Rotherham United Football Club Limited
The club was founded in 1870 and plays at the Millmoor ground (capacity 7,902). Early in 2006 it was announced that the club was losing £140,000 per month. Since Rotherham did not own their ground (Ken Booth took ownership of Millmoor in return for clearing £3m of debt), and had no tangible assets, administration was not a viable option for them, as it had been for other clubs. Only an intervention by a consortium of local businessmen offering substantial investment and a new business plan averted a possible dissolution of the club (with Dennis Coleman taking over as chairman), although at the cost of a ten-point penalty applied by the FA when starting season 2006/07.
Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.
Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees
2003/04
Year |
Turnover |
Pre-tax profit |
Wages / Turnover ratio (%) |
Employees |
|
2003/04 |
2.751 |
-0.674 |
|
|
|
2002/03 |
2.840 |
-1.022 |
|
|
|
2001/02 |
2.903 |
1.734 |
|
75 |
|
2000/01 |
0.996 |
-0.334 |
|
|
|
1999/00 |
0.709 |
-0.424 |
|
|
|
1998/99 |
0.534 |
-0.507 |
|
|
|
1997/98 |
0.519 |
-0.282 |
|
|
|
1996/97 |
0.314 |
-0.478 |
|
|
|
1995/96 |
0.656 |
-0.171 |
|
|
|
1994/95 |
0.401 |
-0.504 |
|
|
|
1993/94 |
0.389 |
-0.294 |
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