Barnsley finances and accounts
Barnsley turned over AU$19.4m in 2024/25 and paid AU$21.7m 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$19,423,371AU$19.4m | AU$16,952,208AU$17m | AU$18,028,079AU$18m | AU$28,284,857AU$28.3m | AU$23,579,247AU$23.6m | AU$26,874,239AU$26.9m | AU$14,707,542AU$14.7m | AU$26,418,800AU$26.4m | AU$23,627,712AU$23.6m |
| Staff costs | AU$21,650,971AU$21.7m | AU$21,266,284AU$21.3m | AU$17,534,957AU$17.5m | AU$24,690,811AU$24.7m | AU$27,167,348AU$27.2m | AU$21,017,055AU$21m | AU$15,384,311AU$15.4m | AU$20,031,774AU$20m | AU$16,331,930AU$16.3m |
| Wages and salaries | AU$19,240,332AU$19.2m | AU$19,195,605AU$19.2m | AU$15,742,538AU$15.7m | AU$21,894,219AU$21.9m | AU$24,164,183AU$24.2m | AU$18,752,344AU$18.8m | AU$13,700,646AU$13.7m | AU$18,239,447AU$18.2m | AU$14,843,007AU$14.8m |
| Social security costs | - | - | - | - | AU$2,852,471AU$2.9m | AU$2,110,676AU$2.1m | AU$1,471,418AU$1.5m | AU$1,716,816AU$1.7m | AU$1,422,520AU$1.4m |
| Pension costs | - | - | - | - | AU$150,693AU$151k | AU$154,035AU$154k | AU$212,247AU$212k | AU$75,511AU$76k | AU$66,403AU$66k |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | - | AU$5,333,767AU$5.3m | AU$451,950AU$452k | - | - | - |
| Cost of sales | AU$26,399,520AU$26.4m | AU$27,523,666AU$27.5m | AU$23,723,747AU$23.7m | AU$30,109,227AU$30.1m | AU$30,475,469AU$30.5m | AU$25,563,630AU$25.6m | AU$19,483,322AU$19.5m | AU$24,940,648AU$24.9m | AU$19,651,470AU$19.7m |
| Other operating costs | - | - | - | - | AU$7,418,477AU$7.4m | AU$7,546,749AU$7.5m | AU$4,283,194AU$4.3m | AU$4,130,117AU$4.1m | AU$3,222,684AU$3.2m |
| Operating result | -AU$11,873,451AU$11.9m | -AU$18,256,464AU$18.3m | -AU$11,072,221AU$11.1m | -AU$12,844,616AU$12.8m | -AU$8,980,932AU$9m | -AU$5,784,190AU$5.8m | -AU$9,058,974AU$9.1m | -AU$2,651,965AU$2.7m | AU$753,558AU$754k |
| Pre-tax result | -AU$12,440,623AU$12.4m | -AU$5,376,850AU$5.4m | -AU$7,575,275AU$7.6m | -AU$13,294,627AU$13.3m | -AU$8,052,330AU$8.1m | -AU$529,792AU$530k | -AU$6,494,599AU$6.5m | -AU$333,266AU$333k | AU$24,283,389AU$24.3m |
| 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$21.7m against AU$19.4m 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$19.4m in 2024/25.
What is the Barnsley wage bill?
Barnsley paid AU$21.7m 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$12.4m 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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