The Premier League clubs collectively made a loss of £291m in 2012-13 despite a £2.7bn income and spent a record £1.8bn on wages. What earns them the most and which club is in most debt?
It's that time of year again - the Guardian's review of the annual Premier League accounts is here. It shows that in 2012-13, the 20 top-flight clubs generated a record-beating combined income of 2.7bn, however collectively the Premier League clubs made a loss of £291m.
Despite this, players and other staff have done well - the wage bill for Premier League clubs totalled a record £1.8bn in 2012-13, up 11% on the previous year. David Conn writes today:
Players earning multi-million pound salaries were again football's clear financial winners, in a year when the clubs made a record £2.7bn combined income, yet nevertheless made a loss overall, of £291m.
Of the 20 clubs which were in the Premier League in 2012‑13, the year of most clubs' latest published accounts, 12 made a loss (compared with 10 in 2011-12). Five clubs lost £50m or more: Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers. All eight clubs that recorded a profit in the 2011-12 accounts also reported a profit in 2012-13.
Arsenal, which had the largest profit of all the Premier League clubs in 2011-12at £37m, has seen their profits drop significantly to £7m in 2012-13.
Swansea City reported the largest profit with £21m followed by Newcastle United with £10m profit before tax. Queens Park Rangers made the biggest loss, £65m before tax.
Manchester United recorded the highest turnover of any of the Premier League clubs in 2012-13 at £363m, while Wigan had the lowest turnover. Arsenal had the second highest turnover, with £283m.
Click on the chart above to explore turnover by club and use the drop down menu to sort by the amount spent on wages and wages as a proportion of turnover.
Looking at wages and finishing position in the 2012-13 Premier League, Swansea City once again punched above their weight. They finished ninth in the league with the leanest wage bill (£49m) bar Reading and Wigan Athletic. Queen Park Rangers' wage bill, at £78m, was the seventh highest of all the Premier League clubs - but they finished bottom of the league. Aston Villa also performed poorly despite shelling out, coming 15th in the league with the eighth highest wage bill at £72m.
Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City were the only clubs without any debt. Roman Abramovich's club was once again the most indebted with a net debt of £958m in 2012-13.
You can see the net debt by club in the Datawrapper chart above. Net debt is as stated in the annual accounts of each club; debts minus cash held at the bank.
Manchester United topped the league on gate and matchday income, raking in £109m. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool were the next biggest earners on gate and matchday income taking £318m between them, more than the next 16 clubs put together.
You can find the financial figures for 2012-13 for the 20 clubs in the downloadable spreadsheet below. The table below is a calculation of Premier League position 2012-13 minus wage bill (as ranked in the second column, from highest to lowest).
The second table below is an edited table of the full accounts and only shows three of the turnover revenues; gate and matchday, TV and broadcasting and commercial. The full list including other streams of revenue can be found in the spreadsheet along with further data and information by club.
• All data was researched and compiled by sports writer, David Conn from the most recently published annual reports at Companies House. Financial figures for 2012-13, for the 20 clubs which were in the Premier League during 2012-13. Net debt is as stated in the accounts; debts minus cash held at the bank. The separate categories of turnover are rounded down or up, so added together do not always tally with the total turnover figure.
It's that time of year again - the Guardian's review of the annual Premier League accounts is here. It shows that in 2012-13, the 20 top-flight clubs generated a record-beating combined income of 2.7bn, however collectively the Premier League clubs made a loss of £291m.
Despite this, players and other staff have done well - the wage bill for Premier League clubs totalled a record £1.8bn in 2012-13, up 11% on the previous year. David Conn writes today:
Players earning multi-million pound salaries were again football's clear financial winners, in a year when the clubs made a record £2.7bn combined income, yet nevertheless made a loss overall, of £291m.
Of the 20 clubs which were in the Premier League in 2012‑13, the year of most clubs' latest published accounts, 12 made a loss (compared with 10 in 2011-12). Five clubs lost £50m or more: Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers. All eight clubs that recorded a profit in the 2011-12 accounts also reported a profit in 2012-13.
Arsenal, which had the largest profit of all the Premier League clubs in 2011-12at £37m, has seen their profits drop significantly to £7m in 2012-13.
Swansea City reported the largest profit with £21m followed by Newcastle United with £10m profit before tax. Queens Park Rangers made the biggest loss, £65m before tax.
Manchester United recorded the highest turnover of any of the Premier League clubs in 2012-13 at £363m, while Wigan had the lowest turnover. Arsenal had the second highest turnover, with £283m.
Click on the chart above to explore turnover by club and use the drop down menu to sort by the amount spent on wages and wages as a proportion of turnover.
Looking at wages and finishing position in the 2012-13 Premier League, Swansea City once again punched above their weight. They finished ninth in the league with the leanest wage bill (£49m) bar Reading and Wigan Athletic. Queen Park Rangers' wage bill, at £78m, was the seventh highest of all the Premier League clubs - but they finished bottom of the league. Aston Villa also performed poorly despite shelling out, coming 15th in the league with the eighth highest wage bill at £72m.
Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City were the only clubs without any debt. Roman Abramovich's club was once again the most indebted with a net debt of £958m in 2012-13.
You can see the net debt by club in the Datawrapper chart above. Net debt is as stated in the annual accounts of each club; debts minus cash held at the bank.
Manchester United topped the league on gate and matchday income, raking in £109m. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool were the next biggest earners on gate and matchday income taking £318m between them, more than the next 16 clubs put together.
You can find the financial figures for 2012-13 for the 20 clubs in the downloadable spreadsheet below. The table below is a calculation of Premier League position 2012-13 minus wage bill (as ranked in the second column, from highest to lowest).
The second table below is an edited table of the full accounts and only shows three of the turnover revenues; gate and matchday, TV and broadcasting and commercial. The full list including other streams of revenue can be found in the spreadsheet along with further data and information by club.
• All data was researched and compiled by sports writer, David Conn from the most recently published annual reports at Companies House. Financial figures for 2012-13, for the 20 clubs which were in the Premier League during 2012-13. Net debt is as stated in the accounts; debts minus cash held at the bank. The separate categories of turnover are rounded down or up, so added together do not always tally with the total turnover figure.
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