Star Racing Limited
Registered name: STAR RACING LIMITED
Star Racing Limited made £57.9m revenue and £691k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Star Racing Limited’s revenue fell 32% to £57.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £691k profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “gambling and betting activities” and is based in Hove; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hove, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £79.7m | £85.4m | £57.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£43.9m | −£59.9m | −£35.7m |
| Gross profit | £35.9m | £25.5m | £22.2m |
| Operating profit | £21.7m | £4.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £20.5m | £3.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £16.4m | £1.7m | £691k |
| Profit (best available) | £16.4m | £1.7m | £691k |
| Employees (average) | 142 | 169 | 114 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 20.5% | 2% | 1.2% |
| Gross margin | 45% | 29.8% | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £562k | £505k | £508k |
| Profit per employee | £115k | £10.2k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼32.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼89.5% | ▼59.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19% | ▼32.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £508k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Grange Club (Birtley) Limited (The)Figures not disclosed
- Planet Bet LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Playbook Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Star Sports Recruitment LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £691k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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