ST HELENS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
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Cash
£245k
+106.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2.9m
-1,022.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
609
+7.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.5m
+2.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,095,180 | £8,581,390 | £8,876,350 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,205,615 | -£3,554,463 | -£3,459,277 | +2.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,259,994 | -£3,600,943 | -£3,505,198 | +2.7% | |
| Net profit | -£2,046,194 | -£1,921,533 | -£3,369,716 | -75.4% | |
| Cash | £153,493 | £118,731 | £245,128 | +106.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,806,296 | £8,136,037 | £4,533,923 | -44.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,234,791 | £313,258 | -£2,891,096 | -1,022.9% | |
| Equity | £2,234,791 | £313,258 | -£2,891,096 | -1,022.9% | |
| Average employees | 545 | 565 | 609 | +7.8% | |
| Wages | £5,082,919 | £5,539,662 | £5,721,606 | +3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -24.3% | -41.4% | -39.0% | |
| Net margin | -22.5% | -22.4% | -38.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.7% | -43.7% | -76.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 99.0% | 109.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.05x | 0.04x | |
| Interest cover | -40.54x | -70.55x | -75.33x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Support funding received from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for the sport of rugby league in 2020 started to be repaid including the interest from July 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLSHAW, Peter | Secretary | 2024-03-27 | — | — |
| COLEMAN, Dermot | Director | 2016-07-22 | Dec 1962 | British |
| COLEMAN, Michael | Director | 2010-03-19 | Oct 1960 | British |
| FAIRHURST, Michael Christopher | Director | 2025-02-07 | May 1963 | British |
| MARREN, Kevin John | Director | 2009-02-10 | Sep 1960 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Robert Keith | Director | 2009-05-29 | Sep 1946 | British |
| MCMANUS, Eamonn | Director | 2001-11-20 | May 1956 | British |
| NICHOLL, Joseph | Director | 2006-01-27 | Jun 1964 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, Paul Bernard | Secretary | 2006-11-08 | 2007-06-08 |
| BULLOUGH, John Samuel | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2006-01-27 |
| CARTER, Peter | Secretary | 2007-10-29 | 2013-04-30 |
| CULLEN, Michael John | Secretary | 2007-06-08 | 2007-09-03 |
| KITCHEN, Paul John | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2016-07-22 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1999-10-15 |
| TAYLOR, Philip Wayne | Secretary | 1999-11-23 | 2000-03-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Colin Roy | Secretary | 2016-07-22 | 2024-03-27 |
| HASLAMS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-27 | 2006-11-08 |
| ASHTON, Eric | Director | — | 2008-03-20 |
| BARROW, Paul Bernard | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| BELL, Andrew James | Director | 2009-04-16 | 2012-01-30 |
| ELLARD, Thomas | Director | — | 2001-09-04 |
| GREEN, Christopher James | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| HARTLEY, James Alexander George | Director | 2001-11-20 | 2025-11-21 |
| JELLEY, William | Director | — | 1999-04-06 |
| KAY, Malcolm | Director | — | 2002-03-25 |
| LATHAM, Eric | Director | — | 1999-02-03 |
| LYON, William | Director | — | 1993-10-05 |
| LYONS, Fergus John | Director | 2010-03-19 | 2012-01-30 |
| MCGUIRE, Donal Patrick | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2007-06-08 |
| MORRIS, Howard Martin | Director | — | 2002-02-25 |
| MULCAHY, Stephen Francis | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2005-04-13 |
| PICKAVANCE, Joseph | Director | — | 1997-03-10 |
| PRESTEN, Terence Melvyn | Director | — | 1995-07-26 |
| PYKE, Stuart James William | Director | — | 1995-10-24 |
| RIGBY, William | Director | — | 1992-10-13 |
| SPENCER, Joseph Alan | Director | 1999-05-25 | 2009-09-07 |
| THOMAS, Arthur William | Director | 1999-04-06 | 2005-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting Club St Helens Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | 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
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.