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Wigan Athletic finances

Wigan Athletic has £15m of net debt as of their 2023/24 accounts.

Filed as WIGAN ATHLETIC A.F.C. LIMITED. League One. Latest accounts 2023/24.

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You're viewing 2023/24 filed accounts for Wigan Athletic. The latest filed year is 2024/25.
Wage bill
£12m
Turnover
£9.2m
Profit / loss
-£8.2m
Net debt
£15m
Cash
£324k
Net assets
-£13m

Multi-year picture

Year ended Wages Turnover P&L Cash Net assets
2024/25 latest £9.9m £7.3m -£398k £603k -£14m
2023/24 £12m £9.2m -£8.2m £324k -£13m

Player trading

  • Gross spend on signings (this year)£100k
  • Amortisation charge (this year)£481k
  • Squad book value (intangibles NBV)£291k

In football accounting, "intangible assets" = player registrations. Amortisation is the contract cost spread over the years remaining.

Wage breakdown

  • Wages & salaries£10m
  • Social security (employer NI)£1.1m
  • Pension contributions£106k

HMRC exposure

  • Tax & social security owed at year-end£354k

Unusually large HMRC balances at year-end can signal cash pressure. Most clubs file PAYE monthly, so a multi-million sum sitting unpaid is a flag.

Debt breakdown

Ownership

Persons with significant control (>25% as filed at CH): Community Holdco 2023 Limited

Registered office: The Brick Community Stadium Loire Drive, Robin Park, Wigan, WN5 0UZ

Incorporated: 2021-01-27

Recent filings

  • 2026-04-09 confirmation-statement confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
  • 2026-04-04 accounts accounts-with-accounts-type-full
  • 2025-04-02 confirmation-statement confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
  • 2025-03-27 accounts accounts-with-accounts-type-full
  • 2025-01-31 officers appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
  • 2025-01-31 officers appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
  • 2024-07-12 change-of-name certificate-change-of-name-company
  • 2024-07-12 change-of-name change-of-name-notice
  • 2024-05-09 address change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
  • 2024-04-02 confirmation-statement confirmation-statement-with-updates

Source

Parsed automatically from WIGAN ATHLETIC A.F.C. LIMITED's inline XBRL accounts at Companies House. Filed as: Prior-year comparative (from accounts-with-accounts-type-full). Period ended 2024-06-30, accounts filed —.

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