The accounts
Cardiff City's filed accounts: turnover, player wages, the wage ratio and the loss, every figure from the filing at Companies House.
The accounts
Companies House
Player wages as a share of turnover
113%
Derived. Player wages divided by turnover, both as the accounts state them.
Total staff costs as a share of turnover
151%
Derived. Total staff costs divided by turnover. Every club states both, so this is the one that compares across clubs.
- Turnover
- £25.8m
- Player wages
- £29.2m
- Loss before tax
- £35.1m
up 11% on last year
up 37% on last year
up 193% on last year
- Wages and salaries
- £34.7m
- Total staff costs
- £39.0m
- Profit on player sales
- £6.1m
- Player sale proceeds
- £5.4m
- Player registrations bought
- £12.5m
- Player registrations on the books
- £11.8m
- Player amortisation
- £4.2m
- Tax losses carried forward
- £249m
- Directors' pay
- £116,000
- Highest paid director
- £60,000
up 30% on last year (last year restated)
up 154% on last year (last year restated)
up 11% on last year
level on last year
- Players
- 58
- Other staff
- 164
- People employed
- 222
- Contract left, average
- 26 months
from 49
from 23
Every figure is what the filing states. Figures the accounts do not give are absent rather than estimated, and the year end is shown because two clubs' accounts do not always close on the same day. The filing history at Companies House.
Cardiff City Football Club (Holdings) Limited, company 04044254. Year ended 31 May 2025, filed 26 February 2026.