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Manchester United PLC MANU

10 fiscal years on record · GBP · FY2024 reported · SEC filings only
£666.5M
▲ 0.7% YoY
£-33.0M
£28.0M
▼ 58.9% YoY

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

In brief

What this company does

Manchester United plc operates its business as a single reporting segment comprising the operation of professional sports teams. Its stadium, Old Trafford, seats 74,233 supporters, including accessible platforms accommodating 556 disabled supporters. It reviews its revenue through three principal sectors: Commercial, Broadcasting and Matchday. Within the Commercial sector, it commercializes its brand through two revenue streams, sponsorship and retail, merchandising, apparel and product licensing. Broadcasting revenue is derived from global television rights relating to the Premier League, UEFA club competitions and other competitions. The substantial majority of its tickets are sold to general admission and executive season ticket holders, most of whom pay for all their tickets in advance of the first game of the season. Its men's team was founded in 1878 as Newton Heath L&YR Football Club and has operated for over 147 years.

Written from the business description in Manchester United plc's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 18 September 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

GBP 666.5M
Revenue, FY2024 · full 10-year series below
Revenue £M Net income £M
FY2024 · Revenue 666.5 · Net income -33.0
250.0M500.0M-50.0M-100.0M
2015201820212024
Compound annual growth
+4.6%
+5.5%
+12.9%
+7.6%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +5.5% a year over the five years to FY2024.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

−5 cents
lost on every revenue dollar
Operating margin Net margin
FY2024 · Operating -2.8% · Net -5.0%
5%10%-5%-10%-15%
201520192024
ROE
FY2024 · ROE -19.5%
-50%
201520192024
Three returns, three denominators.

Each GBP of equity lost 20 cents this year.

Cash & shareholders

·
returned in FY2024 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow £M
FY2024 · FCF 28.0
100M200M
201520192024
Net buybacks £M Dividends £M
FY2021 · Dividends 33.6 · Net buybacks ·
20M40MDividendsNet buybacks
2015201620172018201920202021

Total assetsGBP 1.6B
CashGBP 86.1M
Gross debtGBP 637.0M
Net debtGBP 550.9M
Current ratio0.38×

Net debt stands at 284% of equity.

The 10-year record

10 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · GBP
row low → row highnegative—not applicable◌not available in our data
MANU, 10-year financial record
Metric 2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Revenue £B0.70.70.60.60.50.50.60.60.60.5
Operating income £B−0.0−0.1−0.0−0.1−0.00.00.00.00.10.1
EBITDA £B◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌◌
Income tax £B−0.0−0.0−0.0−0.00.10.00.00.10.00.0
Net income £B−0.0−0.1−0.0−0.1−0.1−0.00.0−0.00.00.0
Free cash flow £B0.00.10.10.10.1−0.00.20.10.20.2
EPS, diluted £−0.19−0.68−0.18−0.71−0.57−0.140.11−0.230.240.22
Dividend / sh £◌0.000.000.210.070.140.140.130.140.12
Payout %———−29−12−100124−585955
ROE %−19.5−90.9−24.8−57.8−29.6−6.14.5−8.38.37.9

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 38 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 10 of the 10 fiscal years we could check. 18 checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2016. Eight checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2015.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityServices-Amusement & Recreation Services
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated innot stated in the filings
Fiscal year endsJune 30
Data on record since2015

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