Newbury Racecourse PLC
Registered name: NEWBURY RACECOURSE PLC
Newbury Racecourse PLC made £23.4m revenue and £646k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Newbury Racecourse PLC’s revenue grew 6% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £646k profit and 193 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Berks; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Berks, South East
- Age
- 122 yrs · since 1904
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19m | £22m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.3m | −£17.7m | −£19.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £4.4m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £489k | £857k | £790k |
| Profit before tax | £719k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £719k | £794k | £646k |
| Profit (best available) | £719k | £794k | £646k |
| Employees (average) | 174 | 191 | 193 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 3.6% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 19.8% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £115k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £4.2k | £3.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▼18.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▲1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now 193
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Newbury Racecourse Enterprises LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £646k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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