RFL (GOVERNING BODY) LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
97
-4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1k
+100.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £15,034,560 | £13,515,639 | £13,743,613 | +1.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£161,135 | -£597,175 | -£138,370 | +76.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£552,154 | -£508,168 | £4,095 | +100.8% | |
| Net profit | -£552,186 | -£507,906 | £4,151 | +100.8% | |
| Cash | £5,910,702 | £6,117,666 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,621,560 | £16,454,123 | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£529,613 | -£1,037,519 | — | — | |
| Equity | -£529,613 | -£1,037,519 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 106 | 101 | 97 | -4% | |
| Wages | £4,034,625 | £4,039,367 | £4,390,455 | +8.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £292,750 | £245,258 | £314,071 | +28.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,250 | £26,868 | £34,187 | +27.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £155,000 | £150,149 | £176,783 | +17.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.1% | -4.4% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.7% | -3.8% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.9% | -3.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.9% | 104.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.87x | 2.79x | — | |
| Interest cover | -0.42x | -1.52x | -0.32x |
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
- Hurst Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In arriving at their Going Concern assumptions, the Directors have considered detailed trading forecasts and cashflow projections for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These forecasts indicate that with the Group's strong cash balance...”
Group structure
- RFL (GOVERNING BODY) LIMITED · parent
- The Rugby Football League Limited 100%
- Rugby League Learning Limited 100%
- Rugby League World Cup 2021 Limited 100%
- Rugby League Tri-Tournaments Limited 100%
- RFL Investments 2020 Limited 100%
- Wheelchair RL Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025 the RFL disposed of the investment property held in RFL (Governing Body) Limited which incurred significant running costs in 2024, and hence a saving has been realised in 2025.”
- “During the year ended 31 December 2025, the property was sold to the lead tenant for proceeds of £260,000. The carrying value at the date of disposal was £251,000, resulting in a gain on disposal of £9,000 recognised in profit or loss.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Andrew William | Secretary | 2025-07-31 | — | — |
| CAINE, Jonathan, The Lord | Director | 2025-03-27 | Apr 1966 | British |
| COYD, Martin Stevens | Director | 2025-03-21 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JONES, Rhodri Wyn | Director | 2026-04-20 | Jan 1983 | British |
| POWER, Dermot Justin | Director | 2025-03-27 | May 1951 | British |
| ROSEWARNE, Emma Louise | Director | 2025-03-21 | Jul 1960 | British |
| SYMINGTON, Sara Erskine | Director | 2026-03-24 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WOOD, Nigel Jonathan | Director | 2025-03-21 | Sep 1963 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAN, Susan Winifred | Secretary | 2010-12-16 | 2016-08-31 |
| HICKS, Robert Kenneth | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | 2025-02-28 |
| MOORHOUSE, Karen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-11-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| WOOD, Nigel Jonathan | Secretary | 2006-06-02 | 2010-12-16 |
| AKHTAR, Rimla | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2023-12-31 |
| ALLAN, Susan Winfred | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2013-03-25 |
| BARWICK, Brian Robert | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2019-07-24 |
| BRINDLEY, Christopher Charles | Director | 2016-05-15 | 2022-07-13 |
| COATES, Joanna | Director | 2025-03-21 | 2026-03-24 |
| DALEY, Cherrie Ann, Dr | Director | 2022-11-04 | 2025-03-21 |
| DRAPER, Roger James | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-01-15 |
| EDWARDS, Ian Francis | Director | 2006-06-02 | 2008-07-09 |
| EKOKU, Abi | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2026-04-17 |
| GARTLAND, Anthony | Director | 2006-06-02 | 2007-02-21 |
| GRAHAM, Robert | Director | 2025-03-21 | 2026-05-01 |
| HURST, Christopher John | Director | 2018-12-12 | 2022-07-13 |
| JOHNSON, Simon Harris | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2025-03-11 |
| LEWIS, Richard Alan | Director | 2006-06-02 | 2012-05-01 |
| LINDSAY, Sandra | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2025-01-28 |
| MOORHOUSE, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2022-12-31 |
| MORROW, Clare | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2018-07-25 |
| NEWTON, Julia Jane | Director | 2024-07-24 | 2025-03-21 |
| RIMMER, Ralph William James | Director | 2013-03-25 | 2022-12-31 |
| STOTT, Robert Winston | Director | 2007-02-21 | 2015-07-30 |
| SUTTON, Antony Nigel | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-09-15 |
| WATKINS, Edward Maurice | Director | 2006-06-02 | 2014-07-23 |
| WOOD, Nigel Jonathan | Director | 2006-06-02 | 2018-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-08-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-08-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-29 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-08-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.