THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

1. THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED 2013-07-05 → present
2. THE SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE LIMITED 1998-04-09 → 2013-07-05
3. DUNWILCO (597) LIMITED 1997-05-13 → 1998-04-09

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

Johnston Carmichael LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making appropriate enquiries, the directors have no reason to believe that any material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to remain in operation for the foreseeable future and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. THE SCOTTISH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE LIMITED · parent
   1. The Scottish Women's Premier League Limited 100% · Scotland
   2. The Scottish Football League Limited 100% · Scotland
   3. The Scottish Conference League Limited 100% · Scotland

Significant events

• “The directors are once again delighted to announce record financial results. Turnover of the Company increased by 10% to £48.7 million of the overall Group turnover of £49.7 million.”
• “The Company agreed a new deal with Premier Sports, which facilitated the live broadcast of an additional 20 William Hill Premiership matches in season 2024/25.”
• “Season 2024/25 was the first of a five-year, record-breaking sponsorship deal with one of the UK's leading bookmakers, William Hill.”
• “For the first time, Season 2024/25 saw the introduction of facility fee payments for some broadcast matches in the William Hill Premiership.”
• “The SWPL delivered record club fee payments and prize money. The total distribution to clubs (including value in kind) for Season 2024/25 was £613,000, representing a 35% increase on the previous season.”
• “For the first time, the SWPL sold overseas watch and bet rights and signed a five-year agreement with StatsPerform.”
• “The SWPL's turnover exceeding £1 million for the first time.”
• “Celtic were crowned champions of the William Hill Premiership, securing their fourth consecutive League title.”
• “The SPFL Trust Trophy was won by Livingston who defeated Queen's Park at The Falkirk Stadium to lift the trophy and receive the record £100,000 prize money.”
• “In 2022, the Group announced that its main domestic broadcast contract with Sky Sports had been extended to 2029 on record terms. This contract, which permits the broadcast of up to 60 William Hill Premiership matches, has now been supplemented with a contract with Premier Sports for the broadcast of a further 20 William Hill Premiership matches.”
• “During the financial year, the Company announced Carling as the Official Beer Partner of the SPFL, joining Loch Lomond Group on the Company's roster of sponsors.”
• “Rangers won the first silverware of the season, defeating Hibernian 5-0 at Fir Park to retain the Sky Sports Cup for the third season in a row.”
• “Celtic became the first Scottish side to reach the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage, meaning SWPL clubs benefited from increased solidarity payments from UEFA.”
• “Hibernian were crowned Scottish Power Women's Premier League champions for the first time since 2007 on another dramatic final day of the season.”
• “Hamilton Academical were crowned Scottish Power Women's Premier League 2 champions and return to the top tier of women's football ahead of the new season.”
• “record television audiences of just under 2.4 million for the 2024/2025 Season, representing a 300,000 increase on the previous year.”
• “All of the above led the SPFL Board to introduce a policy for Season 2025/26 to allow Clubs participating in a play-off round of a UEFA competition to postpone their round 3 William Hill Premiership match enabling full focus to be on qualification.”

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

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +10.4%

  £45,072,000 → £49,748,000

• Cash

  -12%

  £5,458,000 → £4,801,000

• Net assets

  +14.4%

  -£250,000 → -£214,000

• Employees

  +4.5%

  22 → 23

• Operating profit

  -2.4%

  -£662,000 → -£678,000

• Profit before tax

  -202.9%

  £35,000 → -£36,000

• Wages

  +11%

  £1,449,000 → £1,608,000

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