Football League Limited(The)
Registered name: FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED(THE)
Football League Limited(The) made £282m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Football League Limited(The)’s revenue grew 36% to £282m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.9m profit and 133 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 122 yrs · since 1904
- 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) | £205m | £208m | £282m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | −£1.8m | −£2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £4.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7m | £3.1m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 126 | 133 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.6m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £24.4k | £21.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% | ▲35.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▼5.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.9k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 133
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- The Football League (Community) LimitedRev. £345k · Profit £0
- Efl Digital 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 £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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