Aberdeen finances and accounts
Aberdeen turned over AU$30.3m in 2022/23 and paid AU$22.9m in staff costs, which is 75.7% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen does not report on its own.
Staff costs and player amortisation sit inside total operating costs rather than on top of them.
| MEASURE | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | AU$30,280,320AU$30.3m | AU$26,605,440AU$26.6m | AU$21,254,400AU$21.3m | AU$27,523,200AU$27.5m | AU$30,581,760AU$30.6m | AU$29,596,800AU$29.6m | AU$29,339,520AU$29.3m | AU$25,754,880AU$25.8m |
| Staff costs | AU$22,909,440AU$22.9m | AU$19,649,280AU$19.6m | AU$17,963,520AU$18m | AU$18,758,400AU$18.8m | AU$17,736,960AU$17.7m | AU$16,442,880AU$16.4m | AU$14,901,120AU$14.9m | AU$13,088,640AU$13.1m |
| Wages and salaries | AU$20,167,680AU$20.2m | AU$17,356,800AU$17.4m | AU$15,864,960AU$15.9m | AU$16,615,680AU$16.6m | AU$15,745,920AU$15.7m | AU$14,499,840AU$14.5m | AU$13,297,920AU$13.3m | AU$11,752,320AU$11.8m |
| Social security costs | AU$2,520,960AU$2.5m | AU$2,096,640AU$2.1m | AU$1,916,160AU$1.9m | AU$1,941,120AU$1.9m | AU$1,833,600AU$1.8m | AU$1,689,600AU$1.7m | AU$1,526,400AU$1.5m | AU$1,265,280AU$1.3m |
| Pension costs | AU$220,800AU$221k | AU$195,840AU$196k | AU$182,400AU$182k | AU$201,600AU$202k | - | AU$253,440AU$253k | AU$76,800AU$77k | AU$71,040AU$71k |
| Player amortisation | AU$2,186,880AU$2.2m | AU$1,633,920AU$1.6m | AU$1,478,400AU$1.5m | AU$850,560AU$851k | AU$865,920AU$866k | AU$1,614,720AU$1.6m | AU$326,400AU$326k | AU$289,920AU$290k |
| Total operating costs | AU$42,322,560AU$42.3m | AU$36,768,000AU$36.8m | AU$31,224,960AU$31.2m | AU$33,121,920AU$33.1m | AU$32,557,440AU$32.6m | AU$31,048,320AU$31m | AU$28,316,160AU$28.3m | AU$24,894,720AU$24.9m |
| Profit on player sales | AU$14,307,840AU$14.3m | AU$1,845,120AU$1.8m | AU$5,715,840AU$5.7m | -AU$416,640AU$417k | AU$591,360AU$591k | AU$612,480AU$612k | AU$1,280,640AU$1.3m | - |
| Operating result | -AU$12,042,240AU$12m | -AU$10,162,560AU$10.2m | -AU$9,970,560AU$10m | -AU$5,598,720AU$5.6m | -AU$1,975,680AU$2m | -AU$1,451,520AU$1.5m | AU$1,023,360AU$1m | AU$860,160AU$860k |
| Pre-tax result | AU$2,156,160AU$2.2m | -AU$4,204,800AU$4.2m | -AU$4,400,640AU$4.4m | -AU$6,159,360AU$6.2m | -AU$9,628,800AU$9.6m | -AU$840,960AU$841k | -AU$2,976,000AU$3m | -AU$3,179,520AU$3.2m |
| Wages to revenue | 75.7% | 73.9% | 84.5% | 68.2% | 58% | 55.6% | 50.8% | 50.8% |
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. Aberdeen paid AU$22.9m against AU$30.3m of revenue, so 76p of every pound went back out as pay.
Scottish Premiership revenue
The 9 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 Aberdeen make?
Aberdeen turned over AU$30.3m in 2022/23.
What is the Aberdeen wage bill?
Aberdeen paid AU$22.9m in staff costs in 2022/23, which is 75.7% of revenue.
Do Aberdeen make a profit?
Aberdeen made a pre-tax profit of AU$2.2m in 2022/23.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number SC005364. 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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