Aberdeen finances and accounts
Aberdeen turned over £16m in 2022/23 and paid £12m in staff costs, which is 75.7% of everything the club earned.
Revenue by season
What Aberdeen 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 Aberdeen does not report on its own.
Staff costs and player amortisation sit inside total operating costs rather than on top of them.
| MEASURE | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £15,771,000£15.8m | £13,857,000£13.9m | £11,070,000£11.1m | £14,335,000£14.3m | £15,928,000£15.9m | £15,415,000£15.4m | £15,281,000£15.3m | £13,414,000£13.4m |
| Staff costs | £11,932,000£11.9m | £10,234,000£10.2m | £9,356,000£9.4m | £9,770,000£9.8m | £9,238,000£9.2m | £8,564,000£8.6m | £7,761,000£7.8m | £6,817,000£6.8m |
| Wages and salaries | £10,504,000£10.5m | £9,040,000£9.0m | £8,263,000£8.3m | £8,654,000£8.7m | £8,201,000£8.2m | £7,552,000£7.6m | £6,926,000£6.9m | £6,121,000£6.1m |
| Social security costs | £1,313,000£1.3m | £1,092,000£1.1m | £998,000£998k | £1,011,000£1.0m | £955,000£955k | £880,000£880k | £795,000£795k | £659,000£659k |
| Pension costs | £115,000£115k | £102,000£102k | £95,000£95k | £105,000£105k | - | £132,000£132k | £40,000£40k | £37,000£37k |
| Player amortisation | £1,139,000£1.1m | £851,000£851k | £770,000£770k | £443,000£443k | £451,000£451k | £841,000£841k | £170,000£170k | £151,000£151k |
| Total operating costs | £22,043,000£22.0m | £19,150,000£19.1m | £16,263,000£16.3m | £17,251,000£17.3m | £16,957,000£17.0m | £16,171,000£16.2m | £14,748,000£14.7m | £12,966,000£13.0m |
| Profit on player sales | £7,452,000£7.5m | £961,000£961k | £2,977,000£3.0m | -£217,000£217k | £308,000£308k | £319,000£319k | £667,000£667k | - |
| Operating result | -£6,272,000£6.3m | -£5,293,000£5.3m | -£5,193,000£5.2m | -£2,916,000£2.9m | -£1,029,000£1.0m | -£756,000£756k | £533,000£533k | £448,000£448k |
| Pre-tax result | £1,123,000£1.1m | -£2,190,000£2.2m | -£2,292,000£2.3m | -£3,208,000£3.2m | -£5,015,000£5.0m | -£438,000£438k | -£1,550,000£1.6m | -£1,656,000£1.7m |
| Wages to revenue | 75.7% | 73.9% | 84.5% | 68.2% | 58% | 55.6% | 50.8% | 50.8% |
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. Aberdeen paid £12m against £16m of revenue, so 76p of every pound went back out as pay.
Scottish Premiership 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 Aberdeen make?
Aberdeen turned over £16m in 2022/23.
What is the Aberdeen wage bill?
Aberdeen paid £12m in staff costs in 2022/23, which is 75.7% of revenue.
Do Aberdeen make a profit?
Aberdeen made a pre-tax profit of £1.1m in 2022/23.
The accounts behind these figures
Company number SC005364. 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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