Rotherham United Football Club (Rufc) Limited
Registered name: ROTHERHAM UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB (RUFC) LIMITED
Part of Asd Lighting Holdings Limited groupRotherham United Football Club (Rufc) Limited made £19.2m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2024. read from filing text
Rotherham United Football Club (Rufc) Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £19.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with a loss of £1.7m and 175 employees. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “A R Stewart is the ultimate controlling party by virtue of his majority shareholding in ASD Lighting Holdings Limited, the parent company of Rotherham United Football Club (RUFC) Limited.”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£878k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£878k | −£1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 175 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −5.6% | −8.9% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 14.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.5k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.3k | −£9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £56.8k | £970k |
| Net assets | −£3.1m | −£4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £863k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £903k | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £989k | £825k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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 −£4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1607%
- Now £970k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 175
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £825k
- Fixed assets
- ▲68%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Asd Lighting Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rotherham United Football Club (Rufc) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Asd Lighting PLCRev. £18m · Profit −£849k
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 2024 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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