Blackpool finances and accounts
Blackpool turned over $14.7m in 2024/25 and paid $14.8m in staff costs, which is 100.6% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Blackpool 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 Blackpool does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $14,711,796$14.7m | $16,261,618$16.3m | $26,599,157$26.6m | $24,031,624$24m | $9,267,507$9.3m | $8,896,234$8.9m |
| Commercial | - | - | - | $2,893,548$2.9m | $2,298,451$2.3m | - |
| Staff costs | $14,802,765$14.8m | $14,197,711$14.2m | $19,582,162$19.6m | $16,844,020$16.8m | $11,056,871$11.1m | - |
| Salaries and salaries | $13,308,852$13.3m | $12,806,868$12.8m | $17,730,442$17.7m | $15,094,229$15.1m | $9,852,238$9.9m | $0$0 |
| Player amortisation | $2,024,004$2m | $2,311,790$2.3m | $2,277,773$2.3m | $1,742,438$1.7m | - | $1,119,640$1.1m |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | $460,324$460k | - | $1,670,059$1.7m |
| Cost of sales | $2,296,843$2.3m | $2,388,184$2.4m | $2,590,045$2.6m | $2,084,986$2.1m | $784,827$785k | $1,374,868$1.4m |
| Other operating costs | $23,756,980$23.8m | $23,804,315$23.8m | $29,567,795$29.6m | $25,043,513$25m | - | $15,472,562$15.5m |
| Profit on player sales | $3,775,831$3.8m | $3,079,474$3.1m | $3,950,959$4m | $2,643,260$2.6m | - | $1,884,194$1.9m |
| Operating result | -$11,342,026$11.3m | -$9,930,881$9.9m | -$5,558,683$5.6m | -$2,636,550$2.6m | - | -$6,281,137$6.3m |
| Pre-tax result | -$7,566,195$7.6m | -$6,851,407$6.9m | -$1,607,724$1.6m | $6,710$7k | - | -$4,167,233$4.2m |
| Salaries to revenue | 100.6% | 87.3% | 73.6% | 70.1% | 119.3% | - |
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. Blackpool paid $14.8m against $14.7m of revenue, so 101p of every pound went back out as pay.
League One revenue
The 13 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 Blackpool make?
Blackpool turned over $14.7m in 2024/25.
What is the Blackpool payroll?
Blackpool paid $14.8m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 100.6% of revenue.
Do Blackpool make a profit?
Blackpool made a pre-tax loss of $7.6m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Filed by BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB HOLDINGS LTD & SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, company number 12022161. 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
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