Qatar Racing Limited
Registered name: QATAR RACING LIMITED
Part of Qipco Holdings groupQatar Racing Limited made £12.7m revenue and a £6.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Qatar Racing Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6.2m. The company is classified under “activities of racehorse owners” and is based in Newmarket; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newmarket, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £11.2m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£21.8m | −£17.3m | −£17.1m |
| Gross profit | −£6.7m | −£6.1m | −£4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£7m | −£7.3m | −£6.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£7m | −£7.3m | −£6.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£7m | −£7.3m | −£6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7m | −£7.3m | −£6.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −46.3% | −65.4% | −48.6% |
| Gross margin | −44.1% | −54.8% | −34.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.9% | ▲13.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −48.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Qipco Holdings (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Qatar Racing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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