Milton Keynes Dons finances and accounts
Milton Keynes Dons turned over £5.6m in 2024/25 and paid £7.5m in staff costs, which is 135.8% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Milton Keynes Dons 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 Milton Keynes Dons 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 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £5,550,784£5.6m | £5,716,673£5.7m | £6,959,298£7.0m | £6,465,341£6.5m | £3,857,602£3.9m | £4,165,844£4.2m | £5,558,485£5.6m | £6,586,274£6.6m |
| Staff costs | £7,537,038£7.5m | £5,223,428£5.2m | £5,753,448£5.8m | £4,543,870£4.5m | £4,977,143£5.0m | £4,442,178£4.4m | £5,282,040£5.3m | £5,280,089£5.3m |
| Wages and salaries | £6,620,216£6.6m | £4,463,956£4.5m | £5,087,173£5.1m | £4,113,934£4.1m | £4,375,770£4.4m | £3,971,287£4.0m | £4,652,543£4.7m | £4,678,537£4.7m |
| Social security costs | £798,099£798k | £503,702£504k | £598,188£598k | £387,957£388k | £442,239£442k | £446,117£446k | £607,465£607k | £586,841£587k |
| Pension costs | £118,723£119k | £255,770£256k | £68,087£68k | £41,979£42k | £159,134£159k | £24,774£25k | £22,032£22k | £14,711£15k |
| Player amortisation | £1,003,420£1.0m | £482,274£482k | £612,788£613k | £516,816£517k | £170,357£170k | £315,851£316k | - | - |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | £13,168£13k | £325,287£325k | - | - | - |
| Total operating costs | £12,671,890£12.7m | £9,419,663£9.4m | £10,391,482£10.4m | £8,287,173£8.3m | £7,004,443£7.0m | £8,205,768£8.2m | £9,898,500£9.9m | £9,417,350£9.4m |
| Profit on player sales | £4,114,486£4.1m | £640,243£640k | £1,225,614£1.2m | £5,450,137£5.5m | £2,113,621£2.1m | £229,710£230k | £244,630£245k | £1,111,788£1.1m |
| Operating result | -£7,121,106£7.1m | -£3,702,990£3.7m | -£3,432,184£3.4m | -£1,808,664£1.8m | -£2,821,554£2.8m | -£4,039,924£4.0m | -£4,340,015£4.3m | -£2,831,076£2.8m |
| Pre-tax result | -£3,028,019£3.0m | -£3,085,783£3.1m | -£2,222,346£2.2m | £3,636,779£3.6m | -£720,595£721k | -£3,822,512£3.8m | -£4,475,622£4.5m | -£1,736,667£1.7m |
| Wages to revenue | 135.8% | 91.4% | 82.7% | 70.3% | 129% | 106.6% | 95% | 80.2% |
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. Milton Keynes Dons paid £7.5m against £5.6m of revenue, so 136p 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 Milton Keynes Dons make?
Milton Keynes Dons turned over £5.6m in 2024/25.
What is the Milton Keynes Dons wage bill?
Milton Keynes Dons paid £7.5m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 135.8% of revenue.
Do Milton Keynes Dons make a profit?
Milton Keynes Dons made a pre-tax loss of £3.0m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 04787003. 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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