Birmingham City finances and accounts
Birmingham City turned over £36m in 2024/25 and paid £39m in staff costs, which is 106.7% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Birmingham City 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 Birmingham City 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 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £36,453,000£36.5m | £29,617,000£29.6m | £19,745,000£19.7m | £18,135,000£18.1m | £13,739,000£13.7m | £22,830,000£22.8m | £23,325,000£23.3m | £19,109,000£19.1m | £17,555,000£17.6m |
| Staff costs | £38,910,000£38.9m | £35,810,000£35.8m | £28,912,000£28.9m | £32,107,000£32.1m | £32,441,000£32.4m | £33,052,000£33.1m | £32,750,000£32.8m | £38,558,000£38.6m | £22,499,000£22.5m |
| Wages and salaries | £34,585,000£34.6m | £32,085,000£32.1m | £25,923,000£25.9m | £28,566,000£28.6m | £28,834,000£28.8m | £29,739,000£29.7m | £29,000,000£29.0m | £34,750,000£34.8m | £20,354,000£20.4m |
| Social security costs | £4,036,000£4.0m | £3,590,000£3.6m | £2,903,000£2.9m | £3,449,000£3.4m | £3,524,000£3.5m | £3,226,000£3.2m | £3,663,000£3.7m | £3,733,000£3.7m | £2,106,000£2.1m |
| Pension costs | £289,000£289k | £135,000£135k | £86,000£86k | £92,000£92k | £83,000£83k | £87,000£87k | £87,000£87k | £75,000£75k | £39,000£39k |
| Player amortisation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | £7,639,000£7.6m | £2,604,000£2.6m |
| Other operating income | £801,000£801k | £804,000£804k | £804,000£804k | £4,026,000£4.0m | £1,843,000£1.8m | £1,543,000£1.5m | £690,000£690k | £730,000£730k | £1,312,000£1.3m |
| Total operating costs | £76,530,000£76.5m | £59,708,000£59.7m | £47,020,000£47.0m | £49,375,000£49.4m | £46,679,000£46.7m | £53,215,000£53.2m | £53,542,000£53.5m | £58,395,000£58.4m | £35,336,000£35.3m |
| Profit on player sales | £14,268,000£14.3m | £15,406,000£15.4m | £2,129,000£2.1m | £3,194,000£3.2m | £26,507,000£26.5m | £11,542,000£11.5m | £4,372,000£4.4m | £2,061,000£2.1m | £202,000£202k |
| Operating result | -£39,276,000£39.3m | -£29,287,000£29.3m | -£26,471,000£26.5m | -£27,214,000£27.2m | -£31,097,000£31.1m | -£28,842,000£28.8m | -£29,527,000£29.5m | -£38,556,000£38.6m | -£16,469,000£16.5m |
| Pre-tax result | -£34,418,000£34.4m | -£16,136,000£16.1m | -£25,332,000£25.3m | -£25,028,000£25.0m | -£5,599,000£5.6m | -£18,168,000£18.2m | -£8,444,000£8.4m | -£37,373,000£37.4m | -£16,396,000£16.4m |
| Wages to revenue | 106.7% | 120.9% | 146.4% | 177% | 236.1% | 144.8% | 140.4% | 201.8% | 128.2% |
What the wage bill covers
Staff costs are the whole payroll and not just the first team: players, coaching staff, the academy and everyone working at the ground. Birmingham City paid £39m against £36m of revenue, so 107p 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 Birmingham City make?
Birmingham City turned over £36m in 2024/25.
What is the Birmingham City wage bill?
Birmingham City paid £39m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 106.7% of revenue.
Do Birmingham City make a profit?
Birmingham City made a pre-tax loss of £34m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 03304408. 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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