Worcester Racecourse Limited
Registered name: WORCESTER RACECOURSE LIMITED
Part of Arena Racing Corporation Limited groupWorcester Racecourse Limited made a £706k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Worcester Racecourse Limited reported a loss of £706k in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 8 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
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “Arena Leisure Racing 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) | £5.2m | £3.8m | — |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £2.6m | — |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £1.2m | — |
| Operating profit | £853k | −£128k | — |
| Profit before tax | £492k | −£550k | — |
| Profit after tax | £471k | −£558k | −£706k |
| Profit (best available) | £471k | −£558k | −£706k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | −14.7% | — |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 31.4% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £737k | £476k | — |
| Profit per employee | £67.3k | −£69.7k | −£88.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼26.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼218.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £37.8k | £118k | £141k |
| Net assets | −£5.6m | −£6.2m | −£6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £5.6m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £289k | £210k | £266k |
| Debtors | £16.9k | £385 | £14.2k |
| Deferred income | £281k | £147k | £204k |
| 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
- −£88.2k
- 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 −£6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £141k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £204k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £5.9m
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
- Arena Racing Corporation Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arena Leisure Limited75–100%
- Arena Leisure Racing Limited75–100%
- Worcester Racecourse Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- The Doncaster Racecourse Management Company LimitedRev. £28.5m · Profit −£4.4m
- Lingfield Park LimitedRev. £21.6m · Profit −£1.6m
- Wolverhampton Racecourse LimitedRev. £18.1m · Profit £3m
- Arena Racing (Southwell) LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £53.7k
- Arabian Racing Organisation LimitedRev. — · Profit £23.8k
- Arena Racing (Chelmsford City) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ffos Las Racecourse LimitedRev. — · Profit £412k
- Folkestone Race Course LimitedRev. — · Profit £11.4k
- Lingfield Park Property Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Windsor Racing LimitedRev. — · Profit −£522k
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 −£706k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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