Crystal Palace finances and accounts
Crystal Palace turned over £195m in 2024/25 and paid £145m in staff costs, which is 74.5% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Crystal Palace 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 Crystal Palace does not report on its own.
| MEASURE | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £195,304,000£195.3m | £189,310,000£189.3m | £179,518,000£179.5m | £159,999,000£160.0m | £134,383,000£134.4m | £142,347,000£142.3m | £155,404,000£155.4m | £150,346,000£150.3m |
| Staff costs | £145,478,000£145.5m | £132,444,000£132.4m | £129,720,000£129.7m | £123,835,000£123.8m | - | £127,002,000£127.0m | £119,295,000£119.3m | £117,328,000£117.3m |
| Wages and salaries | £127,279,000£127.3m | £116,687,000£116.7m | £113,346,000£113.3m | £108,701,000£108.7m | - | £111,375,000£111.4m | £104,878,000£104.9m | £103,243,000£103.2m |
| Social security costs | £17,811,000£17.8m | £15,402,000£15.4m | £16,165,000£16.2m | £14,955,000£15.0m | - | £15,457,000£15.5m | £14,296,000£14.3m | £13,970,000£14.0m |
| Pension costs | £388,000£388k | £355,000£355k | £209,000£209k | £179,000£179k | - | £170,000£170k | £121,000£121k | £115,000£115k |
| Player amortisation | £53,986,000£54.0m | £45,948,000£45.9m | £40,487,000£40.5m | £34,151,000£34.2m | - | £36,454,000£36.5m | £49,852,000£49.9m | £46,034,000£46.0m |
| Other operating costs | £180,454,000£180.5m | £161,526,000£161.5m | £156,101,000£156.1m | £143,294,000£143.3m | £143,968,000£144.0m | £154,070,000£154.1m | £138,899,000£138.9m | £137,994,000£138.0m |
| Profit on player sales | £66,078,000£66.1m | £1,341,000£1.3m | £331,000£331k | - | £9,571,000£9.6m | £539,000£539k | £46,181,000£46.2m | £2,437,000£2.4m |
| Operating result | £23,196,000£23.2m | -£20,002,000£20.0m | -£19,206,000£19.2m | -£19,786,000£19.8m | -£38,309,000£38.3m | -£57,091,000£57.1m | £7,782,000£7.8m | -£34,413,000£34.4m |
| Pre-tax result | £8,070,000£8.1m | -£33,563,000£33.6m | -£27,186,000£27.2m | -£24,174,000£24.2m | -£40,209,000£40.2m | -£57,962,000£58.0m | £5,502,000£5.5m | -£35,479,000£35.5m |
| Wages to revenue | 74.5% | 70% | 72.3% | 77.4% | - | 89.2% | 76.8% | 78% |
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. Crystal Palace paid £145m against £195m of revenue, so 74p of every pound went back out as pay.
Premier League revenue
The 15 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 Crystal Palace make?
Crystal Palace turned over £195m in 2024/25.
What is the Crystal Palace wage bill?
Crystal Palace paid £145m in staff costs in 2024/25, which is 74.5% of revenue.
Do Crystal Palace make a profit?
Crystal Palace made a pre-tax profit of £8.1m in 2024/25.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number 07270793. 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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