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Professional Darts Corporation v World Snooker Tour
The oche against the baize: two sports built for television
Professional Darts Corporation leads on 4 of the five measures that matter most: turnover, pre-tax profit, profit margin, growth and net assets. Professional Darts Corporation is the biggest by turnover at £63m, against £41m at World Snooker Tour. Professional Darts Corporation keeps more of every £100 it takes, £34.22 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are close enough to compare like for like.
Accounts compared: Professional Darts Corporation to Jun 2025 · World Snooker Tour to Jun 2025
Who they are
Professional Darts Corporation
The Professional Darts Corporation Limited · 03473679The Professional Darts Corporation runs the main professional darts circuit, including the PDC World Darts Championship and Premier League Darts.In brief: professional darts circuit · World Championship and Premier League · TV rights and tickets · founded 1992Full profile →World Snooker Tour
World Snooker Limited · 04127833World Snooker Limited runs the World Snooker Tour, the professional snooker circuit that stages the World Championship and ranking events.In brief: professional snooker tour · World Championship · TV rights, sponsorship and ticketsFull profile →The Numbers
| # | Company | Turnover | Change | Pre-tax profit | Margin | Employees | Pay per head | Turnover per head | Net assets | Bank and cash | Accounts to | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional Darts CorporationThe Professional Darts Corporation Limited | £63m | +16.0% | £22m | 34.2% | 22 | £109,000 | £2.9m | £8m | £2m | Jun 2025 | Single company |
| 2 | World Snooker TourWorld Snooker Limited | £41m | +18.4% | £1.6m | 3.8% | 35 | £70,000 | £1.2m | £4m | £6m | Jun 2025 | Single company |
Ranked by turnover. Click any column to sort. The leader on each measure is highlighted. Movements are against each company's own prior year. Pre-tax profit is filed except where marked (est.).
Category winners
Biggest by turnover
Professional Darts Corporation
£63m
Most pre-tax profit
Professional Darts Corporation
£22m
Highest profit margin
Professional Darts Corporation
34.2%
Fastest-growing turnover
World Snooker Tour
+18.4%
Biggest employer
World Snooker Tour
35 staff
Highest pay per head
Professional Darts Corporation
£109,000
Most turnover per head
Professional Darts Corporation
£2.9m
Largest net assets
Professional Darts Corporation
£8m
Most cash
World Snooker Tour
£6m
The Takeaway
- Professional Darts Corporation converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £34.22 reaches pre-tax profit, against £3.81 at World Snooker Tour.
- Professional Darts Corporation is the largest on the top line, £63m of turnover, 1.5x World Snooker Tour's £41m.
- World Snooker Tour is growing fastest, turnover +18.4% on its own prior year.
- World Snooker Tour is the biggest employer with 35 people; Professional Darts Corporation pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £109,000.
- Professional Darts Corporation has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £8m, while World Snooker Tour holds the most cash at £6m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
Professional Darts Corporation keeps the most: £34.22 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. World Snooker Tour keeps the least, £3.81.
Every profit figure here is the one the company filed.
The chart splits each company's turnover into £100: what goes on people, on interest and on everything else, and what is left as profit.
Out of every £100 of turnover
Each column is £100 of that company's own turnover, so companies of any size compare on one scale; the figures are pounds out of each £100, not millions. Companies run from the best margin to the worst. Payroll is staff costs, other running costs are everything else, and profit is pre-tax profit, filed or estimated as marked in the table. A loss is not an extra cost: it is the part of the costs that runs past the £100 line, marked with a red bracket. Hover over any segment for its figure.
Who is the biggest, and does the comparison hold?
By turnover the order is Professional Darts Corporation (£63m), World Snooker Tour (£41m).
By headcount, World Snooker Tour leads with 35 employees.
The accounting periods all end in the same month. All are on the same filing basis.
Turnover on the latest filing
Who is growing fastest?
World Snooker Tour grew fastest, turnover +18.4% on its own prior year, ahead of Professional Darts Corporation (+16.0%).
Turnover change on each company's own prior year
Who employs the most, who pays the most, and who brings in the most per head?
World Snooker Tour employs the most, 35 people, against 22 at Professional Darts Corporation.
Professional Darts Corporation has the highest average staff cost, about £109,000 a head; World Snooker Tour the lowest, about £70,000.
Professional Darts Corporation brings in the most turnover per employee, about £2.9m, against £1.2m at World Snooker Tour. It says as much about the business model as the workforce: a marketplace or a wholesaler needs far fewer people per pound than a restaurant or a gym.
Who owns each one?
Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.
Held by Matchroom Sport Ltd
A company recorded as a person with significant control.
Who owns Professional Darts Corporation →
World Snooker Limited · 04127833Held by World Snooker Holding Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 1 outstanding charge on the register.
Who owns World Snooker Tour →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | Professional Darts Corporation | World Snooker Tour |
|---|---|---|
| Registered name | THE PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION LIMITED | WORLD SNOOKER LIMITED |
| Company number | 03473679 | 04127833 |
| Incorporated | 1997 | 2000 |
| Accounts filed | 12 April 2026 | 12 April 2026 |
| Turnover, prior year | £54m | £35m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £18m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 3.8% | 5.9% |
| Employees, prior year | 18 | 37 |
| Dividends paid | £13m | £0.8m |
| Charges outstanding | 0 | 1 |
A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d; a zero in a filing is treated as not disclosed. Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, above that to the nearest million.
Professional Darts Corporation v World Snooker Tour: common questions
Who is the biggest of Professional Darts Corporation or World Snooker Tour?
Professional Darts Corporation, with turnover of £63m in the year to June 2025.
Which makes the most profit?
Professional Darts Corporation: £22m pre-tax in the year to June 2025.
Which employs the most people?
World Snooker Tour, with 35 employees in its latest accounts.
Professional Darts Corporation or World Snooker Tour: which is bigger?
Professional Darts Corporation, with turnover of £63m against £41m at World Snooker Tour on their latest filings. On margin, Professional Darts Corporation keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit. The full head to head is in the VS Series. Read the VS page →
Where do these figures come from?
Each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House. Each links to its full Spark Intel profile, which names the filing it comes from.