Portsmouth finances and accounts
Portsmouth turned over £12m in 2021/22 and paid £7.9m in staff costs, which is 65.9% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £11,946,249£11.9m | £7,380,733£7.4m | £11,284,126£11.3m | £11,578,854£11.6m | £8,892,514£8.9m |
| Staff costs | £7,870,521£7.9m | £7,859,985£7.9m | £8,069,531£8.1m | - | - |
| Wages and salaries | £7,056,713£7.1m | £7,048,284£7.0m | £7,182,298£7.2m | - | - |
| Player amortisation | £909,527£910k | £1,192,999£1.2m | £1,249,619£1.2m | £456,078£456k | £301,120£301k |
| Cost of sales | £9,275,365£9.3m | £7,021,310£7.0m | £7,946,198£7.9m | £7,930,310£7.9m | £6,192,956£6.2m |
| Pre-tax result | -£2,908,230£2.9m | -£3,860,477£3.9m | £259,950£260k | £2,058,548£2.1m | -£1,368,344£1.4m |
| Wages to revenue | 65.9% | 106.5% | 71.5% | - | - |
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. Portsmouth paid £7.9m against £12m of revenue, so 66p of every pound went back out as pay.
Championship revenue
The 17 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 Portsmouth make?
Portsmouth turned over £12m in 2021/22.
What is the Portsmouth wage bill?
Portsmouth paid £7.9m in staff costs in 2021/22, which is 65.9% of revenue.
Do Portsmouth make a profit?
Portsmouth made a pre-tax loss of £2.9m in 2021/22.
The accounts behind these figures
Filed by PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, company number 07940335. 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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