JD SPORTS FASHION PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-01
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-09 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£695M
-36.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5B
+7% vs 2024
Employees
90,000
+12.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£715M
-11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-01
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,397,000,000 | £11,458,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £921,000,000 | £903,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £811,000,000 | £715,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £616,000,000 | £536,000,000 | |
| Cash | £1,102,000,000 | £695,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,269,000,000 | £4,567,000,000 | |
| Equity | £2,769,000,000 | £3,242,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 79,717 | 90,000 | |
| Wages | £1,384,000,000 | £1,500,000,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,000,000 | £3,000,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-01 vs 2024-02-03
-
Turnover
+10.2%
£10,397,000,000 £11,458,000,000
-
Cash
-36.9%
£1,102,000,000 £695,000,000
-
Net assets
+7%
£4,269,000,000 £4,567,000,000
-
Employees
+12.9%
79,717 90,000
-
Operating profit
-2%
£921,000,000 £903,000,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.8%
£811,000,000 £715,000,000
-
Wages
+8.4%
£1,384,000,000 £1,500,000,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-02-03 | 2025-02-01 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.9% | 4.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.2% | 53.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.88x | |
| Interest cover | 14.85x | 5.90x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- JD SPORTS FASHION PLC 2008-07-03 → present
- THE JOHN DAVID GROUP PLC 2002-10-04 → 2008-07-03
- JOHN DAVID SPORTS PLC 1985-06-24 → 2002-10-04
- FLINTKILN LIMITED 1985-02-21 → 1985-06-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. We found no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- JD SPORTS FASHION PLC · parent
- 24sevenko Ltd 100%
- 2Squared Agency Limited 100%
- A Number of Names Limited 100%
- Activinstinct Holdings Limited 100%
- Activinstinct Limited 100%
- Allsports.co.uk Limited 100%
- Alpine Bikes Limited 100%
- Alpine Group (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Aspecto Holdings Limited 100%
- Aspecto Trading Limited 100%
- Athleisure Limited 100%
- Blacks Outdoor Retail Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASEY, Theresa | Secretary | 2023-04-11 | — | — |
| BHATT, Prama | Director | 2024-09-23 | Apr 1970 | American |
| DYSON, Ian | Director | 2023-03-09 | May 1962 | British |
| HIGGINSON, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2022-07-11 | Jul 1957 | British |
| HOYT, Hubertus Georg | Director | 2021-09-08 | Nov 1955 | German |
| KUIJLAARS, Sarah Mary | Director | 2025-11-10 | Sep 1967 | British |
| LONG, Andrew Michael | Director | 2021-05-06 | Apr 1971 | British |
| LUGER, Angela | Director | 2023-06-01 | Aug 1962 | British |
| PLATT, Dominic James | Director | 2023-10-04 | Aug 1969 | British |
| SCHULTZ, Régis | Director | 2022-09-01 | Dec 1968 | French |
| SHAPLAND, Darren | Director | 2023-06-01 | Nov 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2019-05-13 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATCHELOR, Andrew John | Secretary | 2014-09-24 | 2015-10-01 |
| BLACKHURST, Malcolm Anthony | Secretary | 2001-06-04 | 2003-12-31 |
| BRISLEY, Jane Marie | Secretary | 2010-02-09 | 2014-09-24 |
| CASSIDY, Nirma | Secretary | 2022-09-22 | 2023-04-10 |
| COWGILL, Peter Alan | Secretary | 1996-06-30 | 2001-06-04 |
| MAWDSLEY, Siobhan | Secretary | 2015-10-01 | 2022-09-22 |
| SMALL, Brian Michael | Secretary | 2004-01-01 | 2010-02-09 |
| WARDLE, John | Secretary | — | 1996-06-30 |
| ADAMS, Michael Percy | Director | 1996-09-23 | 2001-11-06 |
| ARCHER, Colin Wilson | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2013-09-30 |
| ASHTON, Helen | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2025-07-14 |
| BEST, Roger Clive | Director | 2002-01-15 | 2004-03-16 |
| BIRD, Christopher Matthew | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| BLACKHURST, Malcolm Anthony | Director | 2001-06-04 | 2003-12-31 |
| BOWN, Barry Colin | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2014-05-30 |
| COWGILL, Peter Alan | Director | 2004-03-16 | 2022-06-08 |
| COWGILL, Peter Alan | Director | 1996-06-30 | 2001-06-04 |
| DAVIES, Martin William Oliver | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2021-07-09 |
| GREENHALGH, Neil James | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2023-10-03 |
| JACKSON, Heather Louise | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2021-11-29 |
| LESLIE, Andrew Marvin | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2021-07-01 |
| MAKIN, David Martin | Director | — | 2005-06-01 |
| MARTIN, Frank | Director | 2003-06-12 | 2004-03-25 |
| PATRICK, David Stephen | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2000-01-17 |
| RUBIN, Andrew Keith | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2021-05-06 |
| SABETNIA, Mahbobeh | Director | 2021-11-29 | 2024-07-04 |
| SMALL, Brian Michael | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2018-10-31 |
| WARDLE, John | Director | — | 2005-06-01 |
| WHITE, Alan | Director | 1996-09-23 | 2001-11-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Suzanne Dorothy | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2024-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 396 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-03-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-03-26 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-02-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-12 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-01-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-01-05 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-12-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.