Gillingham finances and accounts
Gillingham turned over £7.5m in 2024/25 and paid £6.8m in staff costs, which is 89.8% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Gillingham 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 Gillingham does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £7,530,515£7.5m | £8,219,388£8.2m | £6,304,357£6.3m | £5,554,449£5.6m | £4,341,660£4.3m | £6,705,904£6.7m | £7,008,889£7.0m | £6,306,616£6.3m | £5,679,795£5.7m |
| Commercial | £2,334,535£2.3m | £1,849,179£1.8m | £925,133£925k | £321,478£321k | £157,135£157k | £479,415£479k | £533,521£534k | - | - |
| Staff costs | £6,765,924£6.8m | £6,571,271£6.6m | £4,219,890£4.2m | - | - | - | - | £3,543,304£3.5m | £3,505,405£3.5m |
| Wages and salaries | £6,014,299£6.0m | £5,855,111£5.9m | £3,782,035£3.8m | - | - | - | - | £3,262,721£3.3m | £3,201,493£3.2m |
| Social security costs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | £280,583£281k | £303,912£304k |
| Other operating income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | £433,547£434k | - |
| Cost of sales | £10,057,281£10.1m | £9,988,351£10.0m | £6,784,382£6.8m | £5,149,669£5.1m | £4,161,286£4.2m | £5,413,476£5.4m | £5,236,469£5.2m | £5,374,283£5.4m | £5,178,196£5.2m |
| Other operating costs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | £1,296,281£1.3m | £1,271,032£1.3m |
| Operating result | - | - | - | -£848,581£849k | £408,775£409k | -£99,502£100k | £180,591£181k | £69,599£70k | -£769,433£769k |
| Pre-tax result | -£5,737,558£5.7m | -£4,347,545£4.3m | -£2,148,360£2.1m | -£904,462£904k | £339,137£339k | -£175,007£175k | £111,612£112k | £2,084£2k | -£886,677£887k |
| Wages to revenue | 89.8% | 79.9% | 66.9% | - | - | - | - | 56.2% | 61.7% |
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. Gillingham paid £6.8m against £7.5m of revenue, so 90p 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 Gillingham make?
Gillingham turned over £7.5m in 2024/25.
What is the Gillingham wage bill?
Gillingham paid £6.8m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 89.8% of revenue.
Do Gillingham make a profit?
Gillingham made a pre-tax loss of £5.7m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Filed by GILLINGHAM FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, company number 00039175. 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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