ARENA LEISURE RACING LIMITED
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Cash
£617k
-81.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£113m
+19.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
196
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£22m
-16.1% vs 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,443,463 | £82,980,651 | £40,739,374 | -50.9% | |
| Operating profit | £7,426,634 | £29,416,757 | £29,659,659 | +0.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,726,429 | £25,885,883 | £21,718,563 | -16.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,623,785 | £23,767,795 | £18,338,779 | -22.8% | |
| Cash | £2,767,239 | £3,258,459 | £617,025 | -81.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £71,217,492 | £94,985,287 | £132,277,077 | +39.3% | |
| Net assets | £71,217,492 | £94,985,287 | £113,324,066 | +19.3% | |
| Equity | £71,217,492 | £94,985,287 | £113,324,066 | +19.3% | |
| Average employees | 172 | 184 | 196 | +6.5% | |
| Wages | £3,836,556 | £3,580,914 | £3,534,321 | -1.3% | |
| 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. 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 | 12.7% | 35.5% | 72.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 28.6% | 45.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | 31.0% | 22.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.3% | 78.6% | 77.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.85x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | 5.74x | 3.23x |
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
- Adler Shine LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Assurance has been received from Omaha Business Holdings Corp that it will continue to make funds available to enable the company to meet its obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future, and at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ARENA LEISURE RACING LIMITED · parent
- Arena Racing (Southwell) Limited 100%
- The Doncaster Racecourse Management Limited 81%
- Ffos Las Racecourse Limited 100%
- Folkestone Racecourse Limited 100%
- Lingfield Park Limited 100%
- Southwell Racecourse Limited 100%
- Windsor Racing Limited 100%
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Limited 100%
- Worcester Racecourse Limited 81%
- Lingfield Park Property Development Limited 100%
Significant events
- “the greyhound media rights activities were assigned to a fellow subsidiary undertaking during the year ending 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILL, Megan Joy | Secretary | 2012-04-23 | — | — |
| HUNT, Bradley David | Director | 2020-09-24 | Sep 1973 | British |
| NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph | Director | 2012-03-30 | Dec 1975 | French |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCER, Robert | Secretary | 2007-01-03 | 2012-04-23 |
| GRAVITAS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2007-01-03 |
| ELLIOTT, Mark | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2012-03-30 |
| KELLY, Anthony Brian | Director | 2012-05-30 | 2015-07-23 |
| MERCER, Robert | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2012-05-31 |
| ODRISCOLL, Patrick Colin | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2018-09-29 |
| RENTON, Robert Ian | Director | 2007-01-03 | 2012-08-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Kevin Stuart | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2020-09-24 |
| SPINCER, Mark | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2025-11-21 |
| GRAVITAS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-10-09 | 2007-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Leisure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 95 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.