Wolverhampton Wanderers finances and accounts
Wolverhampton Wanderers turned over £172m in 2024/25 and paid £162m in staff costs, which is 94% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £171,975,000£172.0m | £177,697,000£177.7m | £168,575,000£168.6m | £165,659,000£165.7m | £194,096,000£194.1m | £132,609,000£132.6m | £172,463,000£172.5m |
| Matchday | £21,766,000£21.8m | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broadcasting | £125,591,000£125.6m | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Commercial | £24,618,000£24.6m | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Staff costs | £161,708,000£161.7m | £140,973,000£141.0m | £141,332,000£141.3m | £119,909,000£119.9m | £138,596,000£138.6m | £94,041,000£94.0m | £92,131,000£92.1m |
| Wages and salaries | £141,563,000£141.6m | £123,695,000£123.7m | £123,816,000£123.8m | £104,159,000£104.2m | £122,614,000£122.6m | £82,717,000£82.7m | £80,842,000£80.8m |
| Social security costs | £20,145,000£20.1m | £17,278,000£17.3m | £17,516,000£17.5m | £15,750,000£15.8m | £15,982,000£16.0m | £11,324,000£11.3m | £11,148,000£11.1m |
| Player amortisation | - | - | - | - | - | - | £37,724,000£37.7m |
| Other operating income | £1,424,000£1.4m | - | - | £2,741,000£2.7m | - | - | - |
| Total operating costs | £290,698,000£290.7m | £247,567,000£247.6m | £266,119,000£266.1m | £220,869,000£220.9m | £228,374,000£228.4m | £174,790,000£174.8m | £160,220,000£160.2m |
| Profit on player sales | £116,984,000£117.0m | - | £43,874,000£43.9m | £14,977,000£15.0m | £60,760,000£60.8m | £9,520,000£9.5m | £11,872,000£11.9m |
| Operating result | -£117,299,000£117.3m | -£69,870,000£69.9m | -£97,544,000£97.5m | -£52,469,000£52.5m | -£34,278,000£34.3m | -£42,181,000£42.2m | £12,243,000£12.2m |
| Pre-tax result | -£11,631,000£11.6m | -£10,878,000£10.9m | -£64,072,000£64.1m | - | £21,110,000£21.1m | -£37,352,000£37.4m | £22,133,000£22.1m |
| Wages to revenue | 94% | 79.3% | 83.8% | 72.4% | 71.4% | 70.9% | 53.4% |
Where the money comes from
The three ways Wolverhampton Wanderers earned £171,975,000 in 2024/25.
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. Wolverhampton Wanderers paid £162m against £172m of revenue, so 94p 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers make?
Wolverhampton Wanderers turned over £172m in 2024/25.
What is the Wolverhampton Wanderers wage bill?
Wolverhampton Wanderers paid £162m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 94% of revenue.
Do Wolverhampton Wanderers make a profit?
Wolverhampton Wanderers made a pre-tax loss of £12m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 01989823. 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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