Exeter Rugby Group Limited
Registered name: EXETER RUGBY GROUP LIMITED
Part of Cannae Holdings, Inc. groupExeter Rugby Group Limited made £20.1m revenue and a £10.3m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Exeter Rugby Group Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £20.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £10.3m and 340 employees. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Exeter; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.7m | £21.7m | £20.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£23.7m | −£18.8m | −£19.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.8m | £501k |
| Operating profit | −£2.5m | £1.1m | −£8.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.6m | −£419k | −£9.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4m | −£859k | −£10.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4m | −£859k | −£10.3m |
| Employees (average) | 354 | 338 | 340 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −15.6% | −4% | −51.4% |
| Gross margin | 7.8% | 13.1% | 2.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.6k | £64.2k | £59.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£11.3k | −£2.5k | −£30.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼7.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −51.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £59.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.4k
- 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 340
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cannae Holdings, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Exeter Rugby Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Exeter Rugby Club LimitedRev. £20.1m · Profit −£4.1m
- South West England Rugby Academy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swrugby7's LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Langdon Land LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£10.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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