{"id":880435,"date":"2026-04-08T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/880435\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:38:17","slug":"birmingham-report-losses-of-34-6m-for-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/880435\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham report losses of \u00a334.6m for 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have reported a pre-tax loss of \u00a334.6m for the year 2024-25, the period covering the club&#8217;s record-breaking promotion season in League One.<\/p>\n<p>The deficit is a sizable increase from the \u00a316.1m loss posted for the previous 12 months and continues the trend of Championship clubs struggling to balance the books this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>So far only three teams &#8211; Luton Town, Sheffield United and Stoke City &#8211; have announced profits for year up to June 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In figures announced <a href=\"https:\/\/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk\/company\/00027318\/filing-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:via Companies House,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;via Companies House,&quot;}\" class=\"link \">via Companies House,<\/a> Birmingham grew overall revenue by nearly \u00a37m to \u00a335.6m in 2024-25, despite a \u00a36m dent in television income as a result of playing in the third tier.<\/p>\n<p>Player wages rose 9% from \u00a335.8m to \u00a338.9m, but they did make \u00a314m from the sales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c0l8zn080x7o?quot&amp;xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:of Jordan James to Rennes,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;of Jordan James to Rennes,&quot;}\" class=\"link \">of Jordan James to Rennes,<\/a> Romelle Donovan to Brentford and sell-on fees collected from Jude Bellingham&#8217;s move from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid and younger brother Jobe&#8217;s transfer from Sunderland to Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Blues did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/clyqj2r1rn0o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spend significantly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;spend significantly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">spend significantly<\/a> on strengthening their squad for their immediate promotion back to the Championship last summer including a League-One record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/c4gejxkv2g1o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a310m for Jay Stansfield.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u00a310m for Jay Stansfield.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u00a310m for Jay Stansfield.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>The accounts also show Blues&#8217; continued dependency on US owners Knighthood Capital Management, who completed their total takeover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cx273nm3jzxo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:in November;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;in November&quot;}\" class=\"link \">in November<\/a> when their subsidiary company, Shelby Companies Limited, acquired the remaining 51.1% of shares of the previously Chinese-owned club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk\/docs\/BgO80-iAF8pfjSIsOO-x17rqVGSTWki-STO0QSWSPF8\/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3KV5WEOM4%2F20260408%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260408T142743Z&amp;X-Amz-Expires=60&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEDUaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJHMEUCIC%2Fik1XiahBL7EZHCepGvkLz9eJXaXbi4RL1joFQeFzCAiEA5lcDicVreuueDDCJKyKwiyutM%2Bvhfeeb6paRxVayuQ4qigQI%2Fv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FARAFGgw0NDkyMjkwMzI4MjIiDA%2BX9Zs3JwB9xdB3oCreAzvRRZnkIK3vjGiWdD8ZJ2oINvVr3qEbEkPdW3%2FeFPXy%2FN84WzPvvhpRVD8zL3cuhFoClS4sYPWaVX3Cgx5maU%2BD%2F8g63pqdfy3FqcKcd%2F0G8Nt2iMbn8l3O56lM9fCpvBj7Z%2BygVGTzOVgPr2wZZaU01uZYyXleNdZkgBq5zdZqjcsIAMTy2zdd7S53%2Bd1jc0zZQdK7AlLkxYlyQkG16UkdZydI72tUa1STQtY8lR%2Ba8CrLe8YNiwR2A%2BFg%2FIPxMDrttEnkvsVPsGPEgZRYeTqg4spxWkUbvMpowmtEKrcS85fyglnj695PUuCsE9%2FY3Y5lU930GrUSQhqBNqBqu5TEDdy6wiSR8VuJwVzFUX1Y9MfMcmVTdJU4fjo8wSeyYYOBcLp9F1RvglP%2BhaeovyjmPm7oYIrtcsCxzNRCV4fit6hfO323Y%2BqYPfgNnT6IQALa4uCC49uYQyFcs7S2v6eopozGtoUYhS4dEyslFtJR08X9WEUKbb6ua0jmyS0TQX3MG8MXIyOO65gZMP%2F0dzBpYeEw0jyeumDwv02wdWTMsAefXtJ%2BdHeCYVdIHgdesxImHT0tBQ%2Fk%2BK6uAsnOYhr8Pl09y%2FvAvvT6O07alLfFh%2BMPGIWvloQ1STay6JMwt57ZzgY6pQEJsf7md%2BoUna5R%2FodwH4incfbPCmfBxmPLK%2FfkwUPi2riTKzDYvM3hS6pyTJPnzvYNsv1eiaxARw%2Be4DPCF%2BcSpqwq%2F5aUwO4Q6DpDszyd%2BRm3Eax9%2BSEPUJl4nZxr%2BEPa99G8FNJH5TuNgovXGr76JD7wjAY2QfZTLlaYvNVT77vWeP%2B7OA%2FT1gKbMu0ACB3NZox%2B4%2BGlBPtF1z9PblDyrQERtQw%3D&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&amp;X-Amz-Signature=4bb8cc5fd4f248a46a39c77621feb1dec97b65aba7d4423188e021617215b979\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The report reveals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The report reveals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The report reveals<\/a> that since July 2024, a year after SCL first took a controlling stake, its day-to-day funding was covered by Knighthead.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Going forward, the directors headed by chairman Tom Wager, have outlined &#8220;detailed cashflow forecasts&#8221; up until the end of December this year that show the company needs &#8220;additional funding of approximately \u00a359m from Knighthead for the period from July 2025 to December 2026&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It was added that Knighthead expect &#8220;sufficient working capital to be able to advance funds for the company to meet its financial obligations as and when they fall due for the next 12 months&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As a result &#8220;no material uncertainties&#8221; were noted.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham are 16th in the Championship, 12 points clear of the relegation zone and 13 adrift of the play-off places with five games of the regular season to go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk\/company\/00027318\/filing-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to read a full breakdown of Birmingham City&#039;s accounts for the 2024-25 season.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here to read a full breakdown of Birmingham City&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here to read a full breakdown of Birmingham City&#8217;s accounts for the 2024-25 season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City have reported a pre-tax loss of \u00a334.6m for the year 2024-25, the period covering the club&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,4113,748,122741,393,4884,12902,35556,4239,35559,249125,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-880435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city","10":"tag-borussia-dortmund","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-companies-house","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-league-one","16":"tag-luton-town","17":"tag-sheffield-united","18":"tag-stoke-city","19":"tag-the-championship-table","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116369838133962276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}