Ascot Racecourse Limited
Registered name: ASCOT RACECOURSE LIMITED
Part of Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limited groupAscot Racecourse Limited made £115m revenue and £12.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ascot Racecourse Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £115m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.4m profit and 164 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Berkshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Berkshire, South East
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £110m | £115m |
| Cost of sales | £73.8m | £77.4m |
| Gross profit | £35.7m | £37.4m |
| Operating profit | £14.2m | £16.4m |
| Profit before tax | £13.9m | £16.8m |
| Profit after tax | £11.2m | £12.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.2m | £12.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 162 | 164 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.3% | 10.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 32.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £676k | £700k |
| Profit per employee | £69.4k | £75.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3k | £48k |
| Net assets | −£8.4m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £19.1m | £31.3m |
| Debtors | £7.6m | £13.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £700k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £75.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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 £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1500%
- Now £48k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲65%
- Now £7.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ascot Authority (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ascot Racecourse Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Ascot Racecourse Estates LimitedRev. £2m · Profit £1.5m
- Ascot Racecourse Estates (Property Developments) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £18k
- Ascot Racecourse Betting & Gaming LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.1m
- Royal Ascot Hotel 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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