BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

1. BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 2023-07-04 → present
2. BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PLC 1888-08-22 → 2023-07-04

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

IFRS

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared detailed cash flow forecasts for the period to 31 December 2026 as part of the longer term forecasts prepared for the company. The forecasts show that the company needs additional funding of approximately £59m from Knighthead for the period from July 2025 to December 2026. The directors of the company and Knighthead have indicated that they expect that the company will have sufficient working capital to be able to advance funds for the company to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due for the next twelve months and have therefore adopted going concern as the basis of preparation with no material uncertainties noted.”

Group structure

1. BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED · parent
   1. Birmingham City Women Football Club Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Football club

Significant events

• “The 2024/2025 season saw the club play in the third tier of the English Football League (EFL). The squad enjoyed an exceptional season, ultimately earning promotion back to the second tier of the EFL with a record breaking 111 points.”
• “In May 2025, it was announced that the Birmingham City Football Club Academy has been awarded Category 1 status after meeting strict criteria for staffing, facilities and infrastructure as audited by the Professional Game Academy (PGA).”
• “Transfers of player registrations subsequent to 30 June 2025, taking into account applicable costs, resulted in a net £2,687,654 payable by the group (2024 - £21,070,000 payable by the group).”
• “There has also been significant infrastructure improvement work taking place at St. Andrews @ Knighthead Park, Knighthead Performance Centre and the Elite Performance & Innovation Centre. This has amounted to £2.9m of spend post year end.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +24.1%

  £28,720,273 → £35,642,766

• Cash

  +64.1%

  £8,671,807 → £14,233,595

• Net assets

  -39.7%

  -£87,086,996 → -£121,646,449

• Employees

  +27.6%

  239 → 305

• Operating profit

  -34.8%

  -£29,232,276 → -£39,417,788

• Profit before tax

  -114.9%

  -£16,081,826 → -£34,559,453

• Wages

  +5.1%

  £29,993,538 → £31,525,577

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers