Exeter Rugby Club Limited
Registered name: EXETER RUGBY CLUB LIMITED
Part of Cannae Holdings, Inc. groupExeter Rugby Club Limited made £20.1m revenue and a £4.1m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Exeter Rugby Club Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £20.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £4.1m and 332 employees. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 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. From the filing: “Exeter Rugby Group PLC”
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) | £20.2m | £21.5m | £21.7m | £20.1m |
| Cost of sales | £19.1m | £21.1m | £18.8m | £19.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £393k | £2.8m | £501k |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£3m | −£454k | −£3m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.9m | −£3m | −£459k | −£3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2m | −£2.4m | −£876k | −£4.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2m | −£2.4m | −£876k | −£4.1m |
| Staff costs | £13.8m | £14.6m | £12.8m | £14.1m |
| Employees (average) | 307 | 338 | 330 | 332 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.2% | −11.1% | −4% | −20.6% |
| Gross margin | 5.6% | 1.8% | 13.1% | 2.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £65.9k | £63.5k | £65.8k | £60.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | −£7.1k | −£2.7k | −£12.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲1.1% | ▼7.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼2.4% | ▲0.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £339k | £17.6k | £46.6k | £365k |
| Net assets | −£7m | −£9.3m | −£10.2m | −£14.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.1m | £893k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £60.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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 −£14.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲683%
- Now £365k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 332
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cannae Holdings, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Exeter Rugby Group Limited75–100%
- Exeter Rugby Club Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£4.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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