Wolves post £15.3m loss in 2024/25 accounts after 13-month period | OneFootball

Wolves have posted a £15.3m loss in their 2024/25 accounts, the club’s fourth consecutive year in the red.

According to ExpressAndStar.com, the accounting period was extended to 30 June, creating a 13-month window that annualises to a £1.5m profit over 12 months. The shift aligns with Premier League peers, contract cycles and the football calendar, and fixes a prior month-one wage misalignment.

The last profit was £18.4m in 2020/21, followed by losses of £46.1m, £67.2m and £14.3m before the latest figure.

Including last summer’s sales, Matheus Cunha joined Manchester United for £62.5m and Rayan Ait-Nouri moved to Manchester City for about £33.5m, potentially rising to £36m. With earlier exits for Max Kilman, Pedro Neto, Daniel Podence, Mario Lemina and Luke Cundle, profit on disposals reached £117m, up from £64.6m in 2023/24. Additional contingent fees arrived for Morgan Gibbs-White, Francisco Trincao and Pedro Goncalves.

Recruitment costs and decisions offset gains. New arrivals Tommy Doyle, Pedro Lima, Rodrigo Gomes, Andre and Sam Johnstone, plus fresh contracts and Gary O’Neil’s sacking for Vitor Pereira, pushed amortisation and impairment to £87.8m, up from £67.2m. January deals for Emmanuel Agbadou at £16.6m and Marshall Munetsi at £15m contributed, though player trading still produced a £29.2m profit versus a £2.6m loss the previous year.

Wolves did not replace Kilman after his £40m move to West Ham, while Neto’s sale to Chelsea for a fee rising to £54m led to a late loan for Carlos Forbs, who had limited impact. These choices, among others, have contributed to likely relegation in 2026.

Revenue slipped to £172m from £177.7m as the league finish fell from 14th to 16th and one fewer UK TV match was shown, 15 rather than 16. Commercial partnerships grew by more than £1m. Average attendance dropped from 31,265 to 30,881.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com