Portsmouth finances and accounts
Portsmouth turned over $16.1m in 2021/22 and paid $10.6m in staff costs, which is 65.9% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $16,127,436$16.1m | $9,963,990$10m | $15,233,570$15.2m | $15,631,453$15.6m | $12,004,894$12m |
| Staff costs | $10,625,203$10.6m | $10,610,980$10.6m | $10,893,867$10.9m | - | - |
| Salaries and salaries | $9,526,563$9.5m | $9,515,183$9.5m | $9,696,102$9.7m | - | - |
| Player amortisation | $1,227,861$1.2m | $1,610,549$1.6m | $1,686,986$1.7m | $615,705$616k | $406,512$407k |
| Cost of sales | $12,521,743$12.5m | $9,478,769$9.5m | $10,727,367$10.7m | $10,705,919$10.7m | $8,360,491$8.4m |
| Pre-tax result | -$3,926,111$3.9m | -$5,211,644$5.2m | $350,933$351k | $2,779,040$2.8m | -$1,847,264$1.8m |
| Salaries to revenue | 65.9% | 106.5% | 71.5% | - | - |
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. Portsmouth paid $10.6m against $16.1m of revenue, so 66p of every pound went back out as pay.
Championship revenue
The 17 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 Portsmouth make?
Portsmouth turned over $16.1m in 2021/22.
What is the Portsmouth payroll?
Portsmouth paid $10.6m in staff costs in 2021/22, which is 65.9% of revenue.
Do Portsmouth make a profit?
Portsmouth made a pre-tax loss of $3.9m in 2021/22.
The accounts behind these figures
Filed by PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, company number 07940335. 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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