COVENTRY ARENA RETAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-29 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
Cash
£502K
-46.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£8M
-87.4% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
387
+166.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
+12.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-28
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-04-26 | 2021-04-26 | 2022-04-26 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £5,627,719 | £17,165,266 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£3,939,784 | -£3,316,243 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£4,052,284 | -£3,541,243 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£4,052,284 | -£3,541,243 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £943,760 | £501,526 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | -£4,052,184 | -£7,593,427 | |
| Net assets | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | -£4,052,184 | -£7,593,427 | |
| Equity | £100 | £100 | £100 | £100 | -£4,052,184 | -£7,593,427 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 145 | 387 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,864,980 | £6,688,190 | |
| 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 2024-04-28 vs 2023-04-30
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Turnover
+205%
£5,627,719 £17,165,266
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Cash
-46.9%
£943,760 £501,526
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Net assets
-87.4%
-£4,052,184 -£7,593,427
lowest in 6 filed years
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Employees
+166.9%
145 387
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Operating profit
+15.8%
-£3,939,784 -£3,316,243
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Profit before tax
+12.6%
-£4,052,284 -£3,541,243
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Wages
+133.4%
£2,864,980 £6,688,190
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 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-04-26 | 2021-04-26 | 2022-04-26 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -70.0% | -19.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -72.0% | -20.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 97.2% | 43.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.56x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -35.02x | -14.74x |
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
- COVENTRY ARENA RETAIL LIMITED 2023-02-08 → present
- SDI (RETAIL CO 10) LIMITED 2018-11-21 → 2023-02-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 17 November 2022 the Company acquired the trade and assets of Arena Coventry (2006) Limited, Arena Coventry Limited and IEC Experience Limited for cash consideration of £1,155,979.”
- “The Company revenue increased from £4,314k to £17,165k due to the Company trading for the full 12 months as opposed to 6 months in the previous financial period.”
- “The Company's net liabilities increased from £4,052k to £7,593k due to the loss in the period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Douglas Richard John | Director | 2025-08-23 | Jan 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSEN, Cameron John | Secretary | 2018-11-21 | 2019-07-01 |
| PIPER, Thomas James | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2022-07-28 |
| ADEGOKE, Adedotun Ademola | Director | 2018-11-21 | 2024-12-05 |
| DICK, Alastair Peter Orford | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2025-08-23 |
| MOORE, Adam Lee | Director | 2024-12-05 | 2025-08-23 |
| STOCKTON, Rachel Isabel Lilian | Director | 2018-11-21 | 2019-03-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covcityco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-23 | Active |
| Sportsdirect.Com Retail Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2018-11-21 | Ceased 2025-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 35 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-08 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-08 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.