NEWBURY RACECOURSE PLC
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Cash
£3.5M
-34.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£48M
+0.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
193
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+1.3% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £18,958,000 | £22,040,000 | £23,377,000 | +6.1% | |
| Operating profit | £489,000 | £857,000 | £790,000 | -7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £719,000 | £1,100,000 | £1,114,000 | +1.3% | |
| Net profit | £719,000 | £794,000 | £646,000 | -18.6% | |
| Cash | £2,301,000 | £5,416,000 | £3,533,000 | -34.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,975,000 | £50,902,000 | £51,817,000 | +1.8% | |
| Net assets | £46,688,000 | £47,309,000 | £47,752,000 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £46,666,000 | £47,296,000 | £47,752,000 | +1% | |
| Average employees | 174 | 191 | 193 | +1% | |
| Wages | £3,492,000 | £4,525,000 | £4,563,000 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £634,000 | £683,000 | £574,000 | -16% |
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 | 2.6% | 3.9% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 3.6% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.7% | 13.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 3.38x | 3.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | 85.70x | 56.43x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following this review the Board has concluded that it has reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources in place to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and has not identified a material uncertainty in this regard. On this basis the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NEWBURY RACECOURSE PLC · parent
- Newbury Racecourse Enterprises Limited 100%
- Newbury Racecourse Management Limited 100%
- British Champions' Series Limited 2.1%
- Racecourse Data Company Limited 7%
Significant events
- “During the year the Group made charitable contributions totalling £15,000 to national charities (2024: £6,600).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEIGH, Mark | Secretary | 2020-05-01 | — | — |
| BURKE, Dominic James | Director | 2010-11-19 | Sep 1958 | British |
| BURROUGH, Bryan Robert Hardy | Director | 2018-12-06 | Feb 1960 | British |
| HERBERT, Henry Malcolm | Director | 2000-01-21 | Mar 1959 | American |
| HINDS, Shaun Charles | Director | 2024-06-03 | Feb 1968 | British |
| LEIGH, Mark | Director | 2020-04-14 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LLOYD WEBBER, Madeleine Astrid, Lady | Director | 1998-10-23 | Nov 1962 | British |
| RICHARDSON, James Owen Willans | Director | 2025-01-06 | Mar 1981 | British |
| SLOT, Juliet Mary | Director | 2025-06-10 | Mar 1968 | British |
| THOMPSON, Matthew Longstreth | Director | 2018-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
| WATSON, Sofia Astrid Kristina | Director | 2023-05-09 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORDERN, Sarah | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2014-02-26 |
| KERSHAW, Mark James | Secretary | 1999-01-05 | 2002-02-01 |
| PANK, John David Graham, Major General | Secretary | — | 1999-01-04 |
| SPENCER, Claire Emma | Secretary | 2014-02-26 | 2020-04-30 |
| BEYER, Trevor Jorgen Nielsen | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2007-05-25 |
| BUTCHER, Alexander Mark | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2008-07-21 |
| DODDS, John | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2025-06-10 |
| HASTINGS, Priscilla Victoria | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| HERBERT, Henry George Reginald Molyneux, The Earl Of Carnarvon | Director | — | 1998-05-29 |
| HIGGINS, Stephen Alan | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2013-12-24 |
| HORDERN, Sarah | Director | 2002-09-23 | 2014-02-26 |
| JONES, Nicholas Michael Houssemayne | Director | 2007-05-25 | 2010-06-08 |
| KERSHAW, Mark James | Director | 1999-01-05 | 2008-05-31 |
| KIMMINS, Malcolm Brian Johnston | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2007-05-25 |
| MCGRATH, James Christopher | Director | 2015-06-04 | 2024-06-11 |
| PANK, John David Graham, Major General | Director | — | 1999-01-04 |
| PENSER, Nils Wilhelm Erik | Director | 1998-10-23 | 2024-06-11 |
| SHEFFIELD, John Julian Lionel George | Director | — | 2004-05-28 |
| SIEFF, David Daniel, The Hon Sir | Director | — | 2010-06-08 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 2003-08-04 | 2015-06-04 |
| SPENCE, Christopher John | Director | 1994-02-14 | 1998-06-30 |
| SPENCER, Claire Emma | Director | 2014-02-26 | 2020-04-30 |
| STEWART-BROWN, Brian Trevor | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2019-06-05 |
| THICK, Julian Mark | Director | 2013-12-13 | 2024-02-02 |
| TODD, Richard Laurence | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2018-10-29 |
| TODHUNTER, Michael John Benjamin | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| TOLLER, Charles Bolton, Captain | Director | — | 1996-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton Beauchamp Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-25 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-24 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-16 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-06-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.