DAIWA SPORTS LIMITED
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Cash
£892k
+53.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+11.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
138
-1.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+165.7% 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 | £21,071,811 | £22,559,590 | £23,957,254 | +6.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£13,338 | £524,616 | £1,100,363 | +109.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£403,995 | £494,350 | £1,313,245 | +165.7% | |
| Net profit | -£438,124 | — | £1,078,739 | — | |
| Cash | £754,253 | £581,238 | £891,703 | +53.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,135,495 | £10,005,845 | £11,165,334 | +11.6% | |
| Net assets | £9,135,495 | £10,005,845 | £11,165,334 | +11.6% | |
| Equity | £9,135,495 | £10,005,845 | £11,165,334 | +11.6% | |
| Average employees | 145 | 140 | 138 | -1.4% | |
| Wages | £3,701,843 | £3,923,429 | £4,307,193 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £124,823 | £134,471 | £140,184 | +4.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | 2.3% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | -2.1% | — | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | 5.2% | 9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.3% | 27.7% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 3.21x | 3.39x | |
| Interest cover | -0.03x | 1.92x | 8.45x |
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
- DAIWA SPORTS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → present
- LEGIBUS THIRTY-EIGHT LIMITED 1977-01-24 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the financial strength of the Company and the Group, the Directors are satisfied that the Group, and the Company itself, will remain funded for the Going Concern period through to 30 September 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Caroline | Secretary | 2026-08-25 | — | — |
| ASARI, Yugo | Director | 2022-08-31 | Oct 1968 | Japanese |
| KOBAYASHI, Shinobu | Director | 2023-06-01 | Nov 1966 | Japanese |
| TERAGAKI, Tadahiro | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1964 | Japanese |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Paul | Secretary | 2018-02-22 | 2018-10-28 |
| SEAGRAVE, Carole Jeanette | Secretary | 2005-01-27 | 2018-02-22 |
| SMITH, Alistair Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-28 | 2026-08-28 |
| SMITH, Thomas Roger | Secretary | — | 2005-01-27 |
| AOKI, Osamu | Director | — | 1993-11-07 |
| INAGAKI, Takashi | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2023-06-01 |
| INOUE, Koi | Director | — | 1999-06-23 |
| ISHIDO, Shinichi | Director | 1997-04-02 | 1999-03-31 |
| KAKIDA, Eiji | Director | — | 1996-02-12 |
| KIMOTO, Kohsuke | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1999-03-31 |
| KIMURA, Hiroo | Director | 1994-03-22 | 1997-05-31 |
| KOMATSU, Tomoaki | Director | 2006-11-06 | 2010-06-03 |
| MIDDLETON, John Anthony | Director | — | 2002-03-22 |
| MIYASAKA, Shinichiro | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2018-04-27 |
| MORIKAWA, Ryoji | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2016-07-01 |
| MORISHITA, Saburo | Director | 1993-07-09 | 2001-06-28 |
| MORLEY, Robin Keith | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2022-04-30 |
| MUTA, Yasumari | Director | — | 1995-02-20 |
| OONO, Jitsuo | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2005-09-05 |
| OTAKE, Yushi | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2023-06-01 |
| SHIRAI, Tetsuo | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2007-06-01 |
| SMITH, Thomas Roger | Director | — | 2005-01-27 |
| STEWART, Richard | Director | 1993-07-09 | 1997-06-06 |
| SUNAGA, Shunji | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2004-07-01 |
| SUZUKI, Tadaaki | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2004-07-01 |
| TACHIBANA, Takeshi | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| THOMSON, Francis | Director | — | 1997-04-02 |
| TORII, Yasunori | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2007-06-01 |
| TSUTSUI, Hiroshi | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2000-01-10 |
| UEHARA, Masayuki | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2004-07-01 |
| USUDA, Toshikazu | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-11-06 |
| YAMAGUCHI, Kaname | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globeride Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.