Southend United Football Club Limited(The)
Registered name: SOUTHEND UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED(THE)
Part of Cosu FC Limited groupSouthend United Football Club Limited(The) made £5.1m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Southend United Football Club Limited(The)’s revenue grew 103% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £1.3m and 59 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Benfleet; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Benfleet, East of England
- Age
- 120 yrs · since 1906
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2021 | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2.5m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | −£321k | −£481k | −£669k | −£791k | −£75.2k |
| Operating profit | −£922k | −£2.6m | −£2.5m | −£2.1m | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£2.7m | −£2.7m | −£2.6m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | −£2.7m | −£2.7m | −£2.6m | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | −£2.7m | −£2.7m | −£2.6m | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3m | £2.9m | £2.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 121 | 98 | 63 | 59 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −25.4% | −80.8% | −93.9% | −105.2% | −26.4% |
| Gross margin | −8.1% | −14.3% | −22.9% | −31.4% | −1.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.4k | £27.8k | £29.9k | £40k | £86.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.2k | −£22.5k | −£28.1k | −£42.1k | −£22.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15% | ▼13% | ▼14% | ▲102.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼19% | ▼35.7% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £24.4k | £19.4k | £87.8k | £483k | £760k |
| Net assets | −£18.6m | −£21.4m | −£24.1m | −£5.6m | −£7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £531k | £494k | £185k | £226k |
| Current assets | £843k | £752k | £441k | £1.1m | £2m |
| Debtors | £318k | £229k | £271k | £381k | £993k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Cash from operations | £70.3k | −£349 | −£460k | −£949k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −1.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£22.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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 −£7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £760k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £226k
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
- Cosu FC Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Southend United Football Club Limited(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Posu FC LimitedRev. — · Profit £35.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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