Blackpool finances and accounts
Blackpool turned over $14.5m in 2024/25 and paid $14.6m 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 | $14,493,844$14.5m | $16,020,705$16m | $26,205,095$26.2m | $23,675,600$23.7m | $9,130,211$9.1m | $8,764,438$8.8m |
| Commercial | - | - | - | $2,850,681$2.9m | $2,264,399$2.3m | - |
| Staff costs | $14,583,465$14.6m | $13,987,375$14m | $19,292,056$19.3m | $16,594,479$16.6m | $10,893,066$10.9m | - |
| Salaries and salaries | $13,111,684$13.1m | $12,617,137$12.6m | $17,467,769$17.5m | $14,870,610$14.9m | $9,706,279$9.7m | $0$0 |
| Player amortisation | $1,994,018$2m | $2,277,541$2.3m | $2,244,028$2.2m | $1,716,624$1.7m | - | $1,103,053$1.1m |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | $453,505$454k | - | $1,645,318$1.6m |
| Cost of sales | $2,262,815$2.3m | $2,352,803$2.4m | $2,551,674$2.6m | $2,054,097$2.1m | $773,199$773k | $1,354,500$1.4m |
| Other operating costs | $23,405,025$23.4m | $23,451,659$23.5m | $29,129,753$29.1m | $24,672,498$24.7m | - | $15,243,339$15.2m |
| Profit on player sales | $3,719,893$3.7m | $3,033,852$3m | $3,892,426$3.9m | $2,604,100$2.6m | - | $1,856,280$1.9m |
| Operating result | -$11,173,996$11.2m | -$9,783,757$9.8m | -$5,476,332$5.5m | -$2,597,490$2.6m | - | -$6,188,083$6.2m |
| Pre-tax result | -$7,454,103$7.5m | -$6,749,904$6.7m | -$1,583,906$1.6m | $6,610$7k | - | -$4,105,496$4.1m |
| 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 $14.6m against $14.5m 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 $14.5m in 2024/25.
What is the Blackpool payroll?
Blackpool paid $14.6m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 100.6% of revenue.
Do Blackpool make a profit?
Blackpool made a pre-tax loss of $7.5m 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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