Peterborough United finances and accounts
Peterborough United turned over AU$30.6m in 2024/25 and paid AU$16.4m in staff costs, which is 53.5% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Peterborough United 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 Peterborough United does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | AU$30,572,337AU$30.6m | AU$19,534,548AU$19.5m | AU$20,245,565AU$20.2m | AU$34,708,558AU$34.7m | AU$12,928,750AU$12.9m | AU$13,890,651AU$13.9m | AU$12,505,645AU$12.5m | AU$16,617,594AU$16.6m |
| Staff costs | AU$16,356,578AU$16.4m | AU$14,096,700AU$14.1m | AU$14,872,589AU$14.9m | AU$17,552,692AU$17.6m | AU$13,353,304AU$13.4m | AU$11,925,297AU$11.9m | AU$10,228,867AU$10.2m | AU$9,122,291AU$9.1m |
| Wages and salaries | AU$14,409,805AU$14.4m | AU$12,606,013AU$12.6m | AU$13,195,626AU$13.2m | AU$15,528,979AU$15.5m | AU$11,772,687AU$11.8m | - | - | - |
| Social security costs | AU$1,615,864AU$1.6m | AU$1,285,572AU$1.3m | AU$1,422,783AU$1.4m | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pension costs | AU$330,908AU$331k | AU$205,114AU$205k | AU$254,179AU$254k | - | - | - | - | - |
| Player amortisation | AU$2,604,559AU$2.6m | AU$2,399,628AU$2.4m | AU$2,635,244AU$2.6m | AU$2,732,588AU$2.7m | AU$2,050,464AU$2.1m | AU$1,788,236AU$1.8m | AU$1,545,683AU$1.5m | AU$954,895AU$955k |
| Other operating income | AU$486,687AU$487k | AU$469,248AU$469k | AU$430,909AU$431k | AU$328,502AU$329k | AU$1,342,105AU$1.3m | AU$549,135AU$549k | AU$92,198AU$92k | AU$19,801AU$20k |
| Cost of sales | AU$10,709,048AU$10.7m | AU$7,323,521AU$7.3m | AU$7,776,899AU$7.8m | AU$8,019,404AU$8m | AU$4,890,273AU$4.9m | AU$3,842,634AU$3.8m | AU$6,922,378AU$6.9m | AU$4,259,762AU$4.3m |
| Other operating costs | AU$24,822,666AU$24.8m | AU$22,876,251AU$22.9m | AU$23,379,318AU$23.4m | AU$27,328,573AU$27.3m | AU$19,257,928AU$19.3m | AU$18,208,908AU$18.2m | AU$16,305,005AU$16.3m | AU$13,720,451AU$13.7m |
| Profit on player sales | - | AU$7,812,637AU$7.8m | AU$6,223,607AU$6.2m | AU$2,676,457AU$2.7m | AU$9,211,331AU$9.2m | AU$1,068,870AU$1.1m | AU$8,502,756AU$8.5m | AU$2,806,019AU$2.8m |
| Operating result | AU$8,099,063AU$8.1m | -AU$2,383,338AU$2.4m | -AU$4,256,135AU$4.3m | AU$2,365,540AU$2.4m | -AU$666,015AU$666k | -AU$6,542,886AU$6.5m | -AU$2,126,782AU$2.1m | AU$1,463,201AU$1.5m |
| Pre-tax result | AU$5,581,354AU$5.6m | -AU$4,449,700AU$4.4m | -AU$6,781,814AU$6.8m | AU$1,651,993AU$1.7m | -AU$2,088,937AU$2.1m | -AU$6,661,866AU$6.7m | -AU$2,639,756AU$2.6m | AU$925,068AU$925k |
| Wages to revenue | 53.5% | 72.2% | 73.5% | 50.6% | 103.3% | 85.9% | 81.8% | 54.9% |
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. Peterborough United paid AU$16.4m against AU$30.6m of revenue, so 54p 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 Peterborough United make?
Peterborough United turned over AU$30.6m in 2024/25.
What is the Peterborough United wage bill?
Peterborough United paid AU$16.4m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 53.5% of revenue.
Do Peterborough United make a profit?
Peterborough United made a pre-tax profit of AU$5.6m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 00290803. Every set of accounts read for this page.
- 2024/25 accounts
- 2023/24 accounts
- 2022/23 accounts
- 2021/22 accounts
- 2020/21 accounts
- 2018/19 accounts
- 2017/18 accounts
- 2016/17 accounts
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