SPORTING ODDS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
EUR 1,500,000
-16.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£245m
EUR 286,600,000
+2.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4m
EUR 4,700,000
-67.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,101,405 | £15,073,655 | £15,330,593 | +1.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £942,103 | £4,453,580 | £1,199,041 | -73.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £7,622,473 | £12,418,637 | £4,025,351 | -67.6% | |
| Net profit | — | £5,138,746 | £8,221,994 | £5,138,746 | -37.5% | |
| Cash | £1,113,395 | £1,027,749 | £1,541,624 | £1,284,687 | -16.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £227,989,037 | £232,100,034 | £240,322,028 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £226,961,288 | £232,100,034 | £240,322,028 | £245,460,774 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £226,961,288 | £232,100,034 | £240,322,028 | £245,460,774 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £7,451 | £11,305 | +51.7% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.856 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.9% | 29.5% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 31.9% | 54.5% | 33.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.4% | 1.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.4% | 24.7% | 12.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.47x | 0.87x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 0.37x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- SPORTING ODDS LIMITED 1999-02-12 → present
- FINANCIAL SPREADS HOLDINGS LIMITED 1998-10-23 → 1999-02-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“He has also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, Robert Matthew | Director | 2023-11-30 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Andrew James | Secretary | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| DAVIS, James Edward Coleman | Secretary | 1998-11-04 | 2000-02-04 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter | Secretary | 2000-02-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| TALISMAN, Daniel Jeremy | Secretary | 2002-07-02 | 2015-10-25 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Jack | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-10-11 |
| ALEXANDER, Kenneth Jack | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2006-12-01 |
| BLACK, Andrew James | Director | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| BLANDFORD, Mark Robert | Director | 2002-09-27 | 2007-01-22 |
| COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer | Director | 2013-03-19 | 2016-10-11 |
| DAVIS, James Edward Coleman | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| FIELD, Charles Richard | Director | 1998-10-23 | 1998-11-04 |
| HELLYER, Compton Graham | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| HOBDAY, David Arthur | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2008-05-12 |
| HUMBERSTON, James Patrick | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2018-12-12 |
| LEWIS, Adam Robert Arthur | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2023-06-30 |
| LONGTON, William George Harry | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2023-11-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter | Director | 2000-02-04 | 2002-07-02 |
| MCIVER, Andrew Ross | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2013-03-19 |
| MCNEILE, Lindsay James | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2001-04-20 |
| PAYNE, Nigel Terence | Director | 2002-07-02 | 2005-01-28 |
| SYKES, Christopher John Newlands | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| TAYLOR, Kevin | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2000-08-11 |
| WILKINSON, James Henry | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2013-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportingbet Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-10-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-06-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.