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 £10.5m revenue and a £4.6m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Rotherham United Football Club (Rufc) Limited’s revenue fell 45% to £10.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £4.6m. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 3 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 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £19.2m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £16.4m | −£11.8m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £2.8m | −£1.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£4.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.1m | −£1.7m | −£4.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£878k | −£1.7m | −£4.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£878k | −£1.7m | −£4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 175 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.6% | −8.9% | −44.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 14.5% | −12.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £94.5k | £110k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£5.3k | −£9.7k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.2% | ▼45.1% |
| 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 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −44.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −12.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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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 accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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