Hereford Racecourse Company Limited
Registered name: HEREFORD RACECOURSE COMPANY LIMITED
Part of NR Acquisitions Topco Limited groupHereford Racecourse Company Limited made £167k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Hereford Racecourse Company Limited reported £167k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 61% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 81 yrs · since 1945
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “NR Acquisitions Topco Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8m | £3.5m | — |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.2m | — |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.3m | — |
| Operating profit | £559k | £441k | — |
| Profit before tax | £559k | £441k | — |
| Profit after tax | £620k | £432k | £167k |
| Profit (best available) | £620k | £432k | £167k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 12.2% | — |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 36.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £471k | £505k | — |
| Profit per employee | £77.5k | £61.7k | £23.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.2% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.3% | ▼61.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £26.8k | £136k | £92.9k |
| Net assets | −£2.1m | −£1.7m | −£1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £484k | £467k | £984k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £10.3m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £34.7k | £13.1k | £28.4k |
| Deferred income | £181k | £164k | £156k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £92.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £156k
- Fixed assets
- ▲111%
- Now £984k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NR Acquisitions Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- NR Acquisitions Midco Limited75–100%
- NR Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Northern Racing Ltd50–75%
- Northern Races Limited75–100%
- Hereford Racecourse Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- High Gosforth Park LimitedRev. £24.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Bath Racecourse Company,limitedRev. — · Profit £126k
- Brighton Racecourse Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £521k
- Fontwell Park Steeplechase Limited (The)Rev. — · Profit −£183k
- Great Yarmouth Racecourse LimitedRev. — · Profit −£96.7k
- Sedgefield Steeplechase Company (1927) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uttoxeter Leisure and Development Company LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £167k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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