VENKYS LONDON LIMITED
Company number 07406020 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Venkys London Limited is displaying severe symptoms of financial distress, primarily driven by its subsidiary Blackburn Rovers FC, which operates with a 114% wage-to-turnover ratio and a negative £11.4m cash position. The group's survival currently relies on life-support funding from its overseas parent, a lifeline threatened by an ongoing legal matter that has prompted a material uncertainty regarding the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Without urgent intervention to reduce operational losses and restore the flow of parent funding, the business faces significant systemic risk.
Shareholders' funds
£230,083,420
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is investing in commercial and sporting ventures and the principal activity of the group is presently that of a professional football club (The Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Limited) with related commercial activities.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2010-10-13
- Employees
- 272 (2025 accounts · was 229 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Squire Patton Boggs (Uk) Llp (Ref: Csu), 19 Cornwall Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B3 2DX
- Postcode
- B3 2DX
- Capital
- 257 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-13
- Next due by
- 2026-10-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 4 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HAMMONDS LLP (REF: DJH) 7, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, LONDON, EC2M 4YH, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-06-22 |
| HAMMONDS LLP (REF : SDW) RUTLAND HOUSE, 148 EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B3 2JR, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-10-22 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 514 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (272 staff).
Trading since 2010.
No.1 of the largest activities of head offices companies in Birmingham →
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 1 among activities of head offices in Birmingham.
The class of 2010
42%
of the 1,921 companies in this sector incorporated in 2010 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.