MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
Cash
£74M
+33% vs 2024
Net assets
-£65M
-66.5% vs 2024
Employees
758
-19.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£33M
+53.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £613,444,000 | £600,652,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£27,980,000 | -£12,861,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£70,854,000 | -£32,747,000 | |
| Net profit | -£55,086,000 | -£26,270,000 | |
| Cash | £55,750,000 | £74,147,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £663,556,000 | £626,015,000 | |
| Net assets | -£38,908,000 | -£64,774,000 | |
| Equity | -£38,908,000 | -£64,774,000 | |
| Average employees | 937 | 758 | |
| Wages | £305,809,000 | £258,497,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | -2.1% | |
| Net margin | -9.0% | -4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.2% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 103.2% | 104.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.08x | 0.49x | |
| Interest cover | -0.41x | -0.18x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED · parent
- Manchester United Women's Football Club Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Club underwent significant operational transformation in the year ended 30 June 2025 including structural and leadership changes and two redundancy programmes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOSLEY, Martin Richard | Secretary | 2024-06-30 | — | — |
| EDELSON, John Michael | Director | — | Jul 1944 | British |
| FERGUSON, Alexander Chapman, Sir | Director | 2013-10-17 | Dec 1941 | Scottish |
| GILL, David Alan | Director | 1997-11-11 | Aug 1957 | British |
| GLAZER, Avram | Director | 2013-01-10 | Oct 1960 | American |
| GLAZER, Bryan | Director | 2013-01-10 | Oct 1964 | American |
| GLAZER, Edward | Director | 2013-01-10 | Dec 1969 | American |
| GLAZER, Joel | Director | 2013-01-10 | Mar 1967 | American |
| GLAZER, Kevin | Director | 2013-01-10 | Feb 1962 | American |
| GLAZER-KASSEWITZ, Darcie | Director | 2013-01-10 | Jun 1968 | American |
| NEVIN, Robert John | Director | 2026-05-05 | Jun 1958 | British |
| REECE, John | Director | 2026-05-05 | Mar 1957 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERRETT, Kenneth | Secretary | — | 2007-06-29 |
| STEWART, Patrick Charles Donald | Secretary | 2007-06-29 | 2024-06-30 |
| ARNOLD, Richard Neil | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2023-12-08 |
| BLANC, Jean-Claude Roger Gaudérique | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2025-03-31 |
| BOLINGBROKE, Michael James | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2014-06-30 |
| BRAILSFORD, David John, Sir | Director | 2024-02-19 | 2026-04-30 |
| BURROWS, Nigel | Director | — | 1992-04-07 |
| CHARLTON, Robert, Sir | Director | — | 2023-10-21 |
| EDWARDS, Charles Martin | Director | — | 2003-06-30 |
| HUMBY, Nicholas Wayne | Director | 2003-11-05 | 2007-01-31 |
| KENYON, Peter Francis | Director | 1997-11-11 | 2003-09-08 |
| KNIGHTON, Michael | Director | — | 1992-05-05 |
| LAUNDERS, Robin Peter | Director | 1992-08-13 | 1996-08-14 |
| MIDANI, Amer Mouaffac | Director | — | 1994-01-18 |
| OLIVE, Robert Leslie | Director | — | 2006-05-20 |
| STEWART, Patrick Charles Donald | Director | 2023-12-08 | 2024-06-30 |
| WATKINS, Edward Maurice | Director | — | 2012-06-30 |
| WOODWARD, Edward Gareth | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2022-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-02-19 | Active |
| Mr Patrick Charles Donald Stewart | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-12-08 | Ceased 2024-06-30 |
| Mr Richard Arnold | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-08 |
| Mr Ed Woodward | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-27 |
| Mr Joel Glazer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Avram Glazer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Bryan Glazer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Manchester United Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 212 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-2.1%
£613,444,000 £600,652,000
-
Cash
+33%
£55,750,000 £74,147,000
-
Net assets
-66.5%
-£38,908,000 -£64,774,000
-
Employees
-19.1%
937 758
-
Operating profit
+54%
-£27,980,000 -£12,861,000
-
Profit before tax
+53.8%
-£70,854,000 -£32,747,000
-
Wages
-15.5%
£305,809,000 £258,497,000
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