LEICESTER RACECOURSE CO.,LIMITED
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Cash
£3.9m
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.2m
-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
156
+6.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£94k
-30.3% first positive since 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,524,200 | £6,063,699 | £6,405,862 | +5.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£149,679 | £183,287 | £181,268 | -1.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£194,285 | £134,265 | £93,604 | -30.3% | |
| Net profit | -£142,951 | £99,265 | £78,604 | -20.8% | |
| Cash | £3,315,926 | £3,710,121 | £3,871,428 | +4.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,283,270 | £5,321,575 | £5,303,127 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,273,270 | £5,276,575 | £5,243,127 | -0.6% | |
| Equity | £2,647,927 | £2,747,192 | £2,825,796 | +2.9% | |
| Average employees | 139 | 146 | 156 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £1,248,533 | £1,297,164 | £1,314,165 | +1.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,200 | £95,134 | £95,595 | +0.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,922 | £2,965 | £3,031 | +2.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.7% | 3.0% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | -2.6% | 1.6% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.8% | 3.4% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.5% | 37.5% | 39.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.63x | 1.63x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | -1.31x | 1.03x | 0.95x |
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
- Newby Castleman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Philip Andrew | Director | 2017-07-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
| CLOWES, Richard | Director | 2022-01-01 | Oct 1957 | British |
| NELSON, Marc William | Director | 2006-01-01 | Apr 1960 | British |
| NELSON, Roy Alexander | Director | 2022-11-01 | Jul 1990 | British |
| SANDERSON, James Henry | Director | 2012-10-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, David Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-09-30 |
| MAYKELS, David | Secretary | 2006-01-09 | 2013-12-31 |
| PARROTT, Russell | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| BUCKLE, Clive Richard | Director | — | 2020-07-09 |
| FORD, Francis Stanley | Director | — | 1991-07-26 |
| HENSON, David Charles | Director | — | 1998-01-12 |
| LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| MAYKELS, David Charles | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| NELSON, Ian David | Director | — | 1993-10-29 |
| NELSON, Valerie Ann | Director | — | 2005-12-31 |
| SANDERSON, James Henry | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2008-09-01 |
| THORPE, David Allan | Director | 2009-09-01 | 2010-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester Racecourse Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-05 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.