Crewe Alexandra finances and accounts
Crewe Alexandra turned over £5.3m in 2024/25 and paid £4.3m in staff costs, which is 80.6% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Crewe Alexandra 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 Crewe Alexandra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £5,336,163£5.3m | £5,404,891£5.4m | £4,083,294£4.1m | £5,819,746£5.8m | £5,095,132£5.1m | £4,189,682£4.2m |
| Staff costs | £4,301,295£4.3m | £4,073,618£4.1m | £3,917,673£3.9m | £3,871,105£3.9m | £2,864,227£2.9m | - |
| Wages and salaries | £3,897,168£3.9m | £3,716,497£3.7m | £3,564,636£3.6m | £3,518,022£3.5m | £2,560,920£2.6m | - |
| Social security costs | £324,295£324k | £290,212£290k | £297,019£297k | £303,665£304k | - | - |
| Pension costs | £79,832£80k | £66,909£67k | £56,018£56k | £49,418£49k | - | - |
| Total operating costs | £6,490,609£6.5m | £6,181,571£6.2m | £5,530,499£5.5m | £5,700,248£5.7m | - | £4,823,387£4.8m |
| Operating result | -£1,154,446£1.2m | -£776,680£777k | -£1,447,205£1.4m | £119,498£119k | £759,617£760k | -£633,705£634k |
| Pre-tax result | -£1,204,445£1.2m | -£833,382£833k | -£1,491,734£1.5m | £91,649£92k | £731,049£731k | -£667,003£667k |
| Wages to revenue | 80.6% | 75.4% | 95.9% | 66.5% | 56.2% | - |
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. Crewe Alexandra paid £4.3m against £5.3m of revenue, so 81p of every pound went back out as pay.
League Two revenue
The 9 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 Crewe Alexandra make?
Crewe Alexandra turned over £5.3m in 2024/25.
What is the Crewe Alexandra wage bill?
Crewe Alexandra paid £4.3m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 80.6% of revenue.
Do Crewe Alexandra make a profit?
Crewe Alexandra made a pre-tax loss of £1.2m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 12035196. 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
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