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Company description
THE RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 21 September 1999; registered for 26 years; registered office reported in MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 93199 · Other sports activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2024, it reported turnover £13,369,468, profit after tax −£403,261, net assets −£3,433,932, average employees 101. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 24 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THE RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED
- Company number
- 03845473
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 1 outstanding · 1 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
19 September 2025Next statement due
3 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £13,369,468
- Gross profit
- £10,169,761
- Operating profit
- −£473,106
- Profit before tax
- −£403,261
- Profit after tax
- −£403,261
- Fixed assets
- £215,259
- Net assets
- −£3,433,932
- Current assets
- £7,808,660
- Current liabilities
- £7,100,145
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £923,774
- Cash at bank
- £5,274,782
- Equity
- −£3,433,932
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 94.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 59.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 2.7%
- Men receiving bonus
- 4.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 33.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 30.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 28.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 34.0%
Earlier reporting years (3)
- Less than 25012.0% median hourly gap
- Less than 2506.0% median hourly gap
- Less than 25013.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
The Rugby Football League Limited
Registration Z6749573
- Registered from
- 10 June 2002
- Current end date
- 9 June 2027
- Trading names
- RFL, RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
ENGLAND RUGBY LEAGUE XIII
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 9,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2027
RUGBY FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1895
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 9,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2027
XIII
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 9,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2027
TOUCH RUGBY LEAGUE
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 24 January 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 January 2022
COACHING MATTERS RL
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 28,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 December 2021
Figurative mark
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 28,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 December 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 December 2021
BECOMING caypable Children And Young Players Activity Based Learning Environment
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 28,41
- Filed / designated
- 1 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 March 2021
Carnegie Challenge Cup
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 25,41
- Filed / designated
- 5 November 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 November 2018
MAN OF STEEL
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 9,14,16,18,24,25,26,41
- Filed / designated
- 30 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 September 2026
RFL
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
BRITISH ISLES XIII
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
Figurative mark
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
· THE RUGBY · FOOTBALL LEAGUE XIII 13
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
Figurative mark
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 9,14,16,18,20,24,25,27,28,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2025
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND RUGBY LEAGUE
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 28,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2019
RUGBY LEAGUE FOUR NATIONS 2016
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 28,41
- Filed / designated
- 31 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
NORTHERN RAIL CUP N northern
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2016
RUGBY LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2016
XIII RLI RUGBY LEAGUE IRELAND
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 7 December 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 December 2015
SCOTLAND RUGBY LEAGUE
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2015
Figurative mark
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,24,25,26,27,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2015
IRELAND
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2015
Rugby League Challenge Cup
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,32,33,34,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 May 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 May 2010
RUGBY 13 LEAGUE 'love this game XIII
Owner The Rugby Football League Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,32,33,34,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 August 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 August 2009
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 21 September 2016
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.