Battle · 3 companies
Sports agencies
Signing the big deals, or warming the bench?
CAA Stellar leads on pre-tax profit, profit margin and net assets; Wasserman on turnover; Unique Sports Management on growth. Wasserman is the biggest by turnover at £151m, against £51m at CAA Stellar. CAA Stellar keeps the most of every £100 it takes, £29.60 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are up to 11 months apart, so this compares each company's most recent filing rather than the same twelve months. CAA Stellar files group accounts that include subsidiaries; Wasserman and Unique Sports Management file for a single company, which flatters the group on size.
Accounts compared: Wasserman to Dec 2024 · CAA Stellar to Sep 2025 · Unique Sports Management to Oct 2024
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 | WassermanWasserman Emea LLP | £151m | +7.6% | £3m | 1.8% | 537 | £72,000 | £282,000 | £15m | £9m | Dec 2024 | Single company |
| 2 | CAA StellarCAA Stellar Sports Limited | £51m | +15.2% | £15m | 29.6% | n/d | n/d | n/d | £44m | £14m | Sep 2025 | Group |
| 3 | Unique Sports ManagementUnique Sports Management Ltd | £39m | +36.8% | £8m | 21.6% | 29 | £154,000 | £1.3m | £16m | £8m | Oct 2024 | 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
Wasserman
£151m
Most pre-tax profit
CAA Stellar
£15m
Highest profit margin
CAA Stellar
29.6%
Fastest-growing turnover
Unique Sports Management
+36.8%
Biggest employer
Wasserman
537 staff
Highest pay per head
Unique Sports Management
£154,000
Most turnover per head
Unique Sports Management
£1.3m
Largest net assets
CAA Stellar
£44m
Most cash
CAA Stellar
£14m
The Takeaway
- CAA Stellar converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £29.60 reaches pre-tax profit, against £1.76 at Wasserman.
- Wasserman is the largest on the top line, £151m of turnover, 3.0x CAA Stellar's £51m.
- Unique Sports Management is growing fastest, turnover +36.8% on its own prior year.
- Wasserman is the biggest employer with 537 people; Unique Sports Management pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £154,000.
- CAA Stellar has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £44m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
CAA Stellar keeps the most: £29.60 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. Wasserman keeps the least, £1.76.
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 Wasserman (£151m), CAA Stellar (£51m), Unique Sports Management (£39m).
By headcount, Wasserman leads with 537 employees.
The comparison holds with the dates stated plainly: Wasserman to Dec 2024, CAA Stellar to Sep 2025, Unique Sports Management to Oct 2024. The bases differ: group accounts include the businesses a company owns, single-company accounts do not.
Turnover on the latest filing
Who is growing fastest?
Unique Sports Management grew fastest, turnover +36.8% on its own prior year, ahead of CAA Stellar (+15.2%), Wasserman (+7.6%).
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?
Wasserman employs the most, 537 people, against 29 at Unique Sports Management.
Unique Sports Management has the highest average staff cost, about £154,000 a head; Wasserman the lowest, about £72,000.
Unique Sports Management brings in the most turnover per employee, about £1.3m, against £282,000 at Wasserman. 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 The.Team: Sme Management Emea Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control in the 75% to 100% band. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns Wasserman →
CAA Stellar Sports Limited · 04169356Held by Francois - Henri Pinault
An individual recorded as a person with significant control in the 25% to 50% band.
Who owns CAA Stellar →
Unique Sports Management Ltd · 06732463Held by Mr William John Salthouse
An individual recorded as a person with significant control in the 75% to 100% band. 2 outstanding charges on the register.
Who owns Unique Sports Management →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | Wasserman | CAA Stellar | Unique Sports Management |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered name | WASSERMAN EMEA LLP | CAA STELLAR SPORTS LIMITED | UNIQUE SPORTS MANAGEMENT LTD |
| Company number | OC368517 | 04169356 | 06732463 |
| Incorporated | 2011 | 2001 | 2008 |
| Accounts filed | 3 December 2025 | 9 July 2026 | 19 December 2025 |
| Turnover, prior year | £141m | £44m | £28m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £8m | £10m | £6m |
| Staff costs | £39m | £20m | £4m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 25.7% | 39.9% | 11.5% |
| Employees, prior year | 502 | 74 | 24 |
| Dividends paid | n/d | £7m | £5m |
| Charges outstanding | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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.
Sports agencies: common questions
Who is the biggest of Wasserman, CAA Stellar or Unique Sports Management?
Wasserman, with turnover of £151m in the year to December 2024.
Which makes the most profit?
CAA Stellar: £15m pre-tax in the year to September 2025.
Which employs the most people?
Wasserman, with 537 employees in its latest accounts.
Wasserman or CAA Stellar: which is bigger?
Wasserman, with turnover of £151m against £51m at CAA Stellar on their latest filings. On margin, CAA Stellar keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
Wasserman or Unique Sports Management: which is bigger?
Wasserman, with turnover of £151m against £39m at Unique Sports Management on their latest filings. On margin, Unique Sports Management keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
CAA Stellar or Unique Sports Management: which is bigger?
CAA Stellar, with turnover of £51m against £39m at Unique Sports Management on their latest filings. On margin, CAA Stellar 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.