Reading finances and accounts
Reading turned over $13.2m in 2024/25 and paid $16.8m 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 | $13,237,629$13.2m | $13,502,090$13.5m | $22,823,328$22.8m | $18,584,330$18.6m | $23,986,618$24m | $49,527,233$49.5m | $34,808,688$34.8m |
| Staff costs | $16,750,700$16.8m | $21,354,242$21.4m | $34,185,749$34.2m | $43,482,385$43.5m | $50,725,308$50.7m | $37,657,522$37.7m | $41,527,866$41.5m |
| Salaries and salaries | $14,892,181$14.9m | $19,233,373$19.2m | $30,268,571$30.3m | $38,453,571$38.5m | $44,950,203$45m | $33,331,983$33.3m | $37,109,349$37.1m |
| Social security costs | $1,687,773$1.7m | $1,922,540$1.9m | - | - | - | $4,200,294$4.2m | $4,288,411$4.3m |
| Pension costs | $170,747$171k | $198,329$198k | - | - | - | $125,245$125k | $130,105$130k |
| Player amortisation | - | - | $7,079,125$7.1m | $11,194,882$11.2m | $12,430,986$12.4m | - | - |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | - | - | $435,536$436k | $435,536$436k |
| Cost of sales | $12,159,921$12.2m | $14,453,362$14.5m | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total operating costs | $18,991,472$19m | $21,955,176$22m | - | - | - | $60,803,789$60.8m | $66,965,951$67m |
| Profit on player sales | $12,836,160$12.8m | $5,386,207$5.4m | - | - | - | $7,095,499$7.1m | $9,587,195$9.6m |
| Operating result | -$5,077,604$5.1m | -$17,520,241$17.5m | -$34,219,238$34.2m | -$49,091,408$49.1m | -$58,746,905$58.7m | -$10,841,021$10.8m | -$31,721,728$31.7m |
| Pre-tax result | -$5,240,747$5.2m | -$17,636,990$17.6m | -$23,296,887$23.3m | -$48,136,492$48.1m | -$56,636,137$56.6m | $6,292,553$6.3m | -$20,297,180$20.3m |
| 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 $16.8m against $13.2m 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 $13.2m in 2024/25.
What is the Reading payroll?
Reading paid $16.8m 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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