ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-03 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-03-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£14M

+33.9% vs 2023

Net assets

-£173M

+16.4% vs 2023

Employees

534

-9.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£39M

+888.7% vs 2023

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Industrials median

ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£197,919,152	£222,863,541
Operating profit	—	£18,000,422	£29,796,488
Profit before tax	—	-£4,908,967	£38,718,439
Net profit	—	-£12,154,460	£33,848,375
Cash	—	£10,512,187	£14,080,868
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£164,527,169	£172,358,807
Net assets	—	-£206,648,453	-£172,800,078
Equity	-£195,669,851	-£206,648,453	-£172,800,078
Average employees	—	591	534
Wages	—	£23,335,926	£23,517,350
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

+12.6%

£197,919,152 £222,863,541
Cash

+33.9%

£10,512,187 £14,080,868
Net assets

+16.4%

-£206,648,453 -£172,800,078
Employees

-9.6%

591 534
Operating profit

+65.5%

£18,000,422 £29,796,488
Profit before tax

+888.7%

-£4,908,967 £38,718,439
Wages

+0.8%

£23,335,926 £23,517,350

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	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	9.1%	13.4%
Net margin	—	-6.1%	15.2%
Return on capital employed	—	10.9%	17.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	185.9%	167.3%
Current ratio	—	0.92x	1.10x
Interest cover	—	0.70x	1.25x

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 2 times since incorporation

ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED 2012-10-17 → present
ARENA LEISURE LIMITED 2012-08-23 → 2012-10-17
ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED 2012-03-20 → 2012-08-23

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Adler Shine LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After reviewing the group'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 Arena Racing Corporation 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 group's ability to continue to prepare Its financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED · parent
1. All Weather Championships Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
2. Arena Leisure Limited 100% · UK · Provision of management and operational services
3. Arena Leisure Catering Limited 100% · UK · Racecourse catering operations
4. Arena Leisure Racing Limited 100% · UK · Racecourse operations
5. Arena Leisure Racing (Southwell) Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Southwell racecourse
6. The Doncaster Racecourse Management Company Limited 81% · UK · Operator of Doncaster racecourse
7. Ffos Las Racecourse Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Ffos Las racecourse
8. Folkestone Race Course Limited 100% · UK · Dormant
9. GRA Limited 100% · UK · Operator of greyhounds tracks
10. Lingfield Park Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Lingfield racecourse and resort
11. Nottingham Greyhound Stadium Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Nottingham Greyhound Stadium
12. The Racing Partnership Limited England 86% · UK · Selling and provision of media rights
13. The Regal Sunderland Stadium Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Sunderland Greyhound Stadium
14. Team Greyhounds (Brough Park) Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Newcastle Greyhound Stadium
15. Windsor Racing Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Royal Windsor racecourse
16. Wolverhampton Racecourse Limited 100% · UK · Operator of Wolverhampton racecourse
17. Worcester Racecourse Limited 81% · UK · Operator of Worcester racecourse
18. Amphitheatre Racing Limited 100% · UK · Racehorse owner
19. Arabian Racing Organisation Limited 100% · UK · Race event organiser
20. Gefion Technologies Limited 100% · UK · Dormant

Significant events

“In September 2025, the Group acquired a 50% equity interest in The Vamos Group Limited, a company engaged in sports media & events as well as operating a platform offering temporary employment opportunities in the same space. Total consideration amounted to £4.25m.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 10 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HILL, Megan Joy	Secretary	2013-04-23	—	—
CRUDDACE, Martin John	Director	2015-11-06	Jul 1964	British
HUNT, Bradley David	Director	2020-09-23	Sep 1973	British
NAHUM, Stephane Abraham Joseph	Director	2012-03-20	Dec 1975	French

Show 10 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
GILL, Susannah Cordelia	Director	2014-03-26	2018-05-18
HIGGINS, Stephen Alan	Director	2015-01-30	2017-07-06
HOWARD OF LYMPNE, Michael, Rt Hon	Director	2013-04-23	2013-12-30
KELLY, Anthony Brian	Director	2013-04-23	2015-07-31
O'DRISCOLL, Patrick Colin	Director	2012-03-20	2018-09-29
REUBEN, James Adam	Director	2013-04-23	2024-09-25
ROBERTSON, Kevin Stuart	Director	2014-06-30	2022-02-28
SAWYER, Eileen Marie	Director	2019-01-15	2024-10-23
SPINCER, Mark	Director	2016-06-10	2025-11-21
THORPE, David Allan	Director	2014-04-01	2023-04-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 66 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-11-24	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2025-03-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-10-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-09-25	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-05-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-03-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-03-22	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-03-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-02-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2021-11-25	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-05-28	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-04-26	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-03-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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