SPORTFIVE UK LTD
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Cash
£18
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£13m
+35.5% vs 2024
Employees
123
-6.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.7m
+62.9% 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 | £106,149,826 | £63,661,731 | £110,411,732 | +73.4% | |
| Operating profit | £9,517,475 | £6,767,263 | £9,346,769 | +38.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,394,819 | £5,947,694 | £9,689,661 | +62.9% | |
| Net profit | £7,871,761 | £4,112,702 | £7,341,447 | +78.5% | |
| Cash | — | £18 | £18 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,334,525 | £9,730,290 | £13,032,031 | +33.9% | |
| Net assets | £13,181,779 | £9,372,603 | £12,698,224 | +35.5% | |
| Equity | £13,181,779 | £9,372,603 | £12,698,224 | +35.5% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 132 | 123 | -6.8% | |
| Wages | £10,121,477 | £8,534,319 | £9,814,069 | +15% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £812,838 | £991,588 | £1,092,050 | +10.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £49,000 | £49,000 | £89,025 | +81.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £515,184 | £671,588 | £534,963 | -20.3% |
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 | 9.0% | 10.6% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 6.5% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.4% | 69.5% | 71.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 94.5% | 95.9% | 93.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.33x | 0.39x | |
| Interest cover | 77.59x | 44.43x | 92.47x |
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 7 times since incorporation
- SPORTFIVE UK LTD 2020-05-29 → present
- LAGARDERE SPORTS UK LTD 2015-12-01 → 2020-05-29
- SPORTFIVE LIMITED 2008-11-04 → 2015-12-01
- SPORTFIVE INT. LIMITED 2002-02-28 → 2008-11-04
- UFA SPORTS LIMITED 2001-12-31 → 2002-02-28
- UFA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2000-06-07 → 2001-12-31
- UFA INTERNATIONAL FILM & TV PRODUCTION LIMITED 1998-08-19 → 2000-06-07
- RBCO 265 LIMITED 1998-07-17 → 1998-08-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRT, Tim | Secretary | 2009-02-16 | — | British |
| BIRT, Tim | Director | 2008-11-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| GOLDWATER, Lee | Director | 2025-03-27 | May 1986 | British |
| WOODMAN, Carl | Director | 2011-01-01 | May 1979 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASSETT, Philippe Daniel | Secretary | 1999-12-06 | 1999-12-16 |
| RB SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-07-17 | 2008-02-05 |
| BASSETT, Philippe Daniel | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2001-10-11 |
| BAUER, Wolfgang Adolf | Director | 2001-10-11 | 2003-02-01 |
| BAUER, Wolfgang Adolf | Director | 1998-08-18 | 1999-12-06 |
| BIRCH, Trevor | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| BOHM, Walter | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2013-05-15 |
| CORDES, Philip Kurt Herbert | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-02-19 |
| CRAMER, Sven | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2003-03-01 |
| CRESSWELL, Leela Marianna | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2001-10-11 |
| CROKER, Andrew Peter | Director | 2007-05-14 | 2007-09-23 |
| GEORGIOU, Andrew | Director | 2015-11-19 | 2019-07-15 |
| HILKE, Joachim Wolfgang Arthur Heinrich | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2010-05-28 |
| MORETTI, Laurent | Director | 2012-04-20 | 2015-11-19 |
| O'DOWD, Paul Michael | Director | 2018-08-24 | 2019-04-01 |
| PEARCE, David | Director | 2018-08-24 | 2018-12-24 |
| RAO-SADOUN, Shaila Ann | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2013-12-11 |
| RAWLINGS, Christopher Machin | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2011-02-25 |
| THOEREN, Konstantin Michael | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2001-10-11 |
| TONG CUONG, Vincent Claude | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2014-03-28 |
| VALENSI, Ugo | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2020-05-26 |
| WEDDIGEN, Christian | Director | 2001-12-22 | 2008-11-01 |
| WORTH, Richard | Director | 2008-11-01 | 2009-06-30 |
| YZERMAN, Patrick | Director | 2013-05-21 | 2013-12-10 |
| RB DIRECTORS ONE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-18 |
| RB DIRECTORS TWO LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportfive Germany Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.