Harlequin Football Club Limited
Registered name: HARLEQUIN FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
Part of Harlequin FC Holdings Limited groupHarlequin Football Club Limited made £29.4m revenue and a £3.3m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Harlequin Football Club Limited’s revenue was £29.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £3.3m and 182 employees. The company is classified under “other sports activities” and is based in Twickenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Twickenham, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.2m | £26.8m | £29.3m | £29.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.1m | £13.7m | £16.1m | £18.3m |
| Gross profit | £14m | £13.1m | £13.3m | £11.1m |
| Operating profit | −£911k | −£3.2m | −£1.6m | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£3.6m | −£1.8m | −£3.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | −£3.6m | −£1.9m | −£3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | −£3.6m | −£1.9m | −£3.3m |
| Staff costs | £14m | £15.2m | £14.3m | £15.2m |
| Employees (average) | 203 | 254 | 185 | 182 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.9% | −13.6% | −6.3% | −11.3% |
| Gross margin | 51.7% | 48.8% | 45.3% | 37.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £134k | £106k | £159k | £162k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.9k | −£14.4k | −£10k | −£18.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.3% | ▲9.4% | ▲0.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.1% | ▼27.2% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £867k |
| Net assets | −£1.2m | −£4.8m | −£6.7m | −£10m |
| Fixed assets | £22.5m | £22.6m | £23m | £22.5m |
| Current assets | £13.4m | £12.1m | £14.2m | £16.9m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £13m | £11.1m | £11.5m | £12.3m |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | −£1.1m | −£2.3m | £639k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £162k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 41.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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 −£10m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £867k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 182
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £12.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £22.5m
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
- Harlequin FC Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Harlequin Football Club Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Harlequin Estates (Twickenham) LimitedRev. £500k · Profit −£2m
- Harlequin Campus LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£427k
- Harlequin Finance PLCRev. £0 · Profit £8.4k
- Harlequin Womens Football Club LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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