Goodwood Road Racing: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Goodwood Estate Company Limited. In the year to December 2025 Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited reported turnover of £89m.
- In the year to December 2025, Goodwood Road Racing had turnover of £89m, up 0.6% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £15m, keeping £17.38 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 375 people, with staff costs of £11m.
- Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited is controlled by Goodwood Estate Company Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 8 October 2026.
- Registered name
- GOODWOOD ROAD RACING COMPANY LIMITED
- Company number
- 00466176
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 24 March 1949
- Registered office area
- Portsmouth
- Industry code on the register
- 93110: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 8 October 2026
What does Goodwood Road Racing do?
Goodwood Road Racing runs the motorsport events on the Goodwood Estate near Chichester, West Sussex: the Festival of Speed, the Goodwood Revival and the Members' Meeting. The Festival of Speed centres on the estate's hillclimb, while the Revival and Members' Meeting are held at the Motor Circuit, a former Battle of Britain airfield known as RAF Westhampnett. Income comes from event tickets and grandstand passes, the Goodwood Road Racing Club membership established in 1998, and track days, driving experiences and corporate driving events at the circuit.
In brief: Festival of Speed, Revival, Members' Meeting · Goodwood Motor Circuit and hillclimb · West Sussex · GRRC membership and track days
Source: Goodwood Road Racing's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns Goodwood Road Racing?
The Companies House register records Goodwood Estate Company Limited as the person with significant control of Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited, company number 00466176. Goodwood Estate Company Limited is itself company number 00553452.
That places Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Goodwood Road Racing?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited.
All 5 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| His Grace The 11th Duke Of Richmond Charles Henry Gordon Lennox | |
| Lloyd McNeill | 1 January 2010 |
| Adam James Philip Waterworth | 1 March 2021 |
| Adrian Paul Sargent | 1 October 2024 |
| Judith Lorraine Gadsby | 17 July 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Goodwood Road Racing file?
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited reported turnover of £89m in the year to December 2025. That was up 0.6% on £88m the year before.
It reported 375 employees. The year before it reported 387.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £15m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £16m the year before.
Staff costs came to £11m. That is an average of £31,000 a head. It ended the year with £4m at the bank and net assets of £57m. It paid dividends of £7m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89m | £88m |
| Pre-tax profit | £15m (filed) | £16m (filed) |
| Employees | 375 | 387 |
| Staff costs | £11m | £12m |
| Average staff cost per head | £31,000 | £31,000 |
| Bank and cash | £4m | £0.4m |
| Net assets | £57m | £49m |
| Dividends paid | £7m | £7m |
| Interest paid | £0k | |
| Directors' pay | £0.4m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Goodwood Road Racing?
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited has registered 9 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Goodwood Road Racing compares
Of the 3 UK race circuits, Goodwood Road Racing is 2nd on turnover, 2nd on profit margin and 3rd on growth. MotorSport Vision keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £18.26.
| Rank | UK race circuits | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Silverstone | £127m | £9.49 |
| 2nd | Goodwood Road Racing | £89m | £17.38 |
| + 1 more UK race circuits ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Goodwood Road Racing files as Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited, whose person with significant control is Goodwood Estate Company Limited, with turnover of £89m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Goodwood Road Racing
What does Goodwood Road Racing do?
Goodwood Road Racing runs the motorsport events on the Goodwood Estate near Chichester, West Sussex: the Festival of Speed, the Goodwood Revival and the Members' Meeting. The Festival of Speed centres on the estate's hillclimb, while the Revival and Members' Meeting are held at the Motor Circuit, a former Battle of Britain airfield known as RAF Westhampnett. Income comes from event tickets and grandstand passes, the Goodwood Road Racing Club membership established in 1998, and track days, driving experiences and corporate driving events at the circuit.
How does Goodwood Road Racing compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Goodwood Road Racing is 2nd of the 3 companies in our battle of the UK race circuits, behind Silverstone. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the UK race circuits →
Who owns Goodwood Road Racing?
The Companies House register records Goodwood Estate Company Limited as the person with significant control of Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited.
How much does Goodwood Road Racing make?
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited reported turnover of £89m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £15m.
How many people work at Goodwood Road Racing?
Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited reported 375 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Goodwood Road Racing?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Goodwood Road Racing Company Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00466176, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Goodwood Road Racing: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/goodwood-road-racing/. Figures from Companies House filings for GOODWOOD ROAD RACING COMPANY LIMITED (00466176).
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