GRA LIMITED
Company number 01067271 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
GRA Limited occupies a precarious strategic position: it benefits from the protective canopy of Arena Racing Corporation's group structure and over 50 years of operational heritage, yet faces a fundamental challenge to its core business model from regulatory and societal pressures on greyhound racing. The 90.7% profit decline signals urgent operational or structural issues that must be addressed, while the longer-term existential question of whether greyhound racing has a sustainable future in the UK demands proactive strategic planning. The company's survival likely depends on its ability to transform its physical asset into a diversified leisure venue while navigating an industry that may face regulatory prohibition within the decade.
What it does
operation of a greyhound racing stadium
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-08-22
- Employees
- 18 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 4th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21 - 24 Millbank, London, England, SW1P 4QP
- Postcode
- SW1P 4QP
- Capital
- 60 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-25
- Next due by
- 2027-05-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 93110 Operation of sports facilities
Officers 3 current · 22 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ARENA RACING CORPORATION LIMITED — since 2019-10-17
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5393177 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2017/18
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MITELLA LIMITED | 1984-10-18 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| STOWE HOUSE HIGH STREET, KNOWLE, SOLIHULL, B93 0LY, ENGLAND | 2019-10-25 |
| HALL GREEN STADIUM, YORK ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B28 8LQ | 2017-07-21 |
| ELVIN HOUSE, STADIUM WAY, WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX HA9 0DW | 2005-03-22 |
| WEMBLEY STADIUM, WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX | 1999-04-01 |
| WIMBLEDON STADIUM, PLOUGH LANE, LONDON, SW17 0BL | 1988-01-28 |
| 78 UXBRIDGE ROAD, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 1SU | 1987-02-23 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 57 similar companies in SW, with 18 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2013-09-23
- Where
- West Midlands
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM24817 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2013-09-23 | — |
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