BRISTOL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BRISTOL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 1996-10-29 → present
2. QUAYSHELFCO 564 LIMITED 1996-07-29 → 1996-10-29

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

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Francis Clark

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors are satisfied that, whilst there can be no certainty as to the specific longer-term implications for professional football of the current cost-of-living crisis, there are no material uncertainties in respect of the going concern status of the company.”

Group structure

1. BRISTOL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED · parent
   1. Bristol City Women Football Club Limited 100% · England & Wales · running of a professional football club

Significant events

• “The Club finished in sixth position in the Championship with a total of 68 points, which enabled the Club to achieve their highest finish, and qualify for the EFL Championship Play-offs, for the first time since 2008.”
• “Bristol City Women Football Club ("BCWFC") which operated as a subsidiary company throughout the season, was subject to the sale of a controlling interest post the financial year end. Negotiations were finalised and contracts were exchanged on 17 September 2025.”

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

Filings

16

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +17.2%

  £20,523,730 → £24,058,634

• Cash

  -88.1%

  £277,611 → £33,090

• Net assets

  -49%

  £11,534,394 → £5,886,037

• Employees

  +0.5%

  218 → 219

• Operating profit

  +14.2%

  -£21,966,236 → -£18,844,308

• Profit before tax

  -1,552.2%

  -£795,821 → -£13,148,357

• Wages

  +2.5%

  £22,187,178 → £22,748,751

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers