WARRINGTON SPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£83k
-28.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.8m
+24.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
+5.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.9m
+3.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Directors believe group has adequate resources to continue but reliant on continued financial support from parent company SJM Holdings North Limited. Operating losses, working capital requirements, and reliance on parent company loans indicate a material uncertainty over ability to continue as a going concern. Auditor's opinion not modified.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,263,174 | £6,511,574 | £8,314,624 | +27.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,696,235 | -£1,952,317 | -£1,873,074 | +4.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,755,984 | -£2,000,335 | -£1,926,397 | +3.7% | |
| Net profit | -£1,755,984 | -£250,335 | £1,749,197 | +798.7% | |
| Cash | £74,509 | £116,110 | £83,282 | -28.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,363,839 | £8,807,635 | £10,281,504 | +16.7% | |
| Net assets | £7,330,557 | £7,080,222 | £8,829,419 | +24.7% | |
| Equity | £7,330,557 | £7,080,222 | £8,829,419 | +24.7% | |
| Average employees | 131 | 135 | 142 | +5.2% | |
| Wages | £5,272,836 | £5,442,363 | £5,759,339 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £88,200 | £94,050 | £96,300 | +2.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £6,075 | £7,320 | £7,920 | +8.2% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -27.1% | -30.0% | -22.5% | |
| Net margin | -28.0% | -3.8% | 21.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.1% | -22.2% | -18.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.3% | 53.6% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.16x | 0.16x | 0.29x | |
| Interest cover | -27.93x | -40.11x | -34.82x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Directors believe group has adequate resources to continue but reliant on continued financial support from parent company SJM Holdings North Limited. Operating losses, working capital requirements, and reliance on parent company loans indicate a material uncertainty over ability to continue as a going concern. Auditor's opinion not modified.”
Group structure
- WARRINGTON SPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- The Warrington Football Club Limited 96%
Significant events
- “Warrington Wolves have been given notice to leave its Padgate Campus training base at the end of the 2026 season. An agreement to relocate to Victoria Park has yet to be finalised, and any relocation is expected to incur significant costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGAR, Charles Anthony Newton | Secretary | 2003-09-01 | — | British |
| BROOMHEAD, Steven John, Professor | Director | 2003-11-17 | Jan 1956 | British |
| FITZPATRICK, Karl | Director | 2018-05-17 | Sep 1980 | British |
| LOMAX, Michael | Director | 2016-04-21 | Sep 1964 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Stuart | Director | 2016-04-21 | Dec 1963 | British |
| MORAN, Simon James | Director | 1999-02-11 | Dec 1965 | British |
| SUMMERS, Norman | Director | 2003-11-17 | May 1948 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOMHEAD, Steven John | Secretary | 2023-03-31 | 2023-07-24 |
| EDWARDS, David Charles | Secretary | 1998-12-10 | 2001-01-11 |
| JORDAN, Timothy Francis Comyn | Secretary | 2001-02-23 | 2003-09-01 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-10 | 1998-12-10 |
| CAREY, Peter John | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2003-11-17 |
| CARNEY, Margaret | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2004-02-20 |
| GATCLIFFE, Andrew John | Director | 2000-11-06 | 2015-01-31 |
| HOLROYD, Charles William | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2014-08-01 |
| JAMES, Lance Norman | Director | 2003-11-01 | 2025-06-03 |
| PEER, Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Lord | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2009-11-01 |
| QUAYLE, Pauline Julie | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2003-11-10 |
| SUMMERS, Norman | Director | 1998-12-10 | 2001-02-02 |
| TERRIS, Diana | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2012-05-17 |
| WHITEHEAD, David Charles | Director | 2004-02-26 | 2007-01-01 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-10 | 1998-12-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sjm Holdings North Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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.