Financial Overview
Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
2005/06* |
20.507 |
-2.794 |
81.9 |
201 |
2004/05* |
39.317 |
-3.615 |
67.3 |
230 |
2003/04 |
49.823 |
2.979 |
52.8 |
271 |
2002/03 |
48.875 |
-0.484 |
54.6 |
249 |
2001/02 |
38.539 |
3.288 |
58.7 |
273 |
2000/01 |
29.098 |
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375 |
1999/00 |
20.807 |
-3.427 |
76.1 |
288 |
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- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
1993/94* |
7.240 |
-1.118 |
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* Southampton FC Ltd - other figures for plc
Spectator Numbers since 1994/95
(domestic league matches only)
Archived Articles on Southampton FC
Saints Takeover Imminent? - 12/03/2008
There have been a number of false alarms about possible takeovers of former Premiership club Southampton. However, a bid is about to be launched by a consortium headed by barrister and Southampton fan Jonathon Fulthorpe. Fulthorpe has joined forces with local businessman John Cousins and the pair have apparently been working on a proposal for several months. It is believed that they have held several meetings with officials at the club and that they have 'significant' funds to inject, although what 'significant' means in cash terms remains to be seen.
Irish Tycoon In Frame For Saints Takeover - 17/02/2008
Irish cinemas tycoon Tom Anderson has emerged as the latest potential buyer of Southampton. Directors are in talks with a group of local businessman, but Anderson is close to making an offer for the near-30 per cent stake of the club's leading shareholder and former chairman Rupert Lowe. The deal is understood to have been brokered by former Everton chairman Paul Gregg and his associate Tom McLoughlin. It is believed that Gregg may also take an equity stake. Southampton has now been up for sale for 18 months to the growing frustration of its fans. Anderson runs Ward Anderson which took control of a dozen UK movie theatres in 2005 including the Leicester Square Empire. The Anderson family is said to be worth £105m.
New Bid For Saints - 06/01/2008
British-Iranian business tycoon Kia Joorabchian is reportedly involved in a £50m consortium hoping to take over Southampton. The founder and president of Media Sports Investment was outbid by an Icelandic consortium when he tried to buy West Ham 18 months ago. Microsoft tycoon Paul Allen has been rumoured to have been interested in Saints in the past. Late last year SISU Capital were interested in a bid for the club but ended up buying Coventry after resistance from major Saints shareholders. Three Southampton directors subsequently quit the club. Saints need new investment if they are to avoid a fire sale of players.
Uncle Rupe Blocks Saints Takeover - 25/11/2007
Former Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe will not support the proposed takeover of the club by hedge fund Sisu Capital...
Saints Deal In Danger - 04/11/2007
Southampton could be forced into a fire sale of players in the January transfer window to cut costs and generate working capital if takeover talks remain deadlocked...
Hedge Fund Buys Majority Stake In Saints - 28/10/2007
The board of Southampton Leisure, owner of Southampton Football Club, has accepted a bid from a UK investment company valued at about...
Saints Bid Rumoured - 13/07/2007
Reports have claimed that the state owned Dubai International Capital, the overseas investment arm of Dubai Holdings, have been holding talks about a possible takeover...
Microsoft Boss In For Saints - 28/04/2007
The latest US sports franchise owner to be lured by English football is Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft who is considering an approach for the firm that owns Southampton Football Club...
Lowe Resigns At Saints - 02/07/2006
Rupert Lowe resigned as Southampton chairman 72 hours before an extraordinary general meeting of the club which would have almost certainly seen his demise...
Pressure Mounts Rupe - 09/04/2006
The pressure on embattled Southampton chairman Rupert Lowe has intensified as it emerged that engineering entrepreneur Leon Crouch had taken a 9 per cent stake in the club's parent company...
Revolt Grows At Southampton - 27/01/2006
With Southampton stuck in the lower reaches of the Championship, fans' dissatisfaction with Saints chairman Rupert Lowe is growing...
Saints' Profits Slump - 06/09/2005
Southampton's pre-tax profits fell from £2.9m in the previous year to £200,000 in the 2004-5 financial year...
Supporters Trusts Formed At Two Clubs - 11/06/2005
Supporters trusts have been formed at two clubs in the last week: Southampton, a relegated club where many fans are angry with club chairman Rupert Lowe and Charlton Athletic where fans have had a supporters' director on the board...
Relegation Would Hit Southampton Hard - 09/05/2005
One of four teams will escape relegation from the Premiership next Sunday, but the least likely candidates for survival are Southampton...
Southampton Take Financial Hit - 31/01/2005
The latest financial news from St.Mary's is not good for Premiership strugglers Southampton. Parent company Southampton Leisure slipped to an unusual pre-tax interim loss of £1.66m...
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