Formula One World Championship Limited

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formula one world championship limited Company Information

Live

MatureMegaHigh

Company Number

04174493

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Industry

Television programming and broadcasting activities

Other sports activities (not including activities of racehorse owners) n.e.c.

Directors

Duncan Llowarch

Stefano Domenicali

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Shareholders

slec holdings limited

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

no. 2 st. james's market, london, SW1Y 4AH

Website

www.formula1.com

formula one world championship limited Estimated Valuation

£2.7b

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIMITED at £2.7b based on a Turnover of £1.5b and 1.8x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Formula One World Championship Limited is a live company located in london, SW1Y 4AH with a Companies House number of 04174493. It operates in the television programming and broadcasting activities sector, SIC Code 60200. Founded in March 2001, it's largest shareholder is slec holdings limited with a 100% stake. Formula One World Championship Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £1.5b with high growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Formula One World Championship Limited a 4 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 5 measures and has 3 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating4out of 5

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2 Regular

3 Weak

Size

annual sales of £1.5b, make it larger than the average company (£4.7m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 28%, show it is growing at a faster rate (5.8%)

EXPORT

Formula One World Championship Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £1.5 billion and the company has net assets of £397.9 million. According to their latest financial statements, we estimate that Formula One World Championship Limited has 13,720 employees and maintains cash reserves of £708 million as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	1,522,803,724	1,424,385,739	1,349,188,162	719,078,786	1,165,548,448	1,166,136,345	1,146,115,517	1,080,289,348	1,020,946,147	1,032,779,601	829,373,318	832,429,820	742,337,790	6,888,301	0
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	987,865,415	937,517,977	922,962,723	617,383,507	797,691,357	805,465,032	798,369,783	775,406,873	698,932,609	689,901,519	544,885,941	481,406,673	449,865,056	7,413,904	0
Gross Profit	534,938,309	486,867,762	426,225,439	101,695,279	367,857,091	360,671,313	347,745,734	304,882,475	322,013,538	342,878,082	284,487,377	351,023,147	292,472,734	-525,603	0
Admin Expenses	304,886,837	327,709,485	271,850,894	166,225,475	215,525,187	230,741,008	196,178,002	125,169,592	143,403,749	150,179,403	98,072,537	191,112,411	80,618,029	334,709	0
Operating Profit	230,051,472	159,158,277	154,374,545	-64,530,196	152,331,904	129,930,305	151,567,732	179,712,883	178,609,789	192,698,679	186,414,840	159,910,736	211,854,705	-860,312	0
Interest Payable	42,389	83,264	278,160	1,439,301	141,019	64,087	2,732,516	17,108	21,571	23,666	808,663	6,414,061	14,129,028	12,266,220	11,715,122
Interest Receivable	33,383,544	11,470,744	160,103	2,384,273	3,927,455	1,692,702	41,738,364	33,585,986	25,611,425	14,199,557	1,946,046	920,339	1,548,462	198,632	0
Pre-Tax Profit	263,392,627	170,545,757	154,256,489	-63,585,224	156,118,340	131,558,920	-630,457,422	213,281,761	204,199,643	206,874,571	187,552,224	154,138,143	199,274,139	-12,927,899	-11,715,122
Tax	-61,873,439	-33,710,544	-21,795,100	10,675,966	-30,360,544	-7,676,039	-52,505,007	-48,603,094	-48,225,231	-55,461,486	-52,755,350	-70,913,568	-57,883,419	3,619,889	3,280,209
Profit After Tax	201,519,189	136,835,213	132,461,389	-52,909,258	125,757,796	123,882,881	-682,962,429	164,678,667	155,974,412	151,413,085	134,796,873	83,224,575	141,390,720	-9,308,010	-8,434,913
Dividends Paid	0	50,716,070	127,460,176	52,451,717	102,019,336	0	432,859,889	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Retained Profit	201,519,189	86,119,143	5,001,213	-105,360,975	23,738,460	123,882,881	-1,115,822,318	164,678,667	155,974,412	151,413,085	134,796,873	83,224,575	141,390,720	-9,308,010	-8,434,913
Employee Costs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Number Of Employees	13,720	13,093	14,553	7,973	11,385	11,329	10,536	10,015	8,593	8,268	6,506	7,036	6,686	59	0
EBITDA*	230,051,472	159,158,277	154,799,870	-64,127,836	152,713,527	130,324,441	151,908,195	180,029,009	178,925,915	193,023,131	186,687,171	160,172,371	212,116,581	-860,312	0

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Intangible Assets	2,124,745	2,522,141	3,118,784	3,359,135	3,567,638	4,352,319	2,042,778	2,212,883	2,529,009	2,920,070	2,723,312	2,877,986	3,142,523	3,563,137	199,861,172
Investments & Other	20,257,361	17,821,513	19,037,762	18,044,146	17,114,197	18,860,851	18,860,851	17,512,646	17,512,645	17,973,892	15,086,506	14,493,968	14,507,364	15,183,800	0
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	229,682,083	234,113,995	283,912,832	259,621,397	244,855,709	269,653,128	286,582,552	279,727,759	291,596,251	313,825,482	279,429,065	283,726,298	193,860,373	204,970,334	0
Total Fixed Assets	252,064,189	254,457,649	306,069,378	281,024,678	265,537,545	292,866,298	307,486,181	299,453,288	311,637,905	334,719,444	297,238,882	301,098,252	211,510,259	223,717,271	199,861,172
Stock & work in progress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Debtors	16,858,678	20,668,382	4,562,141	51,030,043	15,999,128	50,074,501	156,867,740	180,717,048	124,636,269	188,529,659	151,196,335	110,691,948	99,459,609	151,540,694	0
Group Debtors	161,057,452	186,153,962	179,446,106	203,871,857	179,691,066	193,751,502	176,181,206	768,205,147	523,531,686	354,284,296	150,636,934	61,840,679	8,202,600	4,438,926	3,280,209
Misc Debtors	70,282,340	69,676,027	80,840,947	38,557,633	56,961,546	41,291,356	29,117,199	26,981,553	43,813,597	20,025,956	16,987,056	22,830,583	15,113,069	19,331,871	142,563
Cash	708,013,776	530,453,410	572,477,561	202,749,080	291,408,010	23,468,717	80,776,256	190,952,098	126,859,566	115,234,751	175,973,344	168,618,567	308,633,311	190,647,491	0
misc current assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total current assets	956,212,247	806,951,783	837,326,757	496,208,614	544,059,751	308,586,077	442,942,402	1,166,855,846	818,841,119	678,074,662	494,793,669	363,981,778	431,408,590	365,958,984	3,422,773
total assets	1,208,276,436	1,061,409,432	1,143,396,135	777,233,292	809,597,296	601,452,375	750,428,583	1,466,309,134	1,130,479,024	1,012,794,106	792,032,552	665,080,030	642,918,849	589,676,254	203,283,944
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	2,634,925	370,146	83,286	0	0	139,390	7,210	40,167	0	0	0	242,551	0	3,730,814	0
Group/Directors Accounts	534,597,684	585,366,740	749,011,886	513,502,452	475,898,088	339,174,077	113,293,279	184,392,294	51,161,857	69,345,752	111,455,210	100,781,827	241,851,007	353,365,149	213,128,307
other short term finances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,231	2,231	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other current liabilities	261,960,487	289,718,416	272,533,354	187,287,706	163,558,915	128,530,000	209,873,427	266,759,892	228,850,044	242,293,304	226,880,686	254,799,310	278,314,129	252,086,289	0
total current liabilities	799,193,097	875,455,302	1,021,628,528	700,790,159	639,457,004	467,843,467	323,173,917	451,194,585	280,014,133	311,639,056	338,335,896	355,823,689	520,165,136	609,182,252	213,128,307
loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41,654	165,873	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	5,396,260	165,770	2,898,035	4,990,803	8,269,971	2,575,502	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
provisions	5,753,538	5,447,732	12,765,424	3,982,219	3,603,256	0	701,754	0	0	0	0	356,439	0	0	0
total long term liabilities	11,149,799	5,613,504	15,663,459	8,973,023	11,873,228	2,575,503	701,754	41,654	165,873	0	0	356,439	0	0	0
total liabilities	810,342,896	881,068,806	1,037,291,987	709,763,182	651,330,232	470,418,970	323,875,671	451,236,239	280,180,006	311,639,056	338,335,896	356,180,128	520,165,136	609,182,252	213,128,307
net assets	397,933,540	180,340,625	106,104,148	67,470,110	158,267,064	131,033,405	426,552,912	1,015,072,895	850,299,018	701,155,050	453,696,655	308,899,902	122,753,712	-19,505,998	-9,844,363
total shareholders funds	397,933,540	180,340,625	106,104,148	67,470,110	158,267,064	131,033,405	426,552,912	1,015,072,895	850,299,018	701,155,050	453,696,655	308,899,902	122,753,712	-19,505,998	-9,844,363

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	230,051,472	159,158,277	154,374,545	-64,530,196	152,331,904	129,930,305	151,567,732	179,712,883	178,609,789	192,698,679	186,414,840	159,910,736	211,854,705	-860,312	0
Depreciation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amortisation	0	0	425,325	402,360	381,623	394,136	340,463	316,126	316,126	324,452	272,331	261,635	261,876	0	0
Tax	-61,873,439	-33,710,544	-21,795,100	10,675,966	-30,360,544	-7,676,039	-52,505,007	-48,603,094	-48,225,231	-55,461,486	-52,755,350	-70,913,568	-57,883,419	3,619,889	3,280,209
Stock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Debtors	-32,731,814	-38,149,660	-4,318,904	55,573,482	-57,263,038	-93,978,210	-606,882,810	272,053,703	106,912,411	278,416,003	119,159,881	162,453,858	-63,646,175	376,859,054	3,422,772
Creditors	2,264,779	286,860	83,286	0	-139,390	132,180	-32,957	40,167	0	0	-242,551	242,551	-3,730,814	3,730,814	0
Accruals and Deferred Income	-22,527,439	14,452,797	83,152,880	20,449,623	40,723,384	-78,767,925	-56,886,465	37,909,848	-13,443,260	15,412,618	-27,918,624	-23,514,819	26,227,840	252,086,289	0
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	305,806	-7,317,692	8,783,205	378,963	3,603,256	-701,754	701,754	0	0	0	-356,439	356,439	0	0	0
Cash flow from operations	180,952,993	171,019,358	229,343,045	-88,196,766	223,803,271	137,289,113	650,068,330	-102,677,773	10,345,013	-125,441,740	-13,745,674	-96,110,884	240,376,363	-118,282,374	-142,563
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	397,396	596,643	-184,973	-193,857	403,058	-2,703,677	-170,358	0	74,935	-521,211	-117,657	2,902	158,738	196,298,035	-199,861,172
Change in Investments	2,435,848	-1,216,249	993,617	929,948	-1,746,654	0	1,348,205	0	-461,247	2,887,386	592,538	-13,396	-676,436	15,183,800	0
cash flow from investments	-2,038,452	1,812,892	-1,178,590	-1,123,805	2,149,712	-2,703,677	-1,518,563	0	536,182	-3,408,597	-710,195	16,298	835,174	181,114,235	-199,861,172
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	-50,769,056	-163,645,147	235,509,434	37,604,364	136,724,012	225,880,798	-71,099,015	133,230,437	-18,183,895	-42,109,458	10,673,382	-141,069,180	-111,514,142	140,236,842	213,128,307
Other Short Term Loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2,231	0	2,231	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long term loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	-41,654	-124,219	165,873	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other long term liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
share issue	16,073,726	-11,882,666	33,632,825	14,564,021	3,495,199	-419,402,388	527,302,335	95,210	-6,830,444	96,045,310	9,999,881	102,921,614	868,990	-353,625	-1,409,450
interest	33,341,155	11,387,480	-118,057	944,972	3,786,436	1,628,615	39,005,848	33,568,878	25,589,854	14,175,891	1,137,383	-5,493,722	-12,580,566	-12,067,588	-11,715,122
cash flow from financing	-1,354,175	-164,140,333	269,024,202	53,113,357	144,005,647	-191,892,975	495,165,283	166,770,306	743,619	68,111,743	21,810,646	-43,641,288	-123,225,718	127,815,629	200,003,735
cash and cash equivalents
cash	177,560,366	-42,024,151	369,728,481	-88,658,930	267,939,293	-57,307,538	-110,175,842	64,092,532	11,624,815	-60,738,593	7,354,777	-140,014,744	117,985,819	190,647,491	0
overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
change in cash	177,560,366	-42,024,151	369,728,481	-88,658,930	267,939,293	-57,307,538	-110,175,842	64,092,532	11,624,815	-60,738,593	7,354,777	-140,014,744	117,985,819	190,647,491	0

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FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIMITED group structure

Formula One World Championship Limited has 1 subsidiary company.

Ultimate parent company

LIBERTY MEDIA CORP

#0035308

SLEC HOLDINGS LTD

#0067840

2 parents

FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIMITED

04174493

1 subsidiary

FORMULA ONE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

01545332

FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIMITED Shareholders

slec holdings limited

100%

Formula One World Championship Limited currently has 3 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Duncan Llowarch (Jan 2010) and Mr Stefano Domenicali (Sep 2022).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Duncan Llowarch	United Kingdom	56 years	Jan 2010	-	Director
Mr Stefano Domenicali	United Kingdom	59 years	Sep 2022	-	Director
Mr Laurence Anthony	United Kingdom	43 years	Sep 2024	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

1.5b

+7%

operating profit

230.1m

+45%

gross margin

35.2%

+2.77%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

397.9m

+1.21%

total assets

1.2b

+0.14%

cash

708m

+0.33%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

04174493

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

60200 - Television programming and broadcasting activities

93199 - Other sports activities (not including activities of racehorse owners) n.e.c.

incorporation date

March 2001

ultimate parent company

LIBERTY MEDIA CORP

previous names

modelultra limited (April 2001)

address

no. 2 st. james's market, london, SW1Y 4AH

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