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LEICESTER RACECOURSE CO.,LIMITED

#00928956 · Active · Incorporated 1968-03-18 (58y 7m) · Last filing 2026-09-21 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 93290 · R Arts, Entertainment & Recreation · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-07-05 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3.9m

+4.3% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£5.2m

-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

156

+6.8% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£94k

-30.3% first positive since 2023

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £5,524,200£6,063,699£6,405,862 +5.6%
Operating profit -£149,679£183,287£181,268 -1.1%
Profit before tax -£194,285£134,265£93,604 -30.3%
Net profit -£142,951£99,265£78,604 -20.8%
Cash £3,315,926£3,710,121£3,871,428 +4.3%
Total assets less current liabilities £5,283,270£5,321,575£5,303,127 -0.3%
Net assets £5,273,270£5,276,575£5,243,127 -0.6%
Equity £2,647,927£2,747,192£2,825,796 +2.9%
Average employees 139146156 +6.8%
Wages £1,248,533£1,297,164£1,314,165 +1.3%
Directors' remuneration £88,200£95,134£95,595 +0.5%
Directors' pension contributions £2,922£2,965£3,031 +2.2%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -2.7%3.0%2.8%
Net margin -2.6%1.6%1.2%
Return on capital employed -2.8%3.4%3.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 34.5%37.5%39.2%
Current ratio 1.63x1.63x1.58x
Interest cover -1.31x1.03x0.95x

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
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Newby Castleman LLP
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”

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

People

5 active · 12 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BOOTH, Philip Andrew Director 2017-07-01 Sep 1967 British
CLOWES, Richard Director 2022-01-01 Oct 1957 British
NELSON, Marc William Director 2006-01-01 Apr 1960 British
NELSON, Roy Alexander Director 2022-11-01 Jul 1990 British
SANDERSON, James Henry Director 2012-10-01 Sep 1968 British
Show 12 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HENSON, David Charles Secretary — 1998-09-30
MAYKELS, David Secretary 2006-01-09 2013-12-31
PARROTT, Russell Secretary 1998-10-01 2006-01-01
BUCKLE, Clive Richard Director — 2020-07-09
FORD, Francis Stanley Director — 1991-07-26
HENSON, David Charles Director — 1998-01-12
LEES, Nicholas Ernest Samuel, Captain Director — 2021-12-31
MAYKELS, David Charles Director 2013-01-01 2013-12-31
NELSON, Ian David Director — 1993-10-29
NELSON, Valerie Ann Director — 2005-12-31
SANDERSON, James Henry Director 2007-07-01 2008-09-01
THORPE, David Allan Director 2009-09-01 2010-05-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Leicester Racecourse Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 117 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-07-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-01-05 RP04AP01 officers Second filing of director appointment with name PDF
2022-01-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2022-01-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-12-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2020-07-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-02-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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