Middlesbrough finances and accounts
Middlesbrough turned over $43.8m in 2024/25 and paid $49.1m in staff costs, which is 112% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough 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 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $43,842,600$43.8m | $43,533,450$43.5m | $38,601,900$38.6m | $36,297,450$36.3m | $19,529,100$19.5m | $26,180,550$26.2m | $75,118,050$75.1m | $83,694,600$83.7m | $163,879,200$163.9m | $29,257,200$29.3m |
| Staff costs | $49,086,000$49.1m | $42,381,900$42.4m | $39,993,750$40m | $38,376,450$38.4m | $36,400,050$36.4m | $41,801,400$41.8m | $54,168,750$54.2m | $65,754,450$65.8m | $87,673,050$87.7m | $43,721,100$43.7m |
| Salaries and salaries | $43,202,700$43.2m | $37,465,200$37.5m | $35,245,800$35.2m | $33,809,400$33.8m | $32,216,400$32.2m | $36,969,750$37m | $48,028,950$48m | $58,306,500$58.3m | $77,087,700$77.1m | $38,616,750$38.6m |
| Social security costs | $5,598,450$5.6m | $4,646,700$4.6m | $4,492,800$4.5m | $4,345,650$4.3m | $4,012,200$4m | $4,630,500$4.6m | $5,965,650$6m | $7,095,600$7.1m | $10,103,400$10.1m | $4,974,750$5m |
| Pension costs | $284,850$285k | $270,000$270k | $255,150$255k | $221,400$221k | $171,450$171k | $201,150$201k | $174,150$174k | $352,350$352k | $481,950$482k | $129,600$130k |
| Other operating income | $1,633,500$1.6m | $1,633,500$1.6m | $5,316,300$5.3m | $1,668,600$1.7m | $6,143,850$6.1m | $2,508,300$2.5m | $153,900$154k | $153,900$154k | $153,900$154k | $153,900$154k |
| Cost of sales | $70,856,100$70.9m | $64,701,450$64.7m | $60,764,850$60.8m | $47,691,450$47.7m | $46,194,300$46.2m | $47,895,300$47.9m | $69,884,100$69.9m | $69,273,900$69.3m | $120,834,450$120.8m | $54,727,650$54.7m |
| Other operating costs | $24,140,700$24.1m | $19,661,400$19.7m | $22,372,200$22.4m | $18,335,700$18.3m | $25,988,850$26m | $31,965,300$32m | $46,214,550$46.2m | $41,825,700$41.8m | $48,743,100$48.7m | $23,454,900$23.5m |
| Profit on player sales | $35,557,650$35.6m | $23,101,200$23.1m | $30,130,650$30.1m | $1,822,500$1.8m | $5,765,850$5.8m | $4,707,450$4.7m | $44,853,750$44.9m | $20,702,250$20.7m | $15,214,500$15.2m | $5,637,600$5.6m |
| Operating result | -$13,963,050$14m | -$16,094,700$16.1m | -$9,088,200$9.1m | -$26,238,600$26.2m | -$40,744,350$40.7m | -$46,464,300$46.5m | $4,027,050$4m | -$6,548,850$6.5m | -$5,544,450$5.5m | -$48,771,450$48.8m |
| Pre-tax result | -$15,415,650$15.4m | -$16,776,450$16.8m | -$8,638,650$8.6m | -$26,269,650$26.3m | -$41,616,450$41.6m | -$48,020,850$48m | $2,716,200$2.7m | -$8,634,600$8.6m | $9,274,500$9.3m | -$43,143,300$43.1m |
| Salaries to revenue | 112% | 97.4% | 103.6% | 105.7% | 186.4% | 159.7% | 72.1% | 78.6% | 53.5% | 149.4% |
What the payroll covers
Staff costs are the whole payroll and not just the first team: players, coaching staff, the academy and everyone working at the ground. Middlesbrough paid $49.1m against $43.8m of revenue, so 112p of every pound went back out as pay.
Championship revenue
The 20 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 Middlesbrough make?
Middlesbrough turned over $43.8m in 2024/25.
What is the Middlesbrough payroll?
Middlesbrough paid $49.1m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 112% of revenue.
Do Middlesbrough make a profit?
Middlesbrough made a pre-tax loss of $15.4m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 01947851. 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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