Sheffield United finances and accounts
Sheffield United turned over $105.5m in 2024/25 and paid $60.8m in staff costs, which is 57.6% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Sheffield United 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 Sheffield United does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $105,510,439$105.5m | $183,007,782$183m | $85,030,076$85m |
| Staff costs | $60,785,668$60.8m | $84,366,943$84.4m | $63,850,668$63.9m |
| Salaries and salaries | $53,440,798$53.4m | $74,090,644$74.1m | $56,472,518$56.5m |
| Social security costs | $7,344,870$7.3m | $10,276,300$10.3m | $7,378,150$7.4m |
| Player amortisation | $22,474,703$22.5m | $27,100,027$27.1m | $24,120,565$24.1m |
| Other operating income | $12,062$12k | $745,606$746k | $233,307$233k |
| Cost of sales | $77,472,318$77.5m | $103,088,146$103.1m | $76,848,641$76.8m |
| Other operating costs | $50,185,558$50.2m | $90,567,619$90.6m | $51,115,554$51.1m |
| Profit on player sales | $33,757,238$33.8m | $25,736,455$25.7m | $5,876,709$5.9m |
| Operating result | -$22,135,375$22.1m | -$9,902,377$9.9m | -$42,700,811$42.7m |
| Pre-tax result | $3,449,148$3.4m | $5,182,727$5.2m | -$41,931,443$41.9m |
| Salaries to revenue | 57.6% | 46.1% | 75.1% |
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. Sheffield United paid $60.8m against $105.5m of revenue, so 58p 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 Sheffield United make?
Sheffield United turned over $105.5m in 2024/25.
What is the Sheffield United payroll?
Sheffield United paid $60.8m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 57.6% of revenue.
Do Sheffield United make a profit?
Sheffield United made a pre-tax profit of $3.4m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 00061564. 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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