Battle · 3 companies
UK race circuits
Pole position, or stuck in the gravel?
Silverstone leads on turnover and growth; Goodwood Road Racing on pre-tax profit and net assets; MotorSport Vision on profit margin. Silverstone is the biggest by turnover at £127m, against £89m at Goodwood Road Racing. MotorSport Vision keeps the most of every £100 it takes, £18.26 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are close enough to compare like for like.
Accounts compared: Silverstone to Dec 2025 · MotorSport Vision to Dec 2025 · Goodwood Road Racing to Dec 2025
The Numbers
| # | Company | Turnover | Change | Pre-tax profit | Margin | Employees | Pay per head | Turnover per head | Net assets | Bank and cash | Accounts to | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SilverstoneSilverstone Circuits Limited | £127m | +21.9% | £12m | 9.5% | 289 | £56,000 | £441,000 | £48m | £52m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
| 2 | Goodwood Road RacingGoodwood Road Racing Company Limited | £89m | +0.6% | £15m | 17.4% | 375 | £31,000 | £237,000 | £57m | £4m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
| 3 | MotorSport VisionMotorSport Vision Limited | £60m | +17.4% | £11m | 18.3% | 663 | £21,000 | £90,000 | £29m | £3m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
Ranked by turnover. Click any column to sort. The leader on each measure is highlighted. Movements are against each company's own prior year. Pre-tax profit is filed except where marked (est.).
Category winners
Biggest by turnover
Silverstone
£127m
Most pre-tax profit
Goodwood Road Racing
£15m
Highest profit margin
MotorSport Vision
18.3%
Fastest-growing turnover
Silverstone
+21.9%
Biggest employer
MotorSport Vision
663 staff
Highest pay per head
Silverstone
£56,000
Most turnover per head
Silverstone
£441,000
Largest net assets
Goodwood Road Racing
£57m
Most cash
Silverstone
£52m
The Takeaway
- MotorSport Vision converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £18.26 reaches pre-tax profit, against £9.49 at Silverstone.
- Silverstone is the largest on the top line, £127m of turnover, 1.4x Goodwood Road Racing's £89m.
- Silverstone is growing fastest, turnover +21.9% on its own prior year.
- MotorSport Vision is the biggest employer with 663 people; Silverstone pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £56,000.
- Goodwood Road Racing has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £57m, while Silverstone holds the most cash at £52m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
MotorSport Vision keeps the most: £18.26 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. Silverstone keeps the least, £9.49.
Every profit figure here is the one the company filed.
The chart splits each company's turnover into £100: what goes on people, on interest and on everything else, and what is left as profit.
Out of every £100 of turnover
Each column is £100 of that company's own turnover, so companies of any size compare on one scale; the figures are pounds out of each £100, not millions. Companies run from the best margin to the worst. Payroll is staff costs, financing is interest paid, other running costs are everything else, and profit is pre-tax profit, filed or estimated as marked in the table. A loss is not an extra cost: it is the part of the costs that runs past the £100 line, marked with a red bracket. Hover over any segment for its figure.
Who is the biggest, and does the comparison hold?
By turnover the order is Silverstone (£127m), Goodwood Road Racing (£89m), MotorSport Vision (£60m).
By headcount, MotorSport Vision leads with 663 employees.
The accounting periods all end in the same month. All are on the same filing basis.
Turnover on the latest filing
Who is growing fastest?
Silverstone grew fastest, turnover +21.9% on its own prior year, ahead of MotorSport Vision (+17.4%), Goodwood Road Racing (+0.6%).
Turnover change on each company's own prior year
Who employs the most, who pays the most, and who brings in the most per head?
MotorSport Vision employs the most, 663 people, against 375 at Goodwood Road Racing.
Silverstone has the highest average staff cost, about £56,000 a head; MotorSport Vision the lowest, about £21,000.
Silverstone brings in the most turnover per employee, about £441,000, against £90,000 at MotorSport Vision. It says as much about the business model as the workforce: a marketplace or a wholesaler needs far fewer people per pound than a restaurant or a gym.
Who owns each one?
Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.
Held by British Racing Drivers Club Limited(The)
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns Silverstone →
MotorSport Vision Limited · 03446418Held by Msv Group Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns MotorSport Vision →
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited · 00466176Held by Goodwood Estate Company Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control.
Who owns Goodwood Road Racing →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | Silverstone | MotorSport Vision | Goodwood Road Racing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered name | SILVERSTONE CIRCUITS LIMITED | MOTORSPORT VISION LIMITED | GOODWOOD ROAD RACING COMPANY LIMITED |
| Company number | 00882843 | 03446418 | 00466176 |
| Incorporated | 1966 | 1997 | 1949 |
| Accounts filed | 2 October 2026 | 6 October 2026 | 8 October 2026 |
| Turnover, prior year | £104m | £51m | £88m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £14m | £10m | £16m |
| Staff costs | £16m | £14m | £11m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 12.7% | 23.4% | 12.9% |
| Employees, prior year | 229 | 694 | 387 |
| Dividends paid | n/d | n/d | £7m |
| Charges outstanding | 1 | 1 | 0 |
A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d; a zero in a filing is treated as not disclosed. Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, above that to the nearest million.
UK race circuits: common questions
Who is the biggest of Silverstone, MotorSport Vision or Goodwood Road Racing?
Silverstone, with turnover of £127m in the year to December 2025.
Which makes the most profit?
Goodwood Road Racing: £15m pre-tax in the year to December 2025.
Which employs the most people?
MotorSport Vision, with 663 employees in its latest accounts.
Silverstone or MotorSport Vision: which is bigger?
Silverstone, with turnover of £127m against £60m at MotorSport Vision on their latest filings. On margin, MotorSport Vision keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
Silverstone or Goodwood Road Racing: which is bigger?
Silverstone, with turnover of £127m against £89m at Goodwood Road Racing on their latest filings. On margin, Goodwood Road Racing keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
MotorSport Vision or Goodwood Road Racing: which is bigger?
Goodwood Road Racing, with turnover of £89m against £60m at MotorSport Vision on their latest filings. On margin, MotorSport Vision keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
Where do these figures come from?
Each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House. Each links to its full Spark Intel profile, which names the filing it comes from.
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