022. Recent correspondence in December has indicated that the case is proceeding further.”
- “The Trustees are working closely with professional advisors to determine where responsibility for the claim lies and to what extent this can be mitigated. At this stage, the outcome of these discussions is uncertain, and the amount of any potential liability cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUCKLE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-08-24 | — | — |
| FRENCH, Victoria Jane | Director | 2025-06-24 | Nov 1974 | British |
| GALLAGHER, David John | Director | 2021-09-23 | Sep 1965 | British |
| KENDALL, James Thomas Charles | Director | 2021-09-23 | Jun 1972 | British |
| MILLS, Kevin John | Director | 2021-09-23 | Dec 1962 | British |
| PARROTT, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2021-09-23 | Oct 1979 | British |
| RUSSELL, Nicholas Costantino | Director | 2025-06-24 | Jun 1986 | British |
| SHAH, Khilna | Director | 2024-02-20 | Jul 1985 | British |
| SHORES, Pam | Director | 2024-02-20 | Dec 1971 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Paul Joseph | Director | 2022-09-27 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNTING, Christopher | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2025-06-24 |
| EVANS, Michael | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-07-08 |
| ISHERWOOD, Carol | Director | 2018-08-24 | 2019-10-02 |
| JAMES, Hayley, Ms. | Director | 2022-09-27 | 2025-01-21 |
| KILBY, Jason Paul | Director | 2020-05-30 | 2021-09-23 |
| LOCKYER, Sally Ann | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2021-09-23 |
| MCROYALL, Caroline Mary | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2021-09-23 |
| MORTON, Andrew David | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2021-09-23 |
| PATEL, Alkit Dineshkumar | Director | 2018-08-24 | 2018-12-05 |
| PRINGLE, Christopher Ian | Director | 2019-03-26 | 2021-09-23 |
| WALSHE, Brendan Joseph | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2020-10-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alkit Dineshkumar Patel | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-08-24 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Ms Carol Isherwood | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2018-08-24 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+31.6%
£8,612,517 £11,330,504
-
Cash
+34.4%
£3,238,165 £4,353,588
-
Net assets
+68%
£2,823,194 £4,742,189
-
Employees
+29%
214 276
-
Profit before tax
+101.9%
£950,343 £1,918,995
-
Wages
+37.2%
£3,384,842 £4,643,340
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