RUGBY WORLD CUP (ENGLAND 2025) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
40
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,720,901 | £3,859,387 | |
| Operating profit | £139,152 | -£2,529,125 | |
| Profit before tax | £139,152 | -£2,529,125 | |
| Net profit | £104,577 | -£2,504,123 | |
| Cash | £458,970 | £1,153,156 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £104,677 | -£2,399,446 | |
| Net assets | £104,677 | -£2,399,446 | |
| Equity | £104,677 | -£2,399,446 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 40 | |
| Wages | £310,024 | £1,958,790 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £22,665 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | -65.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | -64.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 132.9% | 105.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 138.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 0.72x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO Statutory Audit Firm
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end. No likely future developments are foreseen.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILPIN, Alan | Director | 2022-07-12 | May 1973 | British |
| GRAINGER, Stephen | Director | 2022-09-15 | Mar 1966 | British |
| PANTER, Anne Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2023-11-15 | Jan 1984 | British |
| PATTISON, Lindsay | Director | 2023-07-01 | Apr 1973 | British |
| SUMMERS, Sean | Director | 2023-11-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| TEASDALE, Alexandra Josephine | Director | 2024-09-05 | Aug 1980 | English |
| WHITEHEAD, Gillian Rosemary | Director | 2023-01-14 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMUELSON, Charlotte | Secretary | 2024-02-06 | 2026-01-31 |
| DAY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2024-09-05 |
| SAMUELSON, Charlotte | Director | 2022-09-15 | 2026-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Rugby Events Dac | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-15 | Active |
| Mr Alan Gilpin | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-12 | Ceased 2022-09-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-05-02 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-05-02 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-04-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.