SCOTTISH RUGBY LIMITED
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Cash
£28M
+196.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
-22.1% vs 2024
Employees
475
-6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3.8M
+69% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
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SCOTTISH RUGBY LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
SCOTTISH RUGBY LIMITED·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 | £73,935,000 | £79,418,000 | +7.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,761,000 | -£1,878,000 | +80.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,216,000 | -£3,792,000 | +69% | |
| Net profit | -£11,330,000 | -£3,690,000 | +67.4% | |
| Cash | £9,511,000 | £28,234,000 | +196.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,101,000 | £51,174,000 | -7.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,683,000 | £12,993,000 | -22.1% | |
| Equity | £16,683,000 | £12,993,000 | -22.1% | |
| Average employees | 507 | 475 | -6.3% | |
| Wages | £37,242,000 | £33,769,000 | -9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,910,000 | £596,000 | -68.8% |
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 | -13.2% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -15.3% | -4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -17.7% | -3.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | -92.96x | -19.16x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- SCOTTISH RUGBY LIMITED 2022-11-02 → present
- SCOTTISH RUGBY UNION LIMITED 2017-12-04 → 2022-11-02
- SCOTTISH RUGBY UNION PLC 1991-07-02 → 2017-12-04
- COMLAW NO. 261 LIMITED 1991-05-29 → 1991-07-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the Group's financial position, forecasts; and the support in place, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SCOTTISH RUGBY LIMITED · parent
- Edinburgh Rugby Limited 100%
- Glasgow Warriors Limited 100%
- Saltire Rugby Holdings Limited 100%
- The Murrayfield Experience Limited 100%
- Scottish Rugby (USA) LLC 100%
Significant events
- “The business announced a restructure of its operations in June 2024, which involved a number of revenue enhancing and cost reduction initiatives and a programme of compulsory redundancies.”
- “During the year ended 30 June 2025, the business also undertook a restructuring programme designed to enhance the High Performance activities of the organisation, which resulted in further redundancies.”
- “The Women's National Team's performance in the World Cup, held in August and September of this year delivered a first quarter final appearance since 2002.”
- “A substantial capital expenditure programme for remedial and upgrading works, was authorised as part of the FY25/26 budget process to assist in mitigating the risks associated with ageing stadium infrastructure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 89 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWAT, Robert Morton | Secretary | 2013-02-28 | — | — |
| BELL, Shona Margaret | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jan 1973 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Ruth Elizabeth | Director | 2023-07-19 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MCGUIGAN, John Gerald | Director | 2023-05-22 | May 1960 | British |
| MITCHELL, Frank Wright | Director | 2024-11-28 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SELIGMANN, Steven Michael | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jul 1979 | German |
| SOUTAR, Michael James | Director | 2023-07-03 | Nov 1966 | British |
| STEWART, Christopher John | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1975 | Scottish |
| WHELAN, Alexandra Edith | Director | 2023-06-12 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WHITE, David Andrew | Director | 2025-07-15 | Dec 1972 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Alexander Patrick | Director | 2025-01-20 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 89 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Graeme Murray | Nominee Secretary | 1991-05-29 | 1991-09-20 |
| HOGG, Ian Alisdair Lawrence | Secretary | 1991-09-20 | 2005-07-01 |
| IRELAND, Graham Alexander | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| ANDERTON, Philip John | Director | 2004-02-26 | 2005-01-12 |
| BARR, Ian Robert | Director | 2020-04-28 | 2022-08-14 |
| BARR, Ian Robert | Director | 2013-06-22 | 2015-08-08 |
| BISSET, Charles Dunbar | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1998-12-05 |
| BLACK, Cheryl Campbell | Director | 2023-04-26 | 2023-05-22 |
| BLACKIE, George Campbell | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2005-06-24 |
| BLACKIE, George Campbell | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2000-06-30 |
| BRACEWELL, Julia Helen | Director | 2019-04-02 | 2022-09-28 |
| BRADBURY, Donalda Macintyre Mclay | Director | 2018-08-05 | 2020-08-15 |
| BROWN, George Derek Morton | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1999-06-25 |
| BROWN, Peter Currie | Director | 2005-01-27 | 2005-07-14 |
| BRUCE, Graeme Murray | Nominee Director | 1991-05-29 | 1991-09-20 |
| BULLOCH, Gordon Campbell | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-07-01 |
| CHARTERS, Robin Gray | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1993-06-25 |
| CLARK, George Barrie | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2008-06-27 |
| CRICHTON, Kenneth Innes | Director | 1994-09-30 | 2000-06-30 |
| CROZIER, Edward Andrew | Director | 2015-08-09 | 2016-08-20 |
| CROZIER, Edward Andrew | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2012-07-01 |
| DAVIDSON, John William | Director | 2010-06-26 | 2013-06-22 |
| DIXON, James Richard | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2006-01-13 |
| DIXON, William Gordon | Director | 2002-06-28 | 2005-06-24 |
| DIXON, William Gordon | Director | 1994-06-24 | 2000-06-30 |
| DODSON, Mark | Director | 2011-09-19 | 2024-04-30 |
| DOUGLAS, William Norman | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2000-06-30 |
| DUFFY, Bertram | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2004-06-25 |
| DUFFY, Bertram | Director | 1993-06-25 | 2000-06-30 |
| EMSLIE, Donald Gordon | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2012-07-01 |
| FERGUSON, Archie | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2010-06-26 |
| FISHER, Colin Douglas | Director | 1998-06-26 | 2000-06-30 |
| FLANAGAN, Andrew Henry | Director | 2004-01-15 | 2004-06-25 |
| FLEMING, James Mathieson | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2010-06-26 |
| FLOCKHART, Robin William | Director | 2016-08-21 | 2018-08-04 |
| GALBRAITH, Eric Roger | Nominee Director | 1991-05-29 | 1991-09-20 |
| GARDNER, William Auld Forsyth | Director | 2018-08-05 | 2021-08-14 |
| GILLANDERS, Daniel Murdo | Director | 2022-08-23 | 2022-10-31 |
| GILLIES, Alexander Malcolm | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2009-06-27 |
| GRACIE, James Combe | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2005-06-24 |
| GRACIE, James Combe | Director | 1995-12-04 | 2000-06-30 |
| GRASSIE, Colin Steuart | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2020-05-25 |
| GRAY, Adam | Director | 2018-08-05 | 2020-03-25 |
| GREENWOOD, James Hall | Director | 2010-06-26 | 2012-09-17 |
| HAGMAN, Eric | Director | 2004-06-25 | 2005-01-11 |
| HASTIE, Arthur Borthwick | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1996-06-28 |
| HEALY, Andrew Paul | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2021-09-30 |
| HEGARTY, Eamon James | Director | 2006-05-25 | 2011-09-23 |
| HOSIE, Allan Mitchell | Director | 1991-09-20 | 2003-06-27 |
| HOWAT, Robert Morton | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2020-12-31 |
| INGLIS, Thomas Johnston | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2007-08-25 |
| IRELAND, Graham Alexander | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2005-09-22 |
| IRVINE, Andrew Robertson | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2007-06-29 |
| JACK, George William, Mr. | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2008-06-27 |
| JACK, George William, Mr. | Director | 1997-06-27 | 2000-06-30 |
| JEFFREY, John | Director | 2020-03-26 | 2023-04-18 |
| KENNEDY, Brian George | Director | 2005-07-14 | 2008-06-27 |
| LAUGHLAND, Iain Hugh Page | Director | 1991-09-20 | 2001-06-29 |
| LAVERIE, Peter Grant | Director | 2016-08-21 | 2017-12-31 |
| LAWSON, Alan James Macgregor | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-06-22 |
| LITTLE, Andrew Elliot Crawford | Director | 1991-09-20 | 2000-06-30 |
| LITTLEFAIR, James Napier | Director | 2015-08-09 | 2018-08-04 |
| LOCKHEAD, Moir, Sir | Director | 2011-06-25 | 2016-12-31 |
| LOWE, Graham David | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2012-11-26 |
| MACKAY, David James | Director | 2003-06-27 | 2005-01-09 |
| MACLEOD, Donald Angus David, Professor | Director | 2013-06-22 | 2014-08-16 |
| MALLINDER, David James | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2023-06-12 |
| MASSON, Gordon Baxter | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1992-06-26 |
| MCCAFFER, John Feggans | Director | 1992-06-26 | 1995-10-27 |
| MCCULLOCH, Arthur | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2000-06-30 |
| MCKAY, Dominic Christopher | Director | 2013-09-26 | 2021-04-16 |
| MCKIE, Robert Gordon | Director | 2005-08-08 | 2011-06-14 |
| MCLAUCHLAN, Ian | Director | 2010-06-26 | 2019-04-01 |
| MCLEOD, Frederick Charles Hubert | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2006-06-30 |
| MCLEOD, Frederick Charles Hubert | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1997-06-27 |
| MCMILLAN, David John Ramsay | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| MILLER, Graeme | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| MILLICAN, John Gilbert | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-06-22 |
| MONRO, Michael Eric | Director | 2012-12-06 | 2018-08-04 |
| MORGAN, Allan Gordon | Director | 1991-09-20 | 2000-06-30 |
| MUNRO, Allan | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2011-06-25 |
| MUNRO, Robert Drummond Shaw | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1994-07-23 |
| NEIL, Fergus John Baillie | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-08-20 |
| NOLAN, William Anthony | Director | 1999-06-25 | 2000-06-30 |
| O'REILLY, Thomas Michael | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2000-06-30 |
| OFFORD, Malcolm Ian | Director | 2020-08-16 | 2021-10-29 |
| PATERSON, Duncan Sinclair | Director | 1991-09-20 | 1998-12-02 |
| RANKIN, Ian Thomas | Director | 2014-08-16 | 2015-08-08 |
| RICHMOND, Robert Campbell Connor | Director | 2020-08-16 | 2023-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Rugby Union | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-01 | Active |
| Scottish Rugby Union Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 360 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.