Cristiano Ronaldo AU$5,670,000/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Sadio Mané AU$1,181,250/wk Al-Nassr Football Club João Félix AU$1,096,200/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Kylian Mbappé AU$939,330/wk Real Madrid Kalidou Koulibaly AU$939,330/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Otávio AU$892,080/wk Al-Qadsiah Football Club Erling Haaland AU$850,500/wk Manchester City Victor Osimhen AU$824,040/wk Galatasaray A.Ş. Robert Lewandowski AU$816,480/wk Chicago Fire FC Jamal Musiala AU$782,460/wk FC Bayern München Rúben Neves AU$782,460/wk Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club Kingsley Coman AU$782,460/wk Al-Nassr Football Club Mohamed Salah AU$756,000/wk Trabzonspor A.Ş. Harry Kane AU$720,090/wk FC Bayern München Dušan Vlahovic AU$697,410/wk Beşiktaş A.Ş. Virgil van Dijk AU$661,500/wk Liverpool
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CHARLTON ATHLETIC · FINANCES

Charlton Athletic finances and accounts

Charlton Athletic turned over AU$21.1m in 2024/25 and paid AU$29.2m in staff costs, which is 138.3% of everything the club earned.

REVENUE AU$21.1m
WAGE BILL AU$29.2m
WAGES TO REVENUE138.3%
PRE-TAX RESULT -AU$29.1m
Charlton Athletic Football finances Championship Highest paid All-time earners

Revenue by season

What Charlton Athletic turned over in each year we hold accounts for.

Every measure, season by season

Costs are shown as the amount paid. A dash is a measure Charlton Athletic does not report on its own.

Staff costs and player amortisation sit inside total operating costs rather than on top of them.

MEASURE 2024/252023/242022/232021/222019/202018/192017/182016/172015/16
Revenue AU$21,105,630AU$21.1m AU$16,654,680AU$16.7m AU$18,525,780AU$18.5m AU$18,520,110AU$18.5m AU$29,041,740AU$29m AU$14,879,970AU$14.9m AU$13,810,230AU$13.8m AU$14,386,680AU$14.4m AU$22,874,670AU$22.9m
Staff costs AU$29,191,050AU$29.2m AU$22,772,610AU$22.8m AU$19,293,120AU$19.3m AU$20,829,690AU$20.8m AU$22,993,740AU$23m -AU$19,276,110AU$19.3m AU$21,030,030AU$21m AU$26,580,960AU$26.6m
Wages and salaries AU$26,219,970AU$26.2m AU$20,623,680AU$20.6m AU$17,480,610AU$17.5m AU$18,865,980AU$18.9m AU$20,926,080AU$20.9m -AU$17,199,000AU$17.2m AU$18,654,300AU$18.7m AU$23,587,200AU$23.6m
Social security costs AU$2,971,080AU$3m AU$2,148,930AU$2.1m AU$1,812,510AU$1.8m AU$1,963,710AU$2m AU$2,067,660AU$2.1m -AU$1,963,710AU$2m AU$2,173,500AU$2.2m AU$2,944,620AU$2.9m
Pension costs ------AU$113,400AU$113k AU$202,230AU$202k AU$49,140AU$49k
Player amortisation AU$1,765,260AU$1.8m AU$1,572,480AU$1.6m AU$1,419,390AU$1.4m AU$1,485,540AU$1.5m AU$1,406,160AU$1.4m -AU$3,269,700AU$3.3m AU$3,568,320AU$3.6m AU$3,757,320AU$3.8m
Other operating income AU$2,519,370AU$2.5m AU$2,468,340AU$2.5m AU$686,070AU$686k AU$886,410AU$886k AU$1,678,320AU$1.7m ----
Cost of sales AU$1,871,100AU$1.9m --------
Total operating costs AU$53,545,590AU$53.5m AU$45,252,270AU$45.3m AU$37,567,530AU$37.6m AU$37,471,140AU$37.5m AU$43,443,540AU$43.4m AU$37,365,300AU$37.4m AU$38,329,200AU$38.3m AU$39,926,250AU$39.9m AU$45,458,280AU$45.5m
Profit on player sales AU$2,715,930AU$2.7m AU$1,298,430AU$1.3m AU$665,280AU$665k AU$6,248,340AU$6.2m AU$8,317,890AU$8.3m AU$5,412,960AU$5.4m AU$7,601,580AU$7.6m AU$30,542,400AU$30.5m AU$73,710AU$74k
Operating result -AU$31,803,030AU$31.8m -AU$27,539,190AU$27.5m -AU$18,635,400AU$18.6m -AU$19,132,470AU$19.1m -AU$9,981,090AU$10m -AU$22,485,330AU$22.5m -AU$25,225,830AU$25.2m -AU$27,011,880AU$27m -AU$23,761,080AU$23.8m
Pre-tax result -AU$29,087,100AU$29.1m -AU$26,322,030AU$26.3m -AU$18,066,510AU$18.1m -AU$14,018,130AU$14m -AU$2,143,260AU$2.1m -AU$19,037,970AU$19m -AU$19,079,550AU$19.1m AU$2,216,970AU$2.2m -AU$25,509,330AU$25.5m
Wages to revenue 138.3%136.7%104.1%112.5%79.2%-139.6%146.2%116.2%

What the wage bill covers

Staff costs are the whole payroll and not just the first team: players, coaching staff, the academy and everyone working at the ground. Charlton Athletic paid AU$29.2m against AU$21.1m of revenue, so 138p of every pound went back out as pay.

Championship revenue

The 20 clubs in the division whose accounts cover the same twelve months. Follow a club for its own finances.

West Ham United $427m Wolverhampton Wanderers $325m Southampton $298m Sheffield United $150m Burnley $136m Bristol City $76m Birmingham City $69m Stoke City $67m Wrexham $63m Middlesbrough $61m Derby County $60m Queens Park Rangers $59m West Bromwich Albion $57m Cardiff City $49m Millwall $45m Blackburn Rovers $45m Swansea City $43m Bolton Wanderers $39m Charlton Athletic $21m Lincoln City $16m

Frequently asked questions

How much revenue do Charlton Athletic make?

Charlton Athletic turned over AU$21.1m in 2024/25.

What is the Charlton Athletic wage bill?

Charlton Athletic paid AU$29.2m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 138.3% of revenue.

Do Charlton Athletic make a profit?

Charlton Athletic made a pre-tax loss of AU$29.1m in 2024/25.

The accounts behind these figures

Company number 01788466. Every set of accounts read for this page.

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