The Katie Taylor rivalry with Amanda Serrano contributed to pre-tax profits at Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport group increasing by 10% to £37.59m (€43.19m) last year.
New consolidated accounts filed by Matchroom Holdings Ltd to Companies House in the UK show that profits surged as revenues rose by 3% from £218.26m to £225.4m (€259m) for the 12 months to the end of June last.
The accounts show that the boxing arm of Matchroom delivered £9.88m of the profits for last year and the second bout of the Taylor Serrano trilogy took place in the year under review in November 2024 in Texas.
The fight screened on Netflix reportedly earned Taylor a purse of $6m and she earned millions more again when the two fighters fought in the final part of their trilogy in New York City’s Madison Square Garden last July.
The £9.88m in boxing profits at Matchroom Holdings compares to profits of £11.4m for boxing in the prior year.
The Luke Littler darts phenomenon also contributed to profits with the group’s darts business contributing £16.16m of profits which coincided with Littler – aged only 17 at the time – winning his first PDC darts championship in January 2025.
The £16.15m in profits from subsidiaries, Professional Darts Corporation Limited and World Series of Darts Limited are a 19.45% increase on the ‘darts’ profits of £13.24m in the prior year.
The group pre-tax profits of £37.59m for 2025 follow pre-tax profits of £34.18m in the prior year.
The group recorded post tax profits of £24.3m after incurring a £13.25m corporation tax charge.
The strong profits of recent years allowed the group to pay out dividends of £33.45m last year and this followed a dividend payout of £24.78m in 2024.
The directors state that the group had “strong results” for the year.
They state that “Matchroom Holdings Limited and its group companies are collectively one of the leading independent producers and suppliers of televised sports programming in the world, annually producing in excess of 2,000 hours of original sports footage.
They state that the group continues to stage and promote high profile professional boxing shows and successfully exploit the worldwide popularity of professional darts, snooker, nineball pool, fishing, ping pong and netball.
The directors state that subsidiary, World Snooker Limited contributed a profit of £1.3m while Matchroom Multi Sport Limited made a profit of £2.45m.
On the risks and uncertainties facing the business, the directors state that any change to gambling legislation may affect the ability of companies in the Betting and Gaming sector to exploit their brands at group events.
The directors state that they are working to diversify the group’s sponsors away from this sector.
The group made charitable contributions during the year of £419,437.
The profits last year take account of non-cash amortisation goodwill costs of £19.75m. Numbers employed increased from 136 to 142 as staff costs rose from £12.66m to £13.93m.
Directors’ pay increased from £1.87m to £2.13m and the highest paid director received £1m.
Reporting by Gordon Deegan
