A.F.C. Bournemouth | Bournemouth Football Club Ltd
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 15/12/2009 - 19:34
Otherwise known as AFC Bournemouth, or The Cherries to its fans, their name prior to 1971 was Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic, and the club is registered under this name (with an ownership change in 1997, they became Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Football Club (1998)'), and A.F.C. Bournemouth is a trade name. The club plays at Dean Court (capacity: 9,600) and have been in existence since 1899.
JD Sports became club sponsor in a 3 year deal starting from 2008 - 2009 season and is associated with the Carbrini Sportswear brand.
In 2008 the club sold their stadium (but not the surrounding land) to property management company Structadene to ease debts. This deal was done on a Sale and Lease back agreement.
In June 2009, a consortium of businessmen took over AFC Bournemouth. The consortium included Adam Murry, Jeff Mostyn, former Vice Chairman Steve Sly, Neill Blake and former Dorchester Town Chairman Eddie Mitchell.
Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.
Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
|
2004/05 |
3.388 |
-0.419 |
70.1 |
57 |
|
2003/04 |
3.015 |
-1.044 |
80.4 |
53 |
|
2002/03 |
3.192 |
-0.743 |
75.8 |
56 |
|
2001/02 |
2.660 |
0.736 |
83.3 |
59 |
|
2000/01 |
1.923 |
-0.712 |
99.6 |
57 |
|
1999/00 |
2.375 |
0.103 |
81.6 |
57 |
|
1998/99 |
2.509 |
-0.786 |
|
|
|
1997/98 |
2.243 |
-0.868 |
|
78 |
|
1996/97 |
|
|
|
|
|
1995/96 |
0.811 |
-0.529 |
|
|
|
1994/95 |
0.825 |
0.154 |
|
|
Website:
www.afcb.co.uk
Bournemouth have settled their tax debt with Revenue and Customs. The payment of the £314,000 debt comes ahead