Leicester Riders — Investor Profile

Women's · Super League Basketball

Not an audit. Compiled from AI-assisted deep research cross-referencing Companies House and Charity Commission filings for SLB women's clubs and Liverpool Basketball (source doc dated 2026-09-14). Figures marked "audited" are from real statutory filings; others are undisclosed or estimated — not an independent audit.

Turnover: £150,000–£250,000 estimated playing/operational budget

Legal entity

Leicester Basketball Club Ltd (01851213) + Riders Basketball Ltd (05886915), alongside the Leicester Sports Foundation (Charity No. 1157488)

Owner / backer

Managing director Kevin Routledge and a consortium of local directors, in long-standing partnership with Loughborough University

Ownership concentration

Distributed across foundation trustees, stabilised by Routledge’s long tenure.

Venue

Mattioli Arena, Leicester — built and operated by the club’s charitable foundation on a 125-year ground lease from Leicester City Council.

Venue risk

Low — venue is foundation-owned via long-term lease, the same asset base the men’s team relies on.

Risk classification

“Files only micro-entity balance sheets, which legally withhold turnover and expenditure detail; the women’s budget figure here is an industry estimate, not a filed figure.”

Compiled: 2026-09-14