Middlesbrough finances and accounts
Middlesbrough turned over $43.2m in 2024/25 and paid $48.4m 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 | $43,193,080$43.2m | $42,888,510$42.9m | $38,030,020$38m | $35,759,710$35.8m | $19,239,780$19.2m | $25,792,690$25.8m | $74,005,190$74m | $82,454,680$82.5m | $161,451,360$161.5m | $28,823,760$28.8m |
| Staff costs | $48,358,800$48.4m | $41,754,020$41.8m | $39,401,250$39.4m | $37,807,910$37.8m | $35,860,790$35.9m | $41,182,120$41.2m | $53,366,250$53.4m | $64,780,310$64.8m | $86,374,190$86.4m | $43,073,380$43.1m |
| Salaries and salaries | $42,562,660$42.6m | $36,910,160$36.9m | $34,723,640$34.7m | $33,308,520$33.3m | $31,739,120$31.7m | $36,422,050$36.4m | $47,317,410$47.3m | $57,442,700$57.4m | $75,945,660$75.9m | $38,044,650$38m |
| Social security costs | $5,515,510$5.5m | $4,577,860$4.6m | $4,426,240$4.4m | $4,281,270$4.3m | $3,952,760$4m | $4,561,900$4.6m | $5,877,270$5.9m | $6,990,480$7m | $9,953,720$10m | $4,901,050$4.9m |
| Pension costs | $280,630$281k | $266,000$266k | $251,370$251k | $218,120$218k | $168,910$169k | $198,170$198k | $171,570$172k | $347,130$347k | $474,810$475k | $127,680$128k |
| Other operating income | $1,609,300$1.6m | $1,609,300$1.6m | $5,237,540$5.2m | $1,643,880$1.6m | $6,052,830$6.1m | $2,471,140$2.5m | $151,620$152k | $151,620$152k | $151,620$152k | $151,620$152k |
| Cost of sales | $69,806,380$69.8m | $63,742,910$63.7m | $59,864,630$59.9m | $46,984,910$47m | $45,509,940$45.5m | $47,185,740$47.2m | $68,848,780$68.8m | $68,247,620$68.2m | $119,044,310$119m | $53,916,870$53.9m |
| Other operating costs | $23,783,060$23.8m | $19,370,120$19.4m | $22,040,760$22m | $18,064,060$18.1m | $25,603,830$25.6m | $31,491,740$31.5m | $45,529,890$45.5m | $41,206,060$41.2m | $48,020,980$48m | $23,107,420$23.1m |
| Profit on player sales | $35,030,870$35m | $22,758,960$22.8m | $29,684,270$29.7m | $1,795,500$1.8m | $5,680,430$5.7m | $4,637,710$4.6m | $44,189,250$44.2m | $20,395,550$20.4m | $14,989,100$15m | $5,554,080$5.6m |
| Operating result | -$13,756,190$13.8m | -$15,856,260$15.9m | -$8,953,560$9m | -$25,849,880$25.8m | -$40,140,730$40.1m | -$45,775,940$45.8m | $3,967,390$4m | -$6,451,830$6.5m | -$5,462,310$5.5m | -$48,048,910$48m |
| Pre-tax result | -$15,187,270$15.2m | -$16,527,910$16.5m | -$8,510,670$8.5m | -$25,880,470$25.9m | -$40,999,910$41m | -$47,309,430$47.3m | $2,675,960$2.7m | -$8,506,680$8.5m | $9,137,100$9.1m | -$42,504,140$42.5m |
| 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 $48.4m against $43.2m 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 $43.2m in 2024/25.
What is the Middlesbrough payroll?
Middlesbrough paid $48.4m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 112% of revenue.
Do Middlesbrough make a profit?
Middlesbrough made a pre-tax loss of $15.2m 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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