BRISTOL ROVERS (1883) LIMITED
Company number 04501223 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bristol Rovers enters League Two carrying significant financial contradictions: a substantial asset base and committed ownership juxtaposed against deep cumulative losses and rapidly growing liabilities. The £7M deterioration in shareholders' funds during a relegation season reflects the painful convergence of sporting underperformance and football's structural cost pressures. While improved cash reserves and academy productivity offer genuine encouragement, the club's competitive positioning hinges on converting ownership patience into operational discipline — particularly in player trading economics and infrastructure development — if it is to arrest the cycle of accumulated deficits that characterises so many EFL clubs.
Shareholders' funds
-£46,943,228
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of a holding company and the running of a football club.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-08-01
- Employees
- 235 (2025 accounts · was 237 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Memorial Stadium, Filton Avenue, Horfield, Bristol, BS7 0BF
- Postcode
- BS7 0BF
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-01
- Next due by
- 2026-08-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 93110 Operation of sports facilities
- 93120 Activities of sport clubs
Officers 6 current · 29 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
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FILTON AVENUE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- bristolrovers.co.uk
- Phone
- 01179096648
The official website of Bristol Rovers Football Club
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACRAMAN (295) LIMITED | 2003-01-30 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ONE REDCLIFFE STREET, BRISTOL, BS99 7JZ | 2003-02-21 |
| ONE REDCLIFFE STREET, BRISTOL, BS99 7JZ | 2003-02-21 |
At this address
3rd largest employer
of 61 similar companies in BS, with 235 staff.
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 89 among operation of sports facilities in Bristol.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2010-07-28
- Where
- City Of Bristol (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL122927 | City Of Bristol | Freehold | 2010-07-28 | — |
| BL15794 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2007-11-14 | — |
| BL33097 | City Of Bristol | Freehold | 2007-11-14 | — |
| BL58342 | City Of Bristol | Freehold | 2003-06-23 | — |
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