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 |
| – – – | – – – | – – – | – – – | – – – |
| 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