THE DONCASTER RACECOURSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-22 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£496K
+11.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£5M
-134.2% vs 2023
Employees
58
+13.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-700.7% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,900,517 | £27,484,578 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,893,313 | -£201,500 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £440,760 | -£2,647,690 | |
| Net profit | — | £242,345 | -£2,896,855 | |
| Cash | — | £443,360 | £495,570 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£926,303 | -£3,593,584 | |
| Net assets | — | -£2,159,067 | -£5,055,922 | |
| Equity | -£2,401,412 | -£2,159,067 | -£5,055,922 | |
| Average employees | — | 51 | 58 | |
| Wages | — | £4,571,553 | £4,719,652 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.2%
£26,900,517 £27,484,578
-
Cash
+11.8%
£443,360 £495,570
-
Net assets
-134.2%
-£2,159,067 -£5,055,922
-
Employees
+13.7%
51 58
-
Operating profit
-107%
£2,893,313 -£201,500
-
Profit before tax
-700.7%
£440,760 -£2,647,690
-
Wages
+3.2%
£4,571,553 £4,719,652
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.8% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.9% | -10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -312.4% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 104.5% | 110.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.05x | 0.05x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.18x | -0.08x |
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
- THE DONCASTER RACECOURSE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 2004-09-10 → present
- CLEARFORD LIMITED 2004-08-13 → 2004-09-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Adler Shine LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections for not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and taking into account current financial resources, the directors have a reasonable expectation that The Doncaster Racecourse Management Company Limited has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties that give rise to significant doubt as to the company's ability to continue to prepare its financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Challenges remained on food and fuel prices throughout the year despite CPI falling from 4% at the start of the year to 2.5% by December 2024. The continued focus on the cost of living has put pressure on UK leisure spending habits upon which the company relies.”
- “Investment in fixed assets during the year was restricted to essential works, committed projects and the fulfilment of regulatory obligations. All other expenditure was closely monitored.”
- “The Company made use of additional funding from group companies during the year and this is reflected in the increase in amounts due to group companies at the year end.”
- “The effects of the conflict in Ukraine on pricing is closely monitored.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Megan Joy | Secretary | 2012-04-23 | — | — |
| GALLAGHER, Kieran James | Director | 2025-11-21 | Jun 1974 | British |
| NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph | Director | 2018-09-29 | Dec 1975 | French |
| WILES, Simon David | Director | 2017-08-10 | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCER, Robert | Secretary | 2004-08-27 | 2012-04-23 |
| GRAVITAS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-27 | 2004-08-27 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-08-13 | 2004-08-27 |
| ALLEN, James Patrick | Director | 2013-06-26 | 2015-11-18 |
| BANFIELD, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2018-11-23 |
| BIRD, Steve | Director | 2006-07-06 | 2007-11-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Mark | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2012-03-30 |
| ENNIS, Jeffrey | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2013-06-18 |
| GALLAGHER, Keiran James | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2016-12-08 |
| HIGGINS, Stephen Alan | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2017-07-06 |
| HUNT, Bradley David | Director | 2020-09-24 | 2021-05-05 |
| KELLY, Anthony Brian | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2015-06-22 |
| MERCER, Robert | Director | 2006-10-20 | 2012-05-31 |
| MERCER, Robert | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-03-31 |
| MOULD, Harold Raymond | Director | 2006-03-31 | 2006-10-20 |
| NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2014-06-30 |
| ODRISCOLL, Patrick Colin | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2018-09-29 |
| PENROSE, Ian Richard | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2005-09-30 |
| RENTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2012-08-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2020-09-24 |
| SHRIMPTON, Edward Paul | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2011-05-01 |
| SMITH, Russell Kenneth | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2019-10-11 |
| SPINCER, Mark | Director | 2010-06-30 | 2025-11-21 |
| TAYLOR, Edward | Director | 2004-08-27 | 2006-03-30 |
| UPRICHARD, Andrew | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-07-06 |
| WATERWORTH, Adam James Philip | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2010-06-30 |
| WEDD, Colin Leslie | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2017-08-10 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-08-13 | 2004-08-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Leisure Racing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.