Reading Football Club (Holdings) plc

Submitted by JSB on Wed, 16/12/2009 - 19:50

Reading F.C. were formed in 1871. Promoted to the Premier League after season 2005/06 - the first time the club had ever made the top league since its foundation in 1871. The club is chaired by John Madejski (who bought the club in 1991) . Since 1998 they have played at the Madejski Stadium (capacity: 24,244), on the outskirts of Reading. Prior to this they played at Elm Park for 102 years.

Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Financial Overview **

Year	Turnover	Pre-tax profit	Wages / Turnover ratio (%)	Employees
2007/08	57.698	6.706	57.4	503
2006/07	49.909	6.573	59.7	444
2005/06	17.768	-6.465	80.2	435
2004/05	15.118	-4.554	73.1	438
2003/04	15.590	-1.850	60.4	391
2002/03	14.903	-1.616	59.9	403
2001/02	12.915	-2.762	63.3	409
2000/01	10.786	-4.570	69.2	421
1999/00	2.426	-2.569		248
- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -	- - -
1997/98	3.966	-4.096	97.1	98
1996/97	3.311	-0.539	91.7	86
1995/96	2.840	0.209		85
1994/95	2.999	-0.172		72

** - Figures from 1999/00 forward are for Reading Football Club (Holdings) plc, previous figures are for Reading Football Club Ltd.

Website:

www.readingfc.co.uk

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Financial Overview **

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