WORLD RUGBY SERVICES UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-06 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-23
Watchouts
Cash
£187K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
Equity attributable
Employees
130
Average over period
Profit before tax
£895K
Period ending 2024-12-31
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
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 | £8,376,285 | £10,663,871 | |
| Operating profit | £620,465 | £894,538 | |
| Profit before tax | £620,465 | £894,538 | |
| Net profit | £478,988 | £594,536 | |
| Cash | £224,950 | £187,175 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £479,088 | £1,073,624 | |
| Net assets | £479,088 | £1,073,624 | |
| Equity | £479,088 | £1,073,624 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 130 | |
| Wages | £6,400,120 | £7,223,048 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,117,010 | £990,616 |
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 | 7.4% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.5% | 83.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.8% | 67.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.48x | 1.48x |
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
“the directors have prepared budgets and cashflows for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements which demonstrate that there is no material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILPIN, Alan | Director | 2022-10-24 | May 1973 | British |
| HITCHEN, Neil Adrian | Director | 2026-01-31 | Jan 1973 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLEAN, Alistair, Mr. | Secretary | 2022-10-24 | 2024-02-05 |
| SAMUELSON, Charlotte | Secretary | 2024-02-05 | 2026-01-31 |
| SAMUELSON, Charlotte | Director | 2022-10-24 | 2026-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Charlotte Samuelson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2022-10-24 | Ceased 2026-01-31 |
| Mr Alan Gilpin | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2022-10-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 18 of 18 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2024-09-24 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-10-24 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.