Barnsley finances and accounts
Barnsley turned over AU$19.7m in 2024/25 and paid AU$22m in staff costs, which is 111.5% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Barnsley 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 Barnsley does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | AU$19,731,679AU$19.7m | AU$17,221,290AU$17.2m | AU$18,314,239AU$18.3m | AU$28,733,823AU$28.7m | AU$23,953,521AU$24m | AU$27,300,814AU$27.3m | AU$14,940,995AU$14.9m | AU$26,838,146AU$26.8m | AU$24,002,755AU$24m |
| Staff costs | AU$21,994,637AU$22m | AU$21,603,844AU$21.6m | AU$17,813,290AU$17.8m | AU$25,082,728AU$25.1m | AU$27,598,575AU$27.6m | AU$21,350,659AU$21.4m | AU$15,628,506AU$15.6m | AU$20,349,738AU$20.3m | AU$16,591,167AU$16.6m |
| Wages and salaries | AU$19,545,734AU$19.5m | AU$19,500,298AU$19.5m | AU$15,992,419AU$16m | AU$22,241,747AU$22.2m | AU$24,547,741AU$24.5m | AU$19,050,000AU$19.1m | AU$13,918,116AU$13.9m | AU$18,528,962AU$18.5m | AU$15,078,611AU$15.1m |
| Social security costs | - | - | - | - | AU$2,897,748AU$2.9m | AU$2,144,179AU$2.1m | AU$1,494,774AU$1.5m | AU$1,744,067AU$1.7m | AU$1,445,100AU$1.4m |
| Pension costs | - | - | - | - | AU$153,085AU$153k | AU$156,480AU$156k | AU$215,616AU$216k | AU$76,710AU$77k | AU$67,457AU$67k |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | - | AU$5,418,430AU$5.4m | AU$459,124AU$459k | - | - | - |
| Cost of sales | AU$26,818,560AU$26.8m | AU$27,960,549AU$28m | AU$24,100,314AU$24.1m | AU$30,587,151AU$30.6m | AU$30,959,207AU$31m | AU$25,969,402AU$26m | AU$19,792,581AU$19.8m | AU$25,336,531AU$25.3m | AU$19,963,398AU$20m |
| Other operating costs | - | - | - | - | AU$7,536,230AU$7.5m | AU$7,666,539AU$7.7m | AU$4,351,181AU$4.4m | AU$4,195,674AU$4.2m | AU$3,273,838AU$3.3m |
| Operating result | -AU$12,061,918AU$12.1m | -AU$18,546,250AU$18.5m | -AU$11,247,971AU$11.2m | -AU$13,048,499AU$13m | -AU$9,123,487AU$9.1m | -AU$5,876,003AU$5.9m | -AU$9,202,767AU$9.2m | -AU$2,694,060AU$2.7m | AU$765,519AU$766k |
| Pre-tax result | -AU$12,638,093AU$12.6m | -AU$5,462,196AU$5.5m | -AU$7,695,517AU$7.7m | -AU$13,505,652AU$13.5m | -AU$8,180,145AU$8.2m | -AU$538,201AU$538k | -AU$6,597,688AU$6.6m | -AU$338,556AU$339k | AU$24,668,840AU$24.7m |
| Wages to revenue | 111.5% | 125.4% | 97.3% | 87.3% | 115.2% | 78.2% | 104.6% | 75.8% | 69.1% |
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. Barnsley paid AU$22m against AU$19.7m of revenue, so 111p of every pound went back out as pay.
League One revenue
The 13 clubs in the division whose accounts cover the same twelve months. Follow a club for its own finances.
Frequently asked questions
How much revenue do Barnsley make?
Barnsley turned over AU$19.7m in 2024/25.
What is the Barnsley wage bill?
Barnsley paid AU$22m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 111.5% of revenue.
Do Barnsley make a profit?
Barnsley made a pre-tax loss of AU$12.6m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 04573250. Every set of accounts read for this page.
- 2024/25 accounts
- 2023/24 accounts
- 2022/23 accounts
- 2021/22 accounts
- 2020/21 accounts
- 2019/20 accounts
- 2018/19 accounts
- 2017/18 accounts
- 2016/17 accounts
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