ST Helens Rugby Football Club Limited
Registered name: ST HELENS RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
Part of Sporting Club ST. Helens Limited groupST Helens Rugby Football Club Limited made £8.9m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
ST Helens Rugby Football Club Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £3.4m and 609 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in ST. Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Helens, North West
- Age
- 89 yrs · since 1937
- 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 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.1m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | −£2.2m | −£3.6m | −£3.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.3m | −£3.6m | −£3.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | −£1.9m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | −£1.9m | −£3.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 545 | 565 | 609 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −22.5% | −22.4% | −38% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £16.7k | £15.2k | £14.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.8k | −£3.4k | −£5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▲3.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £153k | £119k | £245k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £313k | −£2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £32.7m | £31.8m | £31.1m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £79k | £540k | £345k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £446k | £615k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −38%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £14.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 350%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼1023%
- Now −£2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲106%
- Now £245k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 609
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £615k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £31.1m
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
- Sporting Club ST. Helens Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- ST Helens Rugby Football Club Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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