Football Association Limited
Registered name: FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION LIMITED
Football Association Limited made £516m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Football Association Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £516m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £10.6m profit and 1,224 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 123 yrs · since 1903
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £482m | £551m | £516m |
| Cost of sales | −£108m | −£134m | −£132m |
| Gross profit | £374m | £417m | £384m |
| Operating profit | £39.4m | £64.1m | £6m |
| Profit before tax | £36.6m | £66.4m | £16.1m |
| Profit after tax | £24.2m | £49.7m | £10.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £24.2m | £49.7m | £10.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,162 | 1,184 | 1,224 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5% | 9% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 77.5% | 75.7% | 74.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £415k | £466k | £421k |
| Profit per employee | £20.8k | £41.9k | £8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.4% | ▼6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲105.3% | ▼78.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £421k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,224
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- England Soccer Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fa Learning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- National Football Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The English National Stadium Property Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wembley National Stadium LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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