Newton Abbot Races Limited(The)
Registered name: NEWTON ABBOT RACES LIMITED(THE)
Newton Abbot Races Limited(The) made £3.9m revenue and £308k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Newton Abbot Races Limited(The)’s revenue grew 49% to £3.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £308k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Newton Abbot,; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Abbot,, South West
- Age
- 105 yrs · since 1921
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.4m | £2.6m | £3.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.6m | −£1.5m | −£2m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £257k | −£674k | £23.5k |
| Profit before tax | £450k | −£435k | £366k |
| Profit after tax | £343k | −£371k | £308k |
| Profit (best available) | £343k | −£371k | £308k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 22 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | −14.3% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 51.9% | 41.7% | 48.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £176k | £118k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | £18k | −£16.9k | £14.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.5% | ▲48.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼208.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.7k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £308k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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