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STOKE CITY · FINANCES

Stoke City finances and accounts

Stoke City turned over AU$68m in 2024/25 and paid AU$63.8m in staff costs, which is 93.8% of everything the club earned.

REVENUE AU$68m
WAGE BILL AU$63.8m
WAGES TO REVENUE93.8%
PRE-TAX RESULT AU$116.7m
Stoke City Football finances Championship Highest paid All-time earners

Revenue by season

What Stoke City 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 Stoke City does not report on its own.

MEASURE 2024/252023/242022/232021/222018/192017/18
Revenue AU$68,040,960AU$68m AU$61,960,320AU$62m AU$59,898,240AU$59.9m AU$59,840,640AU$59.8m AU$135,590,400AU$135.6m AU$244,268,160AU$244.3m
Staff costs AU$63,813,120AU$63.8m AU$66,140,160AU$66.1m AU$57,792,000AU$57.8m AU$71,863,680AU$71.9m AU$111,012,480AU$111m AU$184,250,880AU$184.3m
Wages and salaries AU$56,062,080AU$56.1m AU$58,081,920AU$58.1m AU$50,392,320AU$50.4m AU$62,774,400AU$62.8m AU$96,925,440AU$96.9m AU$160,550,400AU$160.6m
Social security costs AU$7,077,120AU$7.1m AU$7,447,680AU$7.4m AU$6,854,400AU$6.9m AU$8,599,680AU$8.6m AU$13,537,920AU$13.5m AU$23,134,080AU$23.1m
Pension costs AU$673,920AU$674k AU$610,560AU$611k AU$545,280AU$545k AU$489,600AU$490k AU$549,120AU$549k AU$566,400AU$566k
Player amortisation AU$13,146,240AU$13.1m AU$12,514,560AU$12.5m AU$8,545,920AU$8.5m AU$10,976,640AU$11m AU$56,058,240AU$56.1m AU$51,073,920AU$51.1m
Other operating costs AU$127,783,680AU$127.8m AU$121,011,840AU$121m AU$111,260,160AU$111.3m AU$115,966,080AU$116m AU$200,517,120AU$200.5m AU$345,354,240AU$345.4m
Profit on player sales AU$289,920AU$290k AU$8,463,360AU$8.5m AU$29,297,280AU$29.3m AU$20,997,120AU$21m AU$34,930,560AU$34.9m AU$42,681,600AU$42.7m
Operating result -AU$59,420,160AU$59.4m -AU$50,451,840AU$50.5m -AU$21,955,200AU$22m -AU$34,940,160AU$34.9m -AU$29,856,000AU$29.9m -AU$58,216,320AU$58.2m
Pre-tax result AU$116,707,200AU$116.7m -AU$49,344,000AU$49.3m -AU$195,509,760AU$195.5m -AU$29,552,640AU$29.6m -AU$58,118,400AU$58.1m
Wages to revenue 93.8%106.7%96.5%120.1%81.9%75.4%

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. Stoke City paid AU$63.8m against AU$68m of revenue, so 94p 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 $434m Wolverhampton Wanderers $330m Southampton $302m Sheffield United $152m Burnley $138m Bristol City $77m Birmingham City $70m Stoke City $68m Wrexham $64m Middlesbrough $62m Derby County $61m Queens Park Rangers $60m West Bromwich Albion $58m Cardiff City $50m Millwall $46m Blackburn Rovers $45m Swansea City $44m Bolton Wanderers $39m Charlton Athletic $21m Lincoln City $16m

Frequently asked questions

How much revenue do Stoke City make?

Stoke City turned over AU$68m in 2024/25.

What is the Stoke City wage bill?

Stoke City paid AU$63.8m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 93.8% of revenue.

Do Stoke City make a profit?

Stoke City made a pre-tax profit of AU$116.7m in 2024/25.

The accounts behind these figures

Company number 05807776. Every set of accounts read for this page.

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