JENNINGS RACING LIMITED
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Cash
£899K
+13.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.2M
-11.8% first positive since 2021
Employees
706
+18.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£517K
-145.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-27
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-25 | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,646,090 | £23,720,607 | £23,597,334 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £4,219,326 | £1,263,346 | -£411,863 | -132.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,217,268 | £1,131,950 | -£516,934 | -145.7% | |
| Net profit | £4,018,097 | £784,283 | -£831,229 | -206% | |
| Cash | £725,910 | £790,891 | £898,523 | +13.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,843,093 | £7,830,751 | £13,572,604 | +73.3% | |
| Net assets | -£6,311,029 | £7,054,540 | £6,223,311 | -11.8% | |
| Equity | -£6,311,029 | £7,054,540 | £6,223,311 | -11.8% | |
| Average employees | 359 | 597 | 706 | +18.3% | |
| Wages | £6,981,979 | £14,339,655 | £18,849,285 | +31.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £243,795 | £300,000 | £588,761 | +96.3% |
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 | 2021-04-25 | 2024-04-28 | 2025-04-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 43.7% | 5.3% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | 41.7% | 3.3% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.9% | 16.1% | -3.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.75x | 3.20x | |
| Interest cover | — | 9.61x | -3.92x |
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
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has noted that the core revenue streams continue to remain popular and is confident that the company is well positioned for the future.”
Significant events
- “The parent company Betting Shop Services Limited (BSSL) has bank loans which are covered by a cross guarantee with its subsidiaries and secured by a fixed and floating charge over the assets of the company.”
- “After the year end, the parent BSSL entered a new facility agreement with Metro Bank PLC for £30m. This included a £25m term loan facility over 5 years. £20m was available to refinance it existing indebtedness with the lender and development funding with £5m for financing permitted acquisitions.”
- “As part of the refinance the company negotiated and consolidated its current loans into the new facility agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, Victoria Emma | Secretary | 2021-10-15 | — | — |
| KNIGHT, Gregory Roy | Director | 2006-03-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHT, Julian William | Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2021-07-30 |
| MCS FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-01 | 2006-03-01 |
| BOXALL, Charlotte | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2009-12-03 |
| KNIGHT, Gemma | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2009-11-13 |
| KNIGHT, Julian William | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2021-07-30 |
| KNIGHT, Louise Anne | Director | 2008-03-11 | 2009-11-13 |
| PEARS, David Alan | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2017-09-01 |
| PEARS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2017-09-01 |
| SHAW, Ian Jonathan | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-01-25 |
| MCS REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-01 | 2006-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betting Shop Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.