parkrun: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
parkrun Global Limited has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to January 2026 it reported turnover of £12m.
- In the year to January 2026, parkrun had turnover of £12m, up 6.6% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £0.7m, keeping £6.26 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 68 people, with staff costs of £4m.
- These figures are from parkrun Global Limited's group accounts for the year to January 2026, filed at Companies House on 14 September 2026.
- Registered name
- PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED
- Company number
- 09411750
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 28 January 2015
- Registered office area
- Twickenham
- Industry code on the register
- 93199: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to January 2026, filed 14 September 2026
What does parkrun do?
parkrun organises free, weekly, timed 5k runs on Saturday mornings and 2k junior events for children on Sundays, held in parks and open spaces. Events are run by volunteers, and anyone can walk, jog or run after registering once. It began in Bushy Park, Teddington, in 2004. As a not-for-profit organisation it relies on sponsorship, grants, donations and merchandise sales rather than entry fees.
In brief: free weekly 5k · volunteer-run · not-for-profit · started in Bushy Park
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: parkrun.com.
Who owns parkrun?
parkrun Global Limited, company number 09411750, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
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 parkrun?
The Companies House register lists 11 current officers for parkrun Global Limited.
All 11 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Gordon Seabright | 25 January 2023 |
| Nathaniel James Poulter | 25 January 2023 |
| Sonya Naiken Byers | 25 January 2023 |
| John Alan Vickers | 25 January 2023 |
| Helen Alison Weir | 31 July 2024 |
| Daniel Aster De Crecy Crawshaw | 26 March 2025 |
| Tamara Nayagi Heera Rajah | 26 March 2025 |
| Jonathan Michael Dutton | 1 April 2026 |
| Andrew Paul Falconer | 1 April 2026 |
| Louise Edwina Smith | 1 April 2026 |
| Robert Webster | 1 June 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did parkrun file?
parkrun Global Limited reported turnover of £12m in the year to January 2026. That was up 6.6% on £11m the year before.
It reported 68 employees. The year before it reported 62.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.7m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £0.6m the year before.
Staff costs came to £4m. That is an average of £60,000 a head. It ended the year with £2.0m at the bank and net assets of £4m.
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12m | £11m |
| Pre-tax profit | £0.7m (filed) | £0.6m (filed) |
| Employees | 68 | 62 |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4m |
| Average staff cost per head | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Bank and cash | £2.0m | £2m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4m |
Read the accounts to January 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
parkrun files as parkrun Global Limited, with turnover of £12m in its latest filed year.
Questions about parkrun
What does parkrun do?
parkrun organises free, weekly, timed 5k runs on Saturday mornings and 2k junior events for children on Sundays, held in parks and open spaces. Events are run by volunteers, and anyone can walk, jog or run after registering once. It began in Bushy Park, Teddington, in 2004. As a not-for-profit organisation it relies on sponsorship, grants, donations and merchandise sales rather than entry fees.
Who owns parkrun?
parkrun Global Limited has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does parkrun make?
parkrun Global Limited reported turnover of £12m in the year to January 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £0.7m.
How many people work at parkrun?
parkrun Global Limited reported 68 employees in the year to January 2026.
Who runs parkrun?
The Companies House register lists 11 current officers for parkrun Global Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from parkrun Global Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 09411750, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- 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, “parkrun: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/parkrun/. Figures from Companies House filings for PARKRUN GLOBAL LIMITED (09411750).
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