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Wolverhampton Wanderers Total Expenditure vs Revenue 2022

Revenue Expenditure Net Total Debt
£144.8m  £155.97m  -£11.17m £152m 

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Total Expenditure£155.97m

Total Yearly Expenditure Breakdown

Most of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ expenses, just like any other football club in the world, comes from player salaries (payroll). Here is how football clubs spread their expenditure:

  1. Player Payroll
  2. Player Transfers
  3. Executive Staff Payroll
  4. Debt Payments
  5. Agent Fees
  6. Marketing Costs
  7. Transportation costs
  8. Stadium Costs

Player Payroll:

Wolverhampton Wanderers spends a total of £51.21 million on players annual payroll as of fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and £12,802,500 in annual taxes. Players making up to £50,270 per year are subject to 20% tax rate, which is also known as the basic tax rate. Taxes on income over this threshold are 40%. (higher rate). The extra rate is another name for the third tax bracket. Any income over £150,000 is subject to a 45% tax rate.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Players Payroll Breakdown

Weekly Payroll Average Weekly Payroll Annual Payroll  Average Yearly Payroll  Income Tax
£984,807  £29,842  £51,210,000  £1,551,818  £12,802,500

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Players Payroll 

 Player Name Payroll (Yearly) Payroll (Weekly)
Jose Moutinho  £5,200,000  £100,000
Nelson Semedo  £4,000,000  £76,923
Daniel Podence  £3,120,000  £60,000
Pedro Neto  £2,600,000  £50,000
Ruben Neves  £2,600,000  £50,000
Adama Traore  £2,236,000  £43,000
Raul Jimenez  £2,144,000  £41,231
Jonny Castro  £1,907,000  £36,673
Jonny Otto  £1,907,000  £36,673
Leo Bonatini  £1,820,000  £35,000
José Sá  £1,490,000  £28,654
 Leonardo Campana  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Francisco Oliveira  £950,000  £18,269
 Conor Coady  £858,000  £16,500
 Max Kilman  £780,000  £15,000
 Matija Sarkic  £650,000  £12,500
 Yerson Mosquera  £380,000  £7,308
 Rayan Aït-Nouri  £234,000  £4,500
 Toti Gomes  £140,000  £2,692
 Connor Ronan  £40,000  £769
 Leon Chiwome  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Nathan Collins  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Gonçalo Guedes  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Sang-bin Jung  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Sasa Kalajdzic  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Hayao Kawabe  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Louie Moulden  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Matheus Nunes  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Andreas Söndergaard  £1,040,000  £20,000
 Boubacar Traoré  £1,040,000  £20,000
     
 Loan    
     
Fabio Silva  £4,160,000  
Ki-Jana Hoever  £2,100,000  
Bruno Jordao  £780,000  

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Player Transfers: Wolverhampton Wanderers spent a total of £122.9 million on player arrivals in the summer (2022/23) and generated a total of £51.4 million on departures. Ending the summer transfer window with a -£71.55 million net.

Premier League teams spent a total of £1.9 billion on gross transfers during the summer 2022 transfer window, which is by a margin of £487.8 million the largest amount ever recorded during a single transfer window.

Wolverhampton Wanderers spent a total of £647.64 million on player arrivals in their all time Premier League transfers expenditure (1992/93 to 2022/23), taking in an income of £304.35 million with a net of -£343.29 million.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers All Time Premier League Players Transfers

Expenditure Arrivals Income Departure Balance Season 22/23 Net
 £647.64m  736  £304.35m  724  £-343.29m  £-71.55m

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Executive Staff Payroll: The best paid directors of Premier League football teams make far more money than the highest paid directors at comparable-sized non-football businesses. The average chief executive remuneration in the UK is £215,879. Wolverhampton Wanderers pays in the region of £1.6 million to their directors and executive staff each year.

Debt Payments: Wolverhampton Wanderers has a total of £152 million in debt on their books and shell out £6m on yearly payments (including interest).

Stadium Costs: A 90-minute match uses up to 25,000 KWh of electricity. As per the current Ofgem rates, Electricity costs £0.52 per kWh + Daily standing charge: £0.46 and Gas costs £0.15 per kWh + Daily standing charge: £0.28. It costs Wolverhampton Wanderers approximately 17500 Khw on average per home game, that is £11,995.1 per game and £227,906.9 per season. 

Agent Fees: The 20 Premier League teams managed to pay agents £272.6 million this transfer window, despite all the discussion that football must cut back on its expenditures on transfer fees and wages in light of the financial calamity brought on by the epidemic. Wolverhampton Wanderers paid £11.95 million in agent fees for their transfer business.

Marketing Costs: Wolverhampton Wanderers offers a variety of officially-licensed goods with the Wolverhampton Wanderers name and logo, from bed coverings to coffee cups apart from the marketing and promotions of the season tickets, hospitality and official kits, the club spends on marketing through social media, outdoor advertising and through local, national and international news publications. Wolverhampton Wanderers spends on average £0.25 million on marketing.

Transportation Costs: For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Wolverhampton Wanderers spent approximately £0.39 million on transportation costs, which includes pre-season preparations and logistics and all of the Premier League, Cups and UEFA competition away games.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Total Expenditure

Executive Staff Payroll Total Debt Debt Payments Stadium Costs Agent Fees Marketing Costs Transportation Costs Annual Payroll TOTAL
 £1.6m  £152m  £6m  £0.22m  £11.95m  £0.25m  £0.39m  £51.21m  £155.97m

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix

Source: FIFA, UEFA, England FA, Ofgem, HMRC, Sponsorlytix


 Total Revenue | £326.16m

Total Yearly Revenue Breakdown

Wolverhampton Wanderers monetize’s its worldwide brand through the usual four income sources under the Commercial revenue sector:

  1. Sponsorship
  2. Matchday Revenue
  3. TV Rights Distribution
  4. Retail, Merchandising, Clothing & Product Licensing

Sponsorship: Through partnerships with top national and international brands and businesses throughout the world, Wolverhampton Wanderers monetizes the value of the clubs worldwide brand and fan base. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Wolverhampton Wanderers generated sponsorship revenues of £4.75 million.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Sponsorship Revenue

Sponsor Name Amount (per year) Contract Duration Placement
 Astropay  £3m  2022 – 2023  Main Sponsor (Front of shirt)
 Castore  £1m  2021 – 2024  Kit Supplier
 12Bet  £250k*  2022-2024  Sleeve Sponsor
 Royal Carribbean  £250k*  2021-2023  Training kit partner
    Total £4.75m

*Estimated as per market standards and BV and EMV reach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club | Source: Sponsorlytix

*Estimated as per market standards and BV and EMV reach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club | Source: Sponsorlytix

 

Matchday Revenue: For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Wolverhampton Wanderers generated a total combined Matchday Revenues of £9.28million, including £8.74 million from the English Premier League, £0.3 million from the FA Cup, £0.24 million from the Carabao Cup and £0m from UEFA Europa League.

In each of the past 21 years, Wolverhampton Wanderers have averaged over 99% of Premier League match capacity. Due to the amount of home games played and the success of our first team in various tournaments, matchday income will change from year to year.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Matchday Revenue

Average Attendance Average Matchday Income / Game Average Matchday Income / Season
Premier League    
31,030 £0.46m £8.74m
     
 FA Cup    
31,030 £0m £0.3m
     
 Carabao Cup    
31,030 £0m £0.24m
     
 Europa League    
31,030 £0m £0m
   Total £9.28m

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

TV Rights Revenue (Broadcasting)

The money the club makes from the sale of live football content benefits the club directly, and it also helps the business partners indirectly by giving them more worldwide visibility. The global television rights for the Premier League, UEFA club competitions, and other competitions provide cash for broadcasting.

Additionally, more than 100 nations and territories across the world receive Wolverhampton Wanderers programming through the English Premier League TV Rights Distribution sales and also the in house club channel and official mobile app.

As a result of fluctuations in the amount of prize money available and the success of the first team in such contests, broadcasting income, including, in certain circumstances, prize money received in respect of such competitions, will change from year to year.

For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022, Wolverhampton Wanderers generated a total combined TV Rights Revenues of £129.36 million, including £128.8 million from the English Premier League, £0.49 million from the FA Cup, £0.07 million from the Carabao Cup and £0m from UEFA Europa League.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers TV Rights Revenue

 Wolverhampton  £129.36m        
 Premier League  Equal Share  Facility Fees  Merit Payment  Commercial Revenue  Total
   £79m  £15m  £29.2m  £5.6m  £128.8m
 FA Cup  Prize Money  TV Fees      Total
   £67.5k  £432k      £499k
 Carabao Cup  Prize Money  TV Fees      Total
   £7k  £64k      £71k
 Europa League  Performance Share  Market Pool      Total
   0  0      £0m

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

Source: UEFA, England FA, Sponsorlytix

 

Retail, Merchandising, Apparel & Product Licensing: Wolverhampton Wanderers on average sells 177k units of the official kit (home & away). The club’s retail, merchandising, garment, and product licencing for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 sales were £1.4 million. On a global scale, the club promotes and markets sportswear, workout and leisure wear, and other goods bearing the Wolverhampton Wanderers name.

In addition, AFC Bournemouth offers a variety of other officially-licensed goods with the Wolverhampton Wanderers name and logo, from bed coverings to coffee cups. These goods are supplied via the wholesale distribution networks of club partners as well as retail locations bearing the Wolverhampton Wanderers logo and online shopping portals.

 

Wolverhampton Wanderers Retail, Merchandise, Apparel & Product Licensing Revenue

£1.4m

Source: Sponsorlytix

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