The Dundee United Football Company Limited
Registered name: THE DUNDEE UNITED FOOTBALL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Opg-4 UK Limited groupThe Dundee United Football Company Limited made £10.5m revenue and a £987k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
The Dundee United Football Company Limited’s revenue grew 65% to £10.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £987k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 101 yrs · since 1925
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £8.1m | £6.4m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.6m | £10.9m | £2.2m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | −£299k | −£2.8m | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£5m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£998k | −£2.8m | −£2.8m | −£636k |
| Profit after tax | £280k | −£2.8m | −£2.8m | −£987k |
| Profit (best available) | £280k | −£2.8m | −£2.8m | −£987k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.9m | £5.2m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 108 | 108 | 88 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | −35% | −44% | −9.4% |
| Gross margin | −3.6% | −35.1% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £76.7k | £74.9k | £72.3k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £2.6k | −£26.2k | −£31.9k | −£11.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▼21.3% | ▲65.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1112% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼18.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £440k | £704k | £390k |
| Net assets | −£4.8m | −£7.3m | −£4.6m | −£5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.3m | £6m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £4m |
| Debtors | £410k | £983k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Cash from operations | £882k | £4.4m | −£365k | £197k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 28.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- 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 −£5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £390k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £5.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Opg-4 UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Dundee United Football Company 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£987k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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