MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Sector comparison
SIC 93120Where the company stands among the 8,668 active companies whose first SIC code is 93120 (Activities of sport clubs).
- RED FOOTBALL HOLDINGS LIMITED£1.5bn
- RED FOOTBALL LIMITED£1.2bn
- MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED£858.4m
- DAVID LLOYD LEISURE LIMITED£568.5m
- MANCHESTER UNITED LIMITED£508.1m
- RED FOOTBALL JOINT VENTURE LIMITED£437.2m
- FALLS BOWLING CLUB C.I.C.£436.2m
- THE ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED£359.8m
- ASTON VILLA LIMITED£339.2m
- NSWE UK LIMITED£242.4m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 8,668. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00095489. It was incorporated on 31 Oct 1907. Its status is active. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of sport clubs (93120).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Jun 2025); the company files full accounts. Loss for the year was £26,270,000. Net assets were −£64,774,000, down 66.5% on the previous year. The company had an average of 758 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 8,668 active companies whose first SIC code is 93120: By net assets it ranks lower than 99% of them (median £15,330). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 8.3 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, knitted clothing, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly knitted clothing, woven clothing, vehicles. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 38 days to pay suppliers, and 6% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 13.5% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
5 persons with significant control are registered. 16 of 21 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 2 Jan 2027.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Profit for the year | -55,086,000 | -26,270,000 |
| Total assets | — | — |
| Total liabilities | 1,268,369,000 | 1,566,020,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | -38,908,000 | -64,774,000 |
| Average number of employees | 937 | 758 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 38 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 6%
- Standard payment terms
- 30–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 42%
- 31 to 60 days 50%
- After 60 days 8%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 37
- 42%
- 11%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 36
- 48%
- 5%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 34
- 50%
- 3%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 32
- 56%
- 2%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 32
- 51%
- 3%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 31
- 53%
- 3%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 35
- 44%
- 5%
- Median hourly pay
- women 13.5% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 73.9% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 19.9% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (6)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 8.9% higher
- women 74.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 9% lower
- women 73.7% lower
- 2022/23
- no gap
- women 82.8% lower
- 2021/22
- women 4.2% lower
- women 86.1% lower
- 2020/21
- women 0.9% lower
- women 72.4% lower
- 2018/19
- women 1.4% higher
- women 79.2% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, International Sportsperson, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, knitted clothing, electrical equipment, woven clothing and optical, medical and measuring instruments.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: knitted clothing, woven clothing, vehicles, printed matter and headgear.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
14 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets −£64.8m, 758 employees
- Mr Patrick Charles Donald Stewart ceased to be a person with significant control
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets −£38.9m, 937 employees
- Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Patrick Charles Donald Stewart registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Richard Arnold ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Ed Woodward ceased to be a person with significant control
- Mr Joel Glazer registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (6)
- Mr Avram Glazer registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Bryan Glazer registered as a person with significant control
- Manchester United Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Richard Arnold registered as a person with significant control
- Mr Ed Woodward registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.