Arena Racing Company: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show

Arena Racing Company (ARC) is a British racing group that owns and runs 16 racecourses and five greyhound stadia. Its racecourses are Doncaster, Hereford, Newcastle, Sedgefield, Southwell, Uttoxeter, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Bath, Brighton, Chepstow, Fontwell Park, Ffos Las, Great Yarmouth, Lingfield Park and Royal Windsor, and its greyhound tracks are Sunderland, Newcastle, Dunstall Park, Nottingham and Central Park. Created in 2012 and based in London, it stages over 500 horse racing fixtures a year, including the All-Weather Championships and the St Leger at Doncaster. Alongside racedays it earns money from media and betting rights sold to bookmakers through partnerships including The Racing Partnership, At The Races and Sky Sports Racing, and from venue hire for conferences, events and weddings.

In brief: 16 racecourses and 5 greyhound stadia · created 2012 · over 500 fixtures a year · racedays, media rights and venue hire

Arena Racing Corporation Limited, company number 07997040, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.

The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Arena Racing Corporation Limited.

Arena Racing Corporation Limited reported turnover of £223m in the year to December 2024. That was up 12.6% on £198m the year before.

It reported 534 employees. The year before it reported 591.

It filed a pre-tax profit of £39m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £5m the year before.

It ended the year with £14m at the bank and net assets of -£173m.

Arena Racing Corporation Limited has registered 2 charges at Companies House, of which 2 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.