Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Limited
Registered name: SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Limited made £26.3m revenue and a £9.8m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2024. read from filing text
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £26.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2024, with a loss of £9.8m and 271 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent is SWFC Holdings Limited, a company registered in Hong Kong. The company's ultimate parent company is Sheffield 2, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £19.3m | £26.3m |
| Cost of sales | £20.8m | £22.9m | £28.6m |
| Gross profit | −£4.5m | −£3.6m | −£2.3m |
| Operating profit | −£6.4m | −£6.5m | −£9.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.3m | −£7.2m | −£10m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.3m | −£6.5m | −£9.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.3m | −£6.5m | −£9.8m |
| Staff costs | £12.4m | £15.8m | £21.8m |
| Employees (average) | 257 | 282 | 271 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −44.9% | −33.9% | −37.4% |
| Gross margin | −27.3% | −18.8% | −8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.7k | £68.5k | £97.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£28.6k | −£23.2k | −£36.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.1% | ▲36.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £884k | £856k | £156k |
| Net assets | −£65.5m | −£72.1m | −£81.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £18.6m | £4m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £716k | £305k |
| Deferred income | £7.7m | £12.3m | £10.7m |
| Cash from operations | £124k | £9.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −37.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −8.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£36.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 40.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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 −£81.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £156k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 271
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £10.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £3.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2024 (profit −£9.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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