NATIONAL FOOTBALL CENTRE LIMITED
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Cash
£10M
-19% vs 2024
Net assets
-£71M
-10.7% vs 2024
Employees
252
+3.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£9.6M
-85.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,588,000 | £27,364,000 | +6.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,694,000 | -£6,190,000 | -265.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,170,000 | -£9,593,000 | -85.6% | |
| Net profit | -£3,656,000 | -£6,872,000 | -88% | |
| Cash | £12,680,000 | £10,277,000 | -19% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,944,000 | -£12,816,000 | -224.9% | |
| Net assets | -£64,006,000 | -£70,878,000 | -10.7% | |
| Equity | -£64,006,000 | -£70,878,000 | -10.7% | |
| Average employees | 244 | 252 | +3.3% | |
| Wages | £7,723,000 | £7,650,000 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.6% | -22.6% | |
| Net margin | -14.3% | -25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.16x | |
| Interest cover | -0.49x | -1.82x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- NATIONAL FOOTBALL CENTRE LIMITED 2002-10-30 → present
- ENGLAND FOOTBALL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1991-01-16 → 2002-10-30
- EARNMOTIVE LIMITED 1990-07-18 → 1991-01-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have taken account of these factors in their forecasts and concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This conclusion is contingent upon the fact that The FA has provided written confirmation to the directors of NFC of its intention to provide any financial support that is necessary to enable NFC to meet its obligations as they fall due, for a period of 12 months from the date of signing the report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMOTT, Richard James | Secretary | 2015-07-15 | — | — |
| BULLINGHAM, Mark William | Director | 2019-08-01 | Nov 1974 | English |
| BURROWS, Mark Paul | Director | 2016-07-22 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWARD, Nicholas Ian | Secretary | 1997-12-01 | 2004-04-23 |
| DAY, Mark | Secretary | 1992-08-11 | 1997-12-01 |
| GAZZI, Dino Andrea | Secretary | 2004-04-23 | 2008-11-26 |
| KIRTON, Glen | Secretary | — | 1992-08-11 |
| MACLEAN, Alistair Ritchie | Secretary | 2008-11-26 | 2015-07-15 |
| MACLEAN, Alistair Ritchie | Secretary | 2008-09-25 | 2008-09-25 |
| BRIGHT, Barry William | Director | 2007-10-09 | 2015-11-03 |
| BROOKING, Trevor, Sir | Director | 2011-01-11 | 2014-08-31 |
| CREAN, Maurice Andrew | Director | 2015-09-09 | 2016-04-08 |
| CUNNAH, Michael Graeme | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2002-11-05 |
| GLENN, Martin Richard | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2019-07-31 |
| HARRINGTON, Julie Anne | Director | 2012-03-13 | 2017-06-02 |
| HEARD, Peter James | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2008-11-26 |
| HORNE, Alexander James | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2015-01-30 |
| KELLY, Robert Henry Graham | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MACLEAN, Alistair Ritchie | Director | 2010-06-16 | 2015-07-15 |
| MAGRAW, James Edmund Grenville | Director | 2002-11-05 | 2003-09-05 |
| MCARDLE, Francis Bernard | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2015-11-03 |
| MURRAY, Robert Sydney, Sir | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2015-11-03 |
| REED, Leslie Arnold | Director | 2002-11-05 | 2004-05-19 |
| SHEEPSHANKS, David Richard | Director | 2008-11-26 | 2015-11-03 |
| STEWART, Martin David | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2016-07-21 |
| WHITE, Noel | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2008-11-26 |
| WILKINSON, Howard | Director | 2001-08-08 | 2002-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Football Association Limited | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Football Association Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.