Gillingham Football Club Ltd
Registered name: GILLINGHAM FOOTBALL CLUB LTD
Part of GFC Holdings Limited groupGillingham Football Club Ltd made £7.5m revenue and a £5.7m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Gillingham Football Club Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £7.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £5.7m and 317 employees. The company is classified under “activities of sport clubs” and is based in Gillingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gillingham, South East
- Age
- 133 yrs · since 1893
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £6.3m | £8.2m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £6.6m | £10m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £405k | −£239k | −£1.8m | −£2.5m |
| Operating profit | −£849k | −£2.1m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£904k | −£2.1m | −£4.3m | −£5.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£904k | £599k | −£4.3m | −£5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£904k | £599k | −£4.3m | −£5.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.2m | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 310 | 317 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −16.3% | 9.5% | −52.9% | −76.2% |
| Gross margin | 7.3% | −3.8% | −21.5% | −33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £26.5k | £23.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£14k | −£18.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▲30% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼825.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £482k | £1.3m | £326k | £82k |
| Net assets | £11.2m | −£624k | −£3.7m | −£7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £17.9m | £869k | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £866k | £1.8m | £1.2m | £854k |
| Debtors | £69.2k | £322k | £606k | £560k |
| Cash from operations | £577k | £1.9m | £2.9m | £5.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −76.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£18.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £82k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 317
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- GFC Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gillingham Football Club Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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