City Football Group Limited
Registered name: CITY FOOTBALL GROUP LIMITED
City Football Group Limited made £888m revenue and a £291m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
City Football Group Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £888m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £291m and 2,647 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £877m | £933m | £888m |
| Operating profit | −£82.4m | −£67.2m | −£237m |
| Profit before tax | −£127m | −£122m | −£292m |
| Profit after tax | −£112m | −£91.9m | −£291m |
| Profit (best available) | −£112m | −£91.9m | −£291m |
| Employees (average) | 1,703 | 2,460 | 2,647 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −12.8% | −9.8% | −32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £515k | £379k | £335k |
| Profit per employee | −£65.7k | −£37.3k | −£110k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▼4.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲44.5% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −32.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £335k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£110k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 2,647
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- City Football Group (Midco) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£291m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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