SPORTECH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-18 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-6.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-33.5% vs 2023
Employees
135
-16.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£116K
+114.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPORTECH LIMITED 2023-12-06 → present
- SPORTECH PLC 2000-09-15 → 2023-12-06
- RODIME PLC 1979-08-17 → 2000-09-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,505,000 | £23,053,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£565,000 | £90,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£812,000 | £116,000 | |
| Net profit | -£812,000 | £122,000 | |
| Cash | £4,196,000 | £3,923,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,080,000 | £14,377,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,897,000 | £5,916,000 | |
| Equity | £8,897,000 | £5,916,000 | |
| Average employees | 162 | 135 | |
| Wages | £5,711,000 | £5,385,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.1% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | -3.1% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.7% | 0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.3% | 69.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | -1.96x | 6.92x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Both the base plan and downside scenario forecasts led the Directors to have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPORTECH LIMITED · parent
- Sportech Group Holdings Limited 85%
- Lot.to Systems Limited 100%
- Sportech Holdco 2 Limited 100%
- Sportech, Inc. 100%
- Sportech Venues, Inc. 100%
- Sportech Retail, Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “The 2023 delisting from AIM, driven by the unfeasibility of listing costs for a smaller Group post-2021 disposals, continues to yield cost savings into 2024, enhancing operational efficiency.”
- “In late 2023, the sports betting licensee the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) changed sports betting platform from Rush Street to Fanatics Sportsbook. This change had a negative impact in Q1 2024 as the new sportsbook sought to rebuild market share. Q1 2024 retail sports betting handle declined 22%, however the retail handle improved during the year to close down 12% vs. FY 2023.”
- “During the year the Group sold and leased back the freehold premises at its Windsor Locks, CT location.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 56 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGIO, Victor | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1972 | Canadian |
| BURRIS, Michael | Director | 2025-09-30 | Dec 1984 | American |
| CASTAGNA, Stephen | Director | 2025-09-30 | Sep 1994 | American |
| MCGUIRE, Richard Anthony | Director | 2022-04-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATY, John Clifford | Secretary | 2015-01-26 | 2016-03-03 |
| COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2018-07-26 |
| CUNLIFFE, Steven Paul | Secretary | 2006-07-03 | 2011-10-17 |
| DOYLE, Jacqueline Rose | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 2000-09-26 |
| HAGGIS, Robert Arthur | Secretary | 2001-01-30 | 2005-03-04 |
| MCIVER, Malcolm | Secretary | — | 1992-01-02 |
| MERCER, Robert | Secretary | 2013-03-04 | 2015-01-26 |
| OVENS, David | Secretary | 2000-09-26 | 2000-12-19 |
| PATON, Richard John | Secretary | 2000-12-19 | 2001-01-31 |
| SCHOFIELD, Anthony | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 1997-11-30 |
| SIBBALD, Graham Inglis | Secretary | 1992-01-02 | 1997-07-01 |
| SPEAKMAN, Gary | Secretary | 2005-03-04 | 2006-07-03 |
| WRIGHT, Luisa Ann | Secretary | 2011-10-17 | 2017-08-31 |
| SGH COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-07-26 | 2025-03-04 |
| ASHLEY, Robert Lawrence | Director | 1988-04-22 | 1992-01-01 |
| BAILEY, Peter Geoffrey | Director | — | 2000-09-04 |
| BARNES, Michael John | Director | 2005-11-11 | 2013-12-04 |
| BATCHELOR, William David | Director | — | 1992-01-02 |
| BATY, John Clifford | Director | 2013-05-14 | 2016-03-03 |
| COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer | Director | 2017-05-24 | 2018-10-31 |
| CUNLIFFE, Steven Paul | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2013-03-06 |
| GAUGHAN, Andrew Ian | Director | 2017-01-25 | 2019-02-28 |
| HEARNE, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2018-05-24 | 2021-09-09 |
| HOGG, Ian Christopher | Director | 2010-10-05 | 2014-09-23 |
| HOLMES, Jonathan Roy | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2010-10-05 |
| HUMPHREYS, Paul Justin | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-08-31 |
| KALIFA, Maneck Minoo | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2017-09-18 |
| KAMP, Thomas George | Director | — | 1992-01-01 |
| LINDLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2021-08-27 | 2022-05-31 |
| MATHEWSON, David Carr | Director | 1992-01-13 | 2006-02-01 |
| MCGILL, Colin Scott | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2003-11-18 |
| MCGUIRE, Richard Anthony | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2021-09-09 |
| MCGUIRE, Rixhard | Director | 2016-08-24 | 2016-08-24 |
| MCIVER O.B.E, Malcolm | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| MCKEITH, David | Director | 2011-08-25 | 2016-08-23 |
| PENROSE, Ian Richard | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| PIERCE, Brook | Director | 2010-10-05 | 2012-05-10 |
| POTTINGER, Piers Julian Dominic | Director | 2005-11-03 | 2010-11-23 |
| REVITT, Kathryn | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2010-10-05 |
| RIGG, Christian Alexander | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| ROBERTS, Richard C | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2016-07-12 |
| ROBERTS, Richard C | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2014-07-14 |
| ROWLANDS, Nicola | Director | 2021-08-27 | 2022-09-30 |
| RUSHTON, George Anthony | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2004-11-08 |
| SPEAKMAN, Gary | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2006-09-01 |
| SWENT, James Waterman | Director | — | 2000-05-23 |
| TETER, James Robert | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2000-09-04 |
| VARDEY, Giles Edwin | Director | 2017-12-04 | 2022-04-14 |
| WARN, Benjamin Richard | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| WEIL, Allen Lorne | Director | 2010-10-05 | 2014-04-16 |
| WEISS, Samuel | Director | 2010-10-05 | 2011-03-23 |
| WEIZER, Moran | Director | 2011-03-23 | 2013-06-19 |
| WHILEY, Clive Peter | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2025-09-04 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Wodehouse | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2016-05-17 |
| WITHERS, Roger Dean | Director | 2011-02-08 | 2017-05-24 |
| WITHERS, Roger Dean | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2005-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 404 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-06 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2023-12-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-06 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2023-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-06 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2023-12-06 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-06 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2023-08-16 | RP04SH07 | capital | Second filing capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2023-08-07 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation subdivision | |
| 2023-08-07 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2023-08-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-13%
£26,505,000 £23,053,000
-
Cash
-6.5%
£4,196,000 £3,923,000
-
Net assets
-33.5%
£8,897,000 £5,916,000
-
Employees
-16.7%
162 135
-
Operating profit
+115.9%
-£565,000 £90,000
-
Profit before tax
+114.3%
-£812,000 £116,000
-
Wages
-5.7%
£5,711,000 £5,385,000
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