Jockey Club Racecourses: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show

Jockey Club Racecourses runs The Jockey Club's group of 14 British racecourses: Aintree, Carlisle, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Newmarket, Nottingham, Epsom Downs, Kempton Park, Sandown Park, Cheltenham, Exeter, Warwick and Wincanton. The Jockey Club was founded in 1750 and operates under a Royal Charter to act for the long-term good of British racing. Its courses stage flat and jumps racing, including the Cheltenham Festival, the Grand National at Aintree and the Derby at Epsom Downs. The group earns money from racedays, hospitality and dining, live music nights and venue hire for conferences, exhibitions and weddings through Jockey Club Venues.

In brief: 14 racecourses across Britain · Cheltenham, Aintree, Epsom Downs · part of The Jockey Club, founded 1750 · racedays, hospitality and venue hire

The Companies House register records Jockey Club Racecourses (Holdings) Ltd as the person with significant control of Jockey Club Racecourses Limited, company number 02909409. Jockey Club Racecourses (Holdings) Ltd is itself company number 00806698.

That places Jockey Club Racecourses Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.

The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Jockey Club Racecourses Limited.

Jockey Club Racecourses Limited reported turnover of £237m in the year to December 2025. That was up 2.8% on £230m the year before.

The year before it reported 623.

It filed a pre-tax profit of £3m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £20m the year before.

It ended the year with £10m at the bank and net assets of £101m.

Jockey Club Racecourses Limited has registered 20 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.