MotorSport Vision: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
MotorSport Vision Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Msv Group Limited. In the year to December 2024 MotorSport Vision Limited reported turnover of £51m.
- Registered name
- MOTORSPORT VISION LIMITED
- Company number
- 03446418
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 8 October 1997
- Registered office area
- Dartford
- 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 2024, filed 2 October 2025
What does MotorSport Vision do?
MotorSport Vision (MSV) is a motor racing circuit operator that runs five UK circuits: Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park. It also runs Bedford Autodrome, home of the PalmerSport corporate driving event, and Circuito de Navarra in Spain, and is building a new circuit at a former army base at Couvron in north-east France. MSV holds the commercial rights to and promotes the British Superbike Championship and organises the GB3 single-seater championship. Its racing arm MSVR runs a range of championships and series, and its trackdays division organises more than 400 events a year.
In brief: five UK circuits · Bedford Autodrome and Circuito de Navarra · British Superbike promoter · track days and racing series
Source: MotorSport Vision's own website, retrieved 25 September 2026.
Who owns MotorSport Vision?
The Companies House register records Msv Group Limited as the person with significant control of MotorSport Vision Limited, company number 03446418. Msv Group Limited is itself company number 04975889.
That places MotorSport Vision 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 MotorSport Vision?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for MotorSport Vision Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Dr Jonathan Charles Palmer | 8 October 1997 |
| Philip Graham Hopkins | 14 December 2007 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did MotorSport Vision file?
MotorSport Vision Limited reported turnover of £51m in the year to December 2024. That was down 2.3% on £52m the year before.
It reported 694 employees. The year before it reported 582.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £10m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £13m the year before.
Staff costs came to £13m. That is an average of £18,000 a head. It ended the year with £3m at the bank and net assets of £19m. It paid dividends of £29m.
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51m | £52m |
| Pre-tax profit | £10m (filed) | £13m (filed) |
| Employees | 694 | 582 |
| Staff costs | £13m | £12m |
| Average staff cost per head | £18,000 | £20,000 |
| Bank and cash | £3m | £2m |
| Net assets | £19m | £41m |
| Dividends paid | £29m | £5m |
| Interest paid | £0.5m | |
| Interest received | £1.5m | |
| Directors' pay | £32k |
Read the accounts to December 2024 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against MotorSport Vision?
MotorSport Vision Limited has registered 12 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is 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.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Hsbc UK Bank PLC | 28 July 2025 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
MotorSport Vision files as MotorSport Vision Limited, whose person with significant control is Msv Group Limited, with turnover of £51m in its latest filed year.
Questions about MotorSport Vision
What does MotorSport Vision do?
MotorSport Vision (MSV) is a motor racing circuit operator that runs five UK circuits: Brands Hatch, Donington Park, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park. It also runs Bedford Autodrome, home of the PalmerSport corporate driving event, and Circuito de Navarra in Spain, and is building a new circuit at a former army base at Couvron in north-east France. MSV holds the commercial rights to and promotes the British Superbike Championship and organises the GB3 single-seater championship. Its racing arm MSVR runs a range of championships and series, and its trackdays division organises more than 400 events a year.
Who owns MotorSport Vision?
The Companies House register records Msv Group Limited as the person with significant control of MotorSport Vision Limited.
How much does MotorSport Vision make?
MotorSport Vision Limited reported turnover of £51m in the year to December 2024. It filed a pre-tax profit of £10m.
How many people work at MotorSport Vision?
MotorSport Vision Limited reported 694 employees in the year to December 2024.
Who runs MotorSport Vision?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for MotorSport Vision Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from MotorSport Vision Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 03446418, 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, “MotorSport Vision: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/motorsport-vision/. Figures from Companies House filings for MOTORSPORT VISION LIMITED (03446418).
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