Arsenal Football Club plc

The club was founded in 1886 and joined the Football League proper in 1893. Honours include 13 league titles, 12 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and a European Cup Winner’s Cup. The club’s new stadium at Ashburton Grove (opened for season 2006/07 and called the Emirates Stadium) doubled previous attendance capacity to 60,432 so there was a significant match-day revenue boost from this point forward.

The club was founded in 1886 and joined the Football League proper in 1893. Honours include 13 league titles, 12 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and a European Cup Winner’s Cup. The club’s new stadium at Ashburton Grove (opened for season 2006/07 and called the Emirates Stadium) doubled previous attendance capacity to 60,432 so there was a significant match-day revenue boost from this point forward. Arsenal’s parent company, Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company, with 62,217 shares issued and traded on the NEX Exchange. The largest shareholder is American sports tycoon Stan Kroenke with approximately two-thirds holding.

Financial Overview –

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees
2015/16* 353.500 2.900 55.7  
2014/15* 344.500 24.700 58.4 605
2013/14* 301.900 4.700 55.1 548
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2007/08 183.301 48.340 52.7 379
2006/07 139.003 -39.471 63.2 374
2005/06 132.112 29.778 58.6 312
2004/05 115.075 18.053 53.6 293
2003/04 115.056 -2.525 59.5 271
2002/03 103.789 -2.969 58.4 256
2001/02 90.602 -18.882 66.7 239
2000/01 62.911 29.401 64.6 218
1999/00 61.260 21.215 55.5 188
1998/99 48.623 2.068 54.5 180
1997/98 40.391 5.932 54.2 178
1996/97 27.158 -1.575 56.3 178
1995/96 20.975 -3.611 48.0 139
1994/95 23.936 1.941   132
1993/94 21.472 5.630   128

* = Arsenal Holdings plc