NEWCASTLE UNITED LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
-17.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£333m
+34.1% vs 2024
Employees
614
+17% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£35m
+413.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £320,313,000 | £335,322,000 | +4.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,213,000 | £43,581,000 | +3,492.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£11,079,000 | £34,728,000 | +413.5% | |
| Net profit | -£11,097,000 | £34,728,000 | +412.9% | |
| Cash | £15,429,000 | £12,701,000 | -17.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £412,269,000 | £386,107,000 | -6.3% | |
| Net assets | £248,272,000 | £333,000,000 | +34.1% | |
| Equity | £248,272,000 | £333,000,000 | +34.1% | |
| Average employees | 525 | 614 | +17% | |
| Wages | £194,522,000 | £213,185,000 | +9.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £23,000 | £1,000 | -95.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £23,000 | £1,000 | -95.7% |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 13.0% | |
| Net margin | -3.5% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.3% | 11.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.1% | 46.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.08x | 3.74x |
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
- NEWCASTLE UNITED LIMITED 2010-08-27 → present
- NOVOCASTRIA LIMITED 2010-08-25 → 2010-08-27
- ISSUEBONUS LIMITED 1990-08-10 → 1990-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, after careful consideration of those matters set out above, concluded that the Company and the Group remain a going concern and, as a result, have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NEWCASTLE UNITED LIMITED · parent
- Newcastle United Football Company Limited 100%
- Newcastle United Women's Football Club Limited 100%
- Newcastle United Promotions Limited 100%
- Maltings Pictures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2025 the Group disposed of leasehold improvements at St James' Park to PZ Holdings Ltd, a fellow subsidiary of the immediate parent company PZ Newco Ltd, via a sale and leaseback transaction.”
- “In September 2024 the Club announced that Darren Eales would be stepping down as CEO on health grounds.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALHAGBANI, Abdulmajid Ahmed | Director | 2023-02-23 | Dec 1980 | Saudi Arabian |
| ALRUMAYYAN, Yasir Othman | Director | 2021-12-02 | Feb 1970 | Saudi Arabian |
| REUBEN, James Adam | Director | 2021-10-07 | May 1986 | British |
| REZEEQ, Asmaa Mohammed | Director | 2023-02-23 | Apr 1988 | Saudi Arabian |
| SOLIS PATINO, Jacobo Francisco | Director | 2024-12-16 | Jan 1984 | Spanish |
| THORNTON, Roger | Director | 2024-07-25 | May 1971 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUSHING, Russell | Secretary | 2000-06-01 | 2007-09-25 |
| CUSHING, Russell | Secretary | — | 1996-12-01 |
| IRVING, John Andrew | Secretary | 2007-09-25 | 2015-06-12 |
| PRICE, Andrew Brian | Secretary | 1996-12-01 | 1999-01-29 |
| WHEATLEY, Leslie Alan | Secretary | 1999-01-29 | 1999-07-13 |
| WINSKELL, Ian Michael | Secretary | 1999-07-13 | 2000-07-18 |
| AL SOROUR, Majed | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2022-12-14 |
| ANTONOPOLOUS, Allison | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2007-06-26 |
| CASSIDY, Denis Patrick | Director | 1997-02-27 | 1998-12-07 |
| CHARNLEY, Lee | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2021-10-07 |
| CORBIDGE, Mark Andrew | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1997-07-07 |
| DIXON, Josephine | Director | 1996-12-01 | 1998-05-01 |
| FENDER, John Lawrence | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-05-14 |
| FENTON, Thomas | Director | 1998-05-01 | 1998-12-07 |
| FLETCHER, Alfred Olding | Director | 1996-12-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| HALL, Douglas Stuart | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2007-06-26 |
| HALL, Douglas Stuart | Director | — | 1998-03-23 |
| HALL, John, Sir | Director | — | 1997-02-24 |
| HARRISON, Terence, Sir | Director | 1997-02-27 | 1998-05-27 |
| HAYWARD, Stephen John | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2008-07-07 |
| IRVING, John Andrew | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2015-06-12 |
| JONES, Russell | Director | — | 2003-11-19 |
| JOSEPHS, John Irving | Director | 1998-07-15 | 1998-12-07 |
| LLAMBIAS, Derek David | Director | 2008-05-14 | 2013-06-19 |
| MAYO, John Charles | Director | 1997-02-27 | 1998-05-27 |
| MORT, Christopher Andrew | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2008-06-11 |
| REVILL, Timothy John | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2007-06-26 |
| SHEPHERD, Bruce Stewart | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2007-06-26 |
| SHEPHERD, William Frederick | Director | 1998-12-07 | 2007-07-24 |
| SHEPHERD, William Frederick | Director | — | 1998-03-23 |
| STAVELEY, Amanda Louise | Director | 2021-10-07 | 2024-07-12 |
| STONEHOUSE, David Coulson | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-06-18 |
| WHEATLEY, Leslie Alan | Director | 1998-05-27 | 2000-04-25 |
| WILLIAMSON, David Craig | Director | 2008-06-11 | 2009-06-02 |
| WINSKELL, Ian Michael | Director | 1999-07-13 | 2000-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pz Newco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-07 | Active |
| St James Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 294 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.