Brighton & Hove Albion finances and accounts
Brighton & Hove Albion turned over £261m in 2023/24 and paid £146m in staff costs, which is 55.8% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Brighton & Hove Albion 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 Brighton & Hove Albion does not report on its own.
Staff costs and player amortisation sit inside total operating costs rather than on top of them.
| MEASURE | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £260,849,000£260.8m | £204,450,000£204.4m | £174,461,000£174.5m | £145,919,000£145.9m | £132,908,000£132.9m | £148,216,000£148.2m | £139,432,000£139.4m |
| Staff costs | £145,610,000£145.6m | £127,017,000£127.0m | £114,741,000£114.7m | £108,450,000£108.5m | £102,704,000£102.7m | £101,280,000£101.3m | £77,297,000£77.3m |
| Wages and salaries | £128,836,000£128.8m | £112,210,000£112.2m | £101,097,000£101.1m | £95,259,000£95.3m | £90,514,000£90.5m | £89,195,000£89.2m | £68,325,000£68.3m |
| Social security costs | £16,774,000£16.8m | £14,807,000£14.8m | £13,644,000£13.6m | £13,191,000£13.2m | £12,190,000£12.2m | £12,085,000£12.1m | £8,972,000£9.0m |
| Player amortisation | - | - | - | - | £45,616,000£45.6m | £33,238,000£33.2m | £19,311,000£19.3m |
| Other operating income | £3,760,000£3.8m | £24,938,000£24.9m | £985,000£985k | £8,230,000£8.2m | - | - | - |
| Cost of sales | £46,417,000£46.4m | £5,579,000£5.6m | £4,035,000£4.0m | £11,021,000£11.0m | £8,832,000£8.8m | - | - |
| Total operating costs | £213,057,000£213.1m | £214,506,000£214.5m | £211,576,000£211.6m | £200,100,000£200.1m | £187,418,000£187.4m | £172,852,000£172.9m | £129,699,000£129.7m |
| Profit on player sales | - | £121,411,000£121.4m | £62,356,000£62.4m | £6,601,000£6.6m | -£599,000£599k | £5,216,000£5.2m | £3,367,000£3.4m |
| Operating result | £5,135,000£5.1m | £130,714,000£130.7m | £22,191,000£22.2m | -£50,371,000£50.4m | -£63,941,000£63.9m | -£19,420,000£19.4m | £13,100,000£13.1m |
| Pre-tax result | £3,893,000£3.9m | £133,252,000£133.3m | £24,099,000£24.1m | -£53,402,000£53.4m | -£67,225,000£67.2m | -£22,007,000£22.0m | £12,084,000£12.1m |
| Wages to revenue | 55.8% | 62.1% | 65.8% | 74.3% | 77.3% | 68.3% | 55.4% |
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. Brighton & Hove Albion paid £146m against £261m of revenue, so 56p of every pound went back out as pay.
Premier League 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 Brighton & Hove Albion make?
Brighton & Hove Albion turned over £261m in 2023/24.
What is the Brighton & Hove Albion wage bill?
Brighton & Hove Albion paid £146m in staff costs in 2023/24, which is 55.8% of revenue.
Do Brighton & Hove Albion make a profit?
Brighton & Hove Albion made a pre-tax profit of £3.9m in 2023/24.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 02849319. 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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