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What the filed accounts show, season by season from 2005/06 to 2024/25: 20 of 20 seasons have a filing in the database. Figures as filed, not adjusted: on the nearest group that holds the club alone, or on the club company where no such group files; the table names which for each season.

(100)(50)500(1.3)05/0607/0809/1011/1213/1415/1617/1819/2021/2223/2424/252005/0615.92006/075.62007/0836.72008/0945.52009/1056.02010/1114.82011/1236.62012/136.72013/144.72014/1524.72015/162.92016/1744.62017/1870.22018/19(32.2)2019/20(54.0)2020/21(127.2)2021/22(45.5)2022/23(52.1)2023/24(17.7)2024/25(1.3)
Profit or loss before tax, £m, for the 20 of 20 seasons with a filing in the database; the latest in orange. A dot marks a season with no filing in the database.

Revenue and profit, by season

SeasonDivisionAccounts ofRevenue, £mProfit before tax, £mOwner-related gains in it, £m
2005/06Premier LeagueNearest group137.215.90.0
2006/07Premier LeagueNearest group200.85.60.0
2007/08Premier LeagueNearest group223.036.70.0
2008/09Premier LeagueNearest group313.345.50.0
2009/10Premier LeagueNearest group379.956.00.0
2010/11Premier LeagueNearest group255.714.80.0
2011/12Premier LeagueNearest group243.036.60.0
2012/13Premier LeagueNearest group280.46.70.0
2013/14Premier LeagueNearest group301.94.70.0
2014/15Premier LeagueNearest group344.524.70.0
2015/16Premier LeagueNearest group353.52.90.0
2016/17Premier LeagueNearest group424.044.60.0
2017/18Premier LeagueNearest group403.370.20.0
2018/19Premier LeagueNearest group395.6(32.2)0.0
2019/20Premier LeagueNearest group344.5(54.0)0.0
2020/21Premier LeagueNearest group328.2(127.2)0.0
2021/22Premier LeagueNearest group371.9(45.5)0.0
2022/23Premier LeagueNearest group466.7(52.1)0.0
2023/24Premier LeagueNearest group616.6(17.7)0.0
2024/25Premier LeagueNearest group691.0(1.3)0.0

Losses in brackets. Profit before tax is as filed. Owner-related gains are the gains from the owner or its companies that the accounts count inside that profit (the hidden-losses record); they are not taken out of it here, and they are read for Premier League seasons only ("–" in a Championship season). Where no figure is shown, the reason is given: "not printed", neither reading found the figure on the pages read; "read once only", only one reading found it; "readings differ", the two readings disagree; "not read", no reading of the filing holds it.

"Accounts of": the nearest group that holds the club alone, or the club company where no such group files or the group's filing does not hold the club for that season. A season whose accounts cover other than 12 months shows its length beside it, from the year ends the database holds for that company.

Net assets, debt and owner support, by season

SeasonNet assets, £mBorrowings by lender, £mGoing concern relies on owner
2005/06130.6
  • Banks 272.6
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 25.2
Not agreed
2006/07133.4
  • Banks 62.9
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 277.3
No
2007/08159.1
  • Banks 138.5
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 272.9
No
2008/09194.3
  • Banks 129.2
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 268.1
No
2009/10255.3
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 263.2
No
2010/11268.0
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 258.1
No
2011/12not printed
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 252.5
No
2012/13303.4
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 246.7
No
2013/14310.6
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 240.5
No
2014/15330.7
  • Owner 3.0
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 233.8
No
2015/16not printed
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 208.2
No
2016/17not printed
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 201.0
No
2017/18419.9
  • Other outside lenders (bonds included) 193.4
No
2018/19 to 2019/20Premier League: no balance-sheet record for 2018/19 and 2019/20
2020/21237.8
  • Owner 201.6
  • Outside, type disputed 16.3
Yes
2021/22192.3
  • Owner 217.6
  • Bonds 16.8
Yes
2022/23145.5
  • Owner 258.9
  • Bonds 17.2
Yes
2023/24127.9
  • Owner 324.1
  • Bonds 17.7
Yes
2024/25126.5
  • Owner 340.1
  • Bonds 18.2
Yes

Read twice from each filing, as agreed by both readings: Premier League seasons from 2020/21 from the balance-sheet record; Premier League seasons 2005/06 to 2017/18 and every Championship season from the records built on the Championship's method. Each record keeps its own lender types.

Owner
the club's ultimate controlling party, its parent or companies in its group, or a person or company acting for it, as the related-party note shows.
Banks
bank loans and overdrafts.
Bonds
bonds, loan notes, private placements and debentures held by lenders outside the club (Premier League from 2020/21).
Other outside lenders
other debt to lenders outside the club: funding secured on central payments, factoring, finance leases, preference shares treated as debt, and lenders the accounts do not name. Marked "(bonds included)" in the records that count bonds and loan notes here too.
Outside, type disputed
both readings place the lender outside the club but differ on its type.
Going concern relies on owner
"Yes", the directors say the club can carry on because its owner will support it; "Conditional", that support is promised only if something goes wrong, or as a promise not to call existing loans; "No", the directors do not rely on it; "Not agreed", the two readings differ.

From the Orange Ledger's database as of 31 October 2026: figures read from accounts filed at Companies House, not official figures, and the database holds what was read; it does not make it verified. Arsenal's squad cost ratio · All clubs.