Reading finances and accounts
Reading turned over $13m in 2024/25 and paid $16.5m in staff costs, which is 126.5% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Reading 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 Reading does not report on its own.
Staff costs and player amortisation sit inside total operating costs rather than on top of them.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13,041,516$13m | $13,302,059$13.3m | $22,485,205$22.5m | $18,309,006$18.3m | $23,631,260$23.6m | $48,793,496$48.8m | $34,293,003$34.3m |
| Staff costs | $16,502,542$16.5m | $21,037,883$21m | $33,679,293$33.7m | $42,838,201$42.8m | $49,973,822$50m | $37,099,633$37.1m | $40,912,638$40.9m |
| Salaries and salaries | $14,671,556$14.7m | $18,948,434$18.9m | $29,820,148$29.8m | $37,883,889$37.9m | $44,284,275$44.3m | $32,838,176$32.8m | $36,559,581$36.6m |
| Social security costs | $1,662,769$1.7m | $1,894,058$1.9m | - | - | - | $4,138,068$4.1m | $4,224,879$4.2m |
| Pension costs | $168,217$168k | $195,390$195k | - | - | - | $123,389$123k | $128,177$128k |
| Player amortisation | - | - | $6,974,249$7m | $11,029,032$11m | $12,246,824$12.2m | - | - |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | - | - | $429,083$429k | $429,083$429k |
| Cost of sales | $11,979,774$12m | $14,239,238$14.2m | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total operating costs | $18,710,117$18.7m | $21,629,914$21.6m | - | - | - | $59,902,993$59.9m | $65,973,863$66m |
| Profit on player sales | $12,645,995$12.6m | $5,306,411$5.3m | - | - | - | $6,990,380$7m | $9,445,163$9.4m |
| Operating result | -$5,002,380$5m | -$17,260,681$17.3m | -$33,712,287$33.7m | -$48,364,128$48.4m | -$57,876,581$57.9m | -$10,680,413$10.7m | -$31,251,776$31.3m |
| Pre-tax result | -$5,163,107$5.2m | -$17,375,701$17.4m | -$22,951,747$23m | -$47,423,359$47.4m | -$55,797,083$55.8m | $6,199,330$6.2m | -$19,996,481$20m |
| Salaries to revenue | 126.5% | 158.2% | 149.8% | 234% | 211.5% | 76% | 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. Reading paid $16.5m against $13m of revenue, so 127p 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 Reading make?
Reading turned over $13m in 2024/25.
What is the Reading payroll?
Reading paid $16.5m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 126.5% of revenue.
Do Reading make a profit?
Reading made a pre-tax loss of $5.2m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 00053703. 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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