[Albion] Albion Financial Metrics

[Herr Tubthumper]

3.2m a year for Barbs. Blimey.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

3.2m a year for Barbs. Blimey.

That’s about 0.00000006p per email word

 

[tstanbur]

3.2m a year for Barbs. Blimey.

That was my initial reaction too and expect most others!

Sounds a lot but works out to around 60k a week. Less than the average of what the players are paid (65k).

Barber is arguably more important to the club than any of the players so it seems fair.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Sounds a lot but works out to around 60k a week. Less than the average of what the players are paid (65k).

Barber is arguably more important to the club than any of the players so it seems fair.

If Bloom thinks he’s worth 3m to the Albion then fair enough

 

[A1X]

3rd highest player sales in the Premier League for the 2023/24 season, you’ll never sing that!

 

[El Presidente]

@El Presidente thanks for the info.
Am I right in thinking that the amortisation is what we owe as part of player purchase? Amounts due on certain dates for those purchases?

And on a purely fan biased perspective, Palace owe £108 million??

Hi, not quite. Amortisation is the transfer fee spread over the contract life. So Joao Pedro for £30m on a five year deal is £6m a year accounting cost. My understanding is that the Albion paid the full fee up front too and got a discount as Watford were skint

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

I wonder if our highest earners are on six figures a week now.

I think tying Mitoma down to a new contract would likely confirm that.

 

[Smirko]

Are these figures all from 2023/2024 season and are all clubs accounts now submitted?

 

[El Presidente]

Are these figures all from 2023/2024 season and are all clubs accounts now submitted?

Yes and Yes

 

[Greg Bobkin]

If we cut out all the stupid mistakes mixed with some miss management which has led to points dropped we should be top six, would you not agree?

We should be beating teams like [fourteen other ones in the division]

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Palace have done well to get their wage bill down below ours

 

[NigelTaylor82]

I can’t be 100% certain…but I can be 99.99%

Some of the other directors don’t receive any payment. It’s def PB.

 

[Albion 4ever]

At least the “Chelsea aren’t paying out mega money in wages” argument can now be put to bed.

 

[GrossTurn]

Palace have done well to get their wage bill down below ours.

Wolves too. Had them in the Everton/West Ham sort of bracket in terms of the wages they typically pay. Although they don’t have as many notable ‘stars’ as they did a couple of season back, in fairness.

 

[doogie004]

How on earth are Bournemouth surviving on those figures ...?

Makes it even harder to swallow if they finish above us

 

[chaileyjem]

Hi @El Presidente - is the average wages figure - average wages across the entire club - so everyone from Press to Marketing to Coaches to Ticketing and high paid directors ! - but also all the professional players (men and women)
Is it possible to work out - from the accounts - the average mens players wages figure ? Do you try and do that ?

 

[portslade seagull]

It's Mr Reasonstobecheerful!
I'm not dead, which is good,
but just when I think I'm winning,
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life blew wilder than the wind

Japan absolutely loved this song

 

[schmunk]

Hi @El Presidente - is the average wages figure - average wages across the entire club - so everyone from Press to Marketing to Coaches to Ticketing and high paid directors ! - but also all the professional players (men and women)
Is it possible to work out - from the accounts - the average mens players wages figure ? Do you try and do that ?

Completely not answering your question, but I note the £146M quoted is the Group of Companies figure for BHAFC Holdings Ltd, which will include the women's team and other enterprises - the figure in the accounts is £146,221,000.

This figure covers 122 playing staff and 1,114 non-playing staff and directors (of which 773 are part-time).

The BHAFC Ltd (i.e. Men's team and academy) accounts show a figure of £142,235,000 covering 97 playing staff and 1,063 non-playing (of which the same 773 are part time).

This leaves 25 Women players and 51 non-playing staff paid £3.98M between them, for an average of £52,000 per YEAR.

In fact the Women's team accounts show 25 players and 47 staff paid a total of £3,530,316 - i.e. £49,000 per year on average.

(N.B. these figures include employer NI and pension contributions)

 

[Gabbiano]

Which player sales/purchases does this include, i.e. what is the cutoff date?

Are we expecting a huge drop off in next year's numbers to account for the summer spending spree and lack of megasales in summer 24?

 

[Brian Munich]

3.2m a year for Barbs. Blimey.

It's a massive salary, but to put it in perspective it's probably less than what Milner, Ferdi and March each earn per year.