Shareholders today received the report and accounts for 2013 - now an 80 page book compared to the 32 pages from previous years. Turnover is up to a record £87m yielding a net profit of £1.6m. The accounts continue to highlight the dependence on player trading with a £15.6m profit for the year against £14.1m in 2012 and the combined £26.4m profit on player trading in 2010 and 2011.
Summary
Attendances were up by nearly 10% and gate receipts recovered to the 2011 level of £17.5m
Overall turnover was up to a record level of £86.4m (an increase of 7.3% on last year), helped by a £2.2m increase in commercial revenues and £2.9m increase in media.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) BEFORE player trading was £1.5m – and with player trading included this figure was £17.1m
EBIT excluding player trading showed a £9.8m LOSS against the £19.2m LOSS in 2012.
Interest paid by the club on loans was £4.2m
Overall Profit before Tax was £1.6m – the first profit declared since 2005, and compares to the overall loss of £9.1m in 2012.
Cash flow before investment was £313k negative and before financing £339k negative although overall cash flow was positive at £8.7m due to the addition of a new loan of £10m
Net debt remains at just over £45m
The overall company balance sheet shows net liabilities of £42.7m and compared to the net asset position of £434,000 in 2005.
The wage bill remains unchanged at £63m