CELTIC · FINANCES

Celtic finances and accounts

Q: How much revenue do Celtic make?

Celtic turned over AU$235.5m in 2023/24.

Q: What is the Celtic wage bill?

Celtic paid AU$124m in staff costs in 2023/24, which is 52.7% of revenue.

Q: Do Celtic make a profit?

Celtic made a pre-tax profit of AU$33.7m in 2023/24.

Celtic turned over AU$235.5m in 2023/24 and paid AU$124m in staff costs, which is 52.7% of everything the club earned.

REVENUE AU$235.5m

WAGE BILL AU$124m

WAGES TO REVENUE52.7%

PRE-TAX RESULT AU$33.7m

Celtic Football finances Scottish Premiership Highest paid All-time earners

Revenue by season

What Celtic turned over in each year we hold accounts for.

$98m

$171m

$192m

$158m

$133m

$115m

$167m

$227m

$235m

Every measure, season by season

Costs are shown as the amount paid. A dash is a measure Celtic does not report on its own.

MEASURE	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22	2020/21	2019/20	2018/19	2017/18	2016/17	2015/16
Revenue	AU$235,456,200AU$235.5m	AU$226,518,390AU$226.5m	AU$166,764,150AU$166.8m	AU$114,876,090AU$114.9m	AU$132,740,370AU$132.7m	AU$157,644,900AU$157.6m	AU$191,972,970AU$192m	AU$171,307,710AU$171.3m	AU$98,297,010AU$98.3m
Staff costs	AU$123,974,550AU$124m	AU$114,995,160AU$115m	AU$111,288,870AU$111.3m	AU$97,731,900AU$97.7m	AU$102,664,800AU$102.7m	AU$106,017,660AU$106m	AU$112,143,150AU$112.1m	AU$98,639,100AU$98.6m	AU$69,718,320AU$69.7m
Player amortisation	AU$21,702,870AU$21.7m	AU$22,846,320AU$22.8m	AU$24,655,050AU$24.7m	AU$22,341,690AU$22.3m	AU$23,141,160AU$23.1m	AU$18,350,010AU$18.4m	AU$16,571,520AU$16.6m	AU$14,261,940AU$14.3m	AU$9,361,170AU$9.4m
Other operating costs	AU$199,194,660AU$199.2m	AU$180,366,480AU$180.4m	AU$173,365,920AU$173.4m	AU$140,527,170AU$140.5m	AU$152,237,610AU$152.2m	AU$164,248,560AU$164.2m	AU$164,586,870AU$164.6m	AU$144,261,810AU$144.3m	AU$108,200,610AU$108.2m
Profit on player sales	AU$12,543,930AU$12.5m	AU$27,293,490AU$27.3m	AU$54,864,810AU$54.9m	AU$17,832,150AU$17.8m	AU$45,715,320AU$45.7m	AU$33,485,130AU$33.5m	AU$31,098,060AU$31.1m	AU$4,307,310AU$4.3m	AU$23,897,160AU$23.9m
Operating result	AU$27,486,270AU$27.5m	AU$75,866,490AU$75.9m	AU$11,772,810AU$11.8m	-AU$21,339,990AU$21.3m	-AU$621,810AU$622k	AU$21,772,800AU$21.8m	AU$34,086,150AU$34.1m	AU$14,207,130AU$14.2m	AU$1,379,700AU$1.4m
Pre-tax result	AU$33,689,250AU$33.7m	AU$76,917,330AU$76.9m	AU$11,597,040AU$11.6m	-AU$21,719,880AU$21.7m	AU$190,890AU$191k	AU$21,379,680AU$21.4m	AU$32,642,190AU$32.6m	AU$13,035,330AU$13m	AU$867,510AU$868k
Wages to revenue	52.7%	50.8%	66.7%	85.1%	77.3%	67.3%	58.4%	57.6%	70.9%

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. Celtic paid AU$124m against AU$235.5m of revenue, so 53p of every pound went back out as pay.

Scottish Premiership revenue

The 8 clubs in the division whose accounts cover the same twelve months. Follow a club for its own finances.

Celtic $235m Rangers $167m Heart Of Midlothian $38m Hibernian $30m Kilmarnock $14m St Johnstone $11m Motherwell $11m Falkirk $5m

Frequently asked questions

How much revenue do Celtic make?

Celtic turned over AU$235.5m in 2023/24.

What is the Celtic wage bill?

Celtic paid AU$124m in staff costs in 2023/24, which is 52.7% of revenue.

Do Celtic make a profit?

Celtic made a pre-tax profit of AU$33.7m in 2023/24.

The accounts behind these figures

Company number SC003487. Every set of accounts read for this page.

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