MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

1. MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 2007-08-29 → present
2. MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PLC 1894-04-16 → 2007-08-29

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

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Based on their evaluation of the Group's prospects and viability, the Directors confirm that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due within the 12 months following the approval of these financial statements. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED · parent
   1. Manchester City Investments Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant company
   2. Eastlands Strategic Development Company Limited 33% · England and Wales · Dormant company

Significant events

• “The 2024-25 season saw Manchester City's men's team finish third in the Premier League, reach the FA Cup final, and advance to the knockout phase play-off of the UEFA Champions League. In finishing third in the League, the Club extended an impressive run of qualification for the Champions League and will be in the competition for the 15th consecutive time in the 2025-26 season. The team also reached the Round of 16 in the expanded Club World Cup competition, winning all three group games.”
• “On 6 February 2023, in accordance with Premier League Rule W.82.1, the Premier League referred a number of alleged breaches of the Premier League Rules by Manchester City to a Commission under Premier League Rule W.3.4. In February 2023, in response to the charges, the Club issued a public statement that it welcomes the review of this matter by an independent Commission, to impartially consider the comprehensive body of irrefutable evidence that exists in support of its position.”
• “Since the year end, Manchester City Football Club has entered into agreements to acquire the football registrations of Gianluigi Donnarumma (from PSG), Sverre Nypan (from Rosenborg) and James Trafford (from Burnley), as well as a number of Academy acquisitions. The football registrations of Maximo Perrone (to Como 1907), James McAtee (to Nottingham Forest), Ilkay Gundogan (to Galatasaray), Ederson Santana de Moraes (to Fenerbache), Callum Doyle (to Wrexham AFC) and Kyle Walker (to Burnley), as well as a number of Academy players, have been sold. The net expenditure on these transactions was approximately £17.0m.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -2.9%

  £715,019,000 → £694,094,000

• Cash

  +223.1%

  £53,767,000 → £173,724,000

• Net assets

  -0.7%

  £864,645,000 → £858,374,000

• Employees

  +9.7%

  611 → 670

• Operating profit

  -54.2%

  -£60,497,000 → -£93,302,000

• Profit before tax

  -113.4%

  £73,757,000 → -£9,916,000

• Wages

  -1.1%

  £359,170,000 → £355,384,000

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