Middlesbrough finances and accounts
Middlesbrough turned over £32m in 2024/25 and paid £36m in staff costs, which is 112% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £32,476,000£32.5m | £32,247,000£32.2m | £28,594,000£28.6m | £26,887,000£26.9m | £14,466,000£14.5m | £19,393,000£19.4m | £55,643,000£55.6m | £61,996,000£62.0m | £121,392,000£121.4m | £21,672,000£21.7m |
| Staff costs | £36,360,000£36.4m | £31,394,000£31.4m | £29,625,000£29.6m | £28,427,000£28.4m | £26,963,000£27.0m | £30,964,000£31.0m | £40,125,000£40.1m | £48,707,000£48.7m | £64,943,000£64.9m | £32,386,000£32.4m |
| Wages and salaries | £32,002,000£32.0m | £27,752,000£27.8m | £26,108,000£26.1m | £25,044,000£25.0m | £23,864,000£23.9m | £27,385,000£27.4m | £35,577,000£35.6m | £43,190,000£43.2m | £57,102,000£57.1m | £28,605,000£28.6m |
| Social security costs | £4,147,000£4.1m | £3,442,000£3.4m | £3,328,000£3.3m | £3,219,000£3.2m | £2,972,000£3.0m | £3,430,000£3.4m | £4,419,000£4.4m | £5,256,000£5.3m | £7,484,000£7.5m | £3,685,000£3.7m |
| Pension costs | £211,000£211k | £200,000£200k | £189,000£189k | £164,000£164k | £127,000£127k | £149,000£149k | £129,000£129k | £261,000£261k | £357,000£357k | £96,000£96k |
| Other operating income | £1,210,000£1.2m | £1,210,000£1.2m | £3,938,000£3.9m | £1,236,000£1.2m | £4,551,000£4.6m | £1,858,000£1.9m | £114,000£114k | £114,000£114k | £114,000£114k | £114,000£114k |
| Cost of sales | £52,486,000£52.5m | £47,927,000£47.9m | £45,011,000£45.0m | £35,327,000£35.3m | £34,218,000£34.2m | £35,478,000£35.5m | £51,766,000£51.8m | £51,314,000£51.3m | £89,507,000£89.5m | £40,539,000£40.5m |
| Other operating costs | £17,882,000£17.9m | £14,564,000£14.6m | £16,572,000£16.6m | £13,582,000£13.6m | £19,251,000£19.3m | £23,678,000£23.7m | £34,233,000£34.2m | £30,982,000£31.0m | £36,106,000£36.1m | £17,374,000£17.4m |
| Profit on player sales | £26,339,000£26.3m | £17,112,000£17.1m | £22,319,000£22.3m | £1,350,000£1.4m | £4,271,000£4.3m | £3,487,000£3.5m | £33,225,000£33.2m | £15,335,000£15.3m | £11,270,000£11.3m | £4,176,000£4.2m |
| Operating result | -£10,343,000£10.3m | -£11,922,000£11.9m | -£6,732,000£6.7m | -£19,436,000£19.4m | -£30,181,000£30.2m | -£34,418,000£34.4m | £2,983,000£3.0m | -£4,851,000£4.9m | -£4,107,000£4.1m | -£36,127,000£36.1m |
| Pre-tax result | -£11,419,000£11.4m | -£12,427,000£12.4m | -£6,399,000£6.4m | -£19,459,000£19.5m | -£30,827,000£30.8m | -£35,571,000£35.6m | £2,012,000£2.0m | -£6,396,000£6.4m | £6,870,000£6.9m | -£31,958,000£32.0m |
| Wages to revenue | 112% | 97.4% | 103.6% | 105.7% | 186.4% | 159.7% | 72.1% | 78.6% | 53.5% | 149.4% |
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. Middlesbrough paid £36m against £32m of revenue, so 112p of every pound went back out as pay.
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Frequently asked questions
How much revenue do Middlesbrough make?
Middlesbrough turned over £32m in 2024/25.
What is the Middlesbrough wage bill?
Middlesbrough paid £36m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 112% of revenue.
Do Middlesbrough make a profit?
Middlesbrough made a pre-tax loss of £11m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 01947851. 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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