CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

1. CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 1991-08-16 → present
2. CHELSEA SET LIMITED 1986-02-18 → 1991-08-16
3. LOMARGATE LIMITED 1985-11-26 → 1986-02-18

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company is reliant on its intermediate parent undertaking, Blueco 22 Limited, for its continued financial support. The Company has received confirmation that sufficient funds will be provided to finance the business for the foreseeable future and at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. The directors have therefore adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. Blueco has indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company, and that it does not intend to seek repayment of the amounts currently due to other group companies, which at 30 June 2025 amounted to £2.024bn, during the going concern assessment period.”

Significant events

• “Since the year end the Company has acquired the registration of 6 football players at an initial cost of £263.3m and disposed of the registration of 15 players at a profit of £31.8m.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.6%

  £415,014,000 → £442,466,000

• Cash

  0%

  £4,000 → £4,000

• Net assets

  -22.8%

  -£1,123,808,000 → -£1,380,508,000

• Employees

  +32.3%

  473 → 626

• Operating profit

  -49.5%

  -£205,683,000 → -£307,445,000

• Profit before tax

  -296.5%

  -£64,735,000 → -£256,700,000

• Wages

  +9.6%

  £258,688,000 → £283,583,000

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