NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PLC

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PLC 2002-07-09 → present
2. NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 1919-04-02 → 2002-07-09
3. NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 1919-04-02 → 2002-07-09

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

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

MHA

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing the appropriateness of the going concern assumption, the club has produced cash flow forecasts that extend to the end of the 2026/27 football season. The forecasts have been produced based on a scenario of the club remaining in the Championship, throughout that period. In certain downside scenarios, the club acknowledges that external funding, or the realisation of value inherent within the club's player assets, may be required. The club believes that, at the date of this report, the club has sufficient financing options available to place funds within the cashflows noted above. Under all these reasonably foreseeable scenarios, based on the cashflow forecast, the expectations of player trading and the availability of funding as required, the club can meet its liabilities as they fall due. As such, the Directors have concluded that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PLC · parent
   1. Norwich City FC Regional Development Programme Ltd 0.75% · England and Wales · Provision of football training
   2. Canary Sports LLC 1% · USA · Provision of soccer schools in Florida, USA

Significant events

• “Appointment of Liam Manning as new head coach, departure of Johannes Hoff Thorup and Glen Riddersholm.”
• “Norfolk Holdings assumed majority control of the club.”
• “Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones stepped down from the Board, becoming Honorary Life Presidents.”
• “Significant investment into facilities at Carrow Road, including bird netting, waterproofing, public address system improvements, Changing Places facility, sensory room, and Regency Stand hospitality corridor improvements.”
• “Rollout of digital tickets at Carrow Road for the 2025/26 season after partnering with SeatGeek.”
• “Norfolk FB Holdings, LLC acquiring majority control, with D and E Preference Shares approved and D Preference Shares converted to Ordinary Shares, increasing Norfolk's shareholding to 85.2%.”
• “Acquisition of player registrations (P Diallo, V Kovačević, M Kvistgaarden, J Makama, P Mattsson, J Medić, J Schlupp and M Topić) with commitments of £25,300,000 and £6,800,000 dependent on performance subsequent to the year end.”
• “Sale of player registrations (B Hills, M Núñez, J Rowe and B Sainz) with receipts of £31,400,000 due subsequent to the year end.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

3

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

  -46.3%

  £73,141,000 → £39,277,000

• Cash

  +11.7%

  £1,790,000 → £2,000,000

• Net assets

  +115%

  -£31,214,000 → £4,692,000

• Employees

  -0.2%

  409 → 408

• Operating profit

  -106.4%

  -£6,968,000 → -£14,381,000

• Profit before tax

  -43.8%

  -£14,368,000 → -£20,668,000

• Wages

  -11.1%

  £44,856,000 → £39,899,000

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