Financial Results - Year End June 30, 2021

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Guido 🇺🇦 Guido 🇺🇦 - thanks a lot for posting it here.
For me personally it was interesting and easy reading. As I work as full time credit analyst in corporate banking.

So as a Spurs fan and analyst I'd like to sum it up for those who did not want to go through all of it.

1) SPURS DOES NOT HAVE A DEBT PROBLEM; NOT EVEN CLOSE - there is debt and there is debt. There can be very different types of liabilities. You can owe credit card company that charges you ~15-20% per year for the drinks you ordered while nightclubbing or you can owe bank a 3-5% interest rate mortgage for home in growing population center where prices have doubled since you took the mortgage. Football clubs can also have similar issues - we could finance liquidity with overdraft and pay off salaries of players and staff, or clubs can build assets that generate income for future. Spurs have only done the latter. And obviously the increased revenue from new stadium far exceeds the loan repayments per year.
As it was pointed out - our short term debt amount was as little as 57 million. This is ~13% of our total revenue, which is not too much. Though usually these amounts are compared to pre-amortization profits, but I would not go as deep.

2) SPURS HAVE THE MONIES - while having significant debt, we also had cash buffer of 148 million pounds (!!). And first thing about having money to buy assets is - YOU PAY WITH MONEY (actual cash), NOT PROFITS (just concept). So even before the 150 mil injection we had same amount of cash in the balance sheet. Also our cash balance is enough to cover the debt servicing of more than 2 years (not sure the interest payment and too lazy to google it; for principle payments it would almost cover 3 years).

3) CURRENT ECONOMY MAKES SPURS INVESTMENT EVEN SMARTER - now this part goes further from content posted; just an observation from economy. Currently we are seeing fast tempo inflation - quick googling shows that UK saw yearly inflation of 9%. So now lets assume that our average loan interest is 3%. That would mean that real/net interest rate is -6%! Or to put it other way - we have taken the loan in in valuable money and we are paying loan back with lot cheaper money. Principle amounts will not change but value of the money is in quick decrease. So that is very favourable for the clubs point of view. Most likely this 706 or 857 million pounds will be peanuts in few years time. Of course this inflation rate will not last forever. And central banks will increase the price of money which will mean our interest payments will increase, but I have no doubt that financial person Levy is, our interest rates are fixed / hedged in large part.

So we are in VERY-VERY good position financially. We got an equity injection by owners but on top of this we have significant cash buffer and our yearly cashflows will support future investments/expenditure as well.

Now lets hope the club can use these resources wisely and spend on players in better fashion than we have in recent past.
 

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Long read.

Financial results - year end 30 June, 2021​

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Tue 23 November 2021, 09:00|Tottenham Hotspur

Financial highlights​

June, 2021June, 2020
£m£m
Match Receipts1.994.5
UEFA Prize Money23.651.2
TV and Media184.495.2
Commercial152.0161.5
Revenue361.9402.4
Profit from Operations97.1115.3
Loss before Tax(80.2)(67.7)
• Match receipts of £1.9m (2020: £94.5m) due to games played behind closed doors.
• UEFA prize money was £23.6m (2020: £51.2m) reflecting the difference between competing in the UEFA Europa League compared to the UEFA Champions League.
• TV and media revenues were £184.4m (2020: £95.2m) as a result of the prior season being suspended and completed in the current financial year.
• Commercial revenue from sponsorship grew during the year but was negatively impacted by the loss of third-party events such as NFL, concerts and tours.
• Profit from operations, excluding football trading and before depreciation and exceptional items, was £97.1m (2020: £115.3m).
• Last two financial years significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in pre-tax losses of nearly £150m for the two-year period.
• Refinancing of short-term debt - Government CCFF (£175m) and BAML (£50m) both refinanced through a bond issue.
• Net debt of £706m (2020: £605m) with average interest rate of 2.7% and repayment terms extended to 2051, extending the average term of debt to over 22 years.
• As with past years, no dividend has been paid with all operating profits being reinvested in the Club.

Chairman’s Statement​

The financial results published for our year ended 30 June, 2021, reflect the challenging period of the pandemic and the incredibly damaging timing of COVID-19 coinciding, as it did, with the opening of our stadium in April, 2019. With no less than three lockdowns our operations were severely disrupted, albeit this was secondary to the impact everyone felt in their personal and family lives.
Many of our staff continued to work through all the lockdowns to keep the stadium open for local food distribution, NHS vaccination and ante-natal clinics, along with certain key club operations. We are extremely grateful to them.
We report our results at a time when we are delighted our fans can return to the stadium to cheer on the players. I want to give special thanks for their continued support throughout this extremely difficult period.
We look forward to the Government’s fan-led review and to delivering enhanced supporter engagement and consultation.
I also want to take this opportunity to particularly acknowledge our two main commercial partners, AIA and Nike. They have been with us on our journey and have shown total support and loyalty. I have said it before and I repeat it now - we could not have reached this stage and delivered our stadium without their long-term commitment.
I should like to welcome cinch, our new Official Sleeve Partner and Getir, our new Official Training Wear Partner and to thank all our incredibly supportive partners. Commercial partnerships such as these play a significant part in our ability to grow our Club.
All of this, together, kept us going and as a result we have emerged from the pandemic financially stable. Global uncertainties remain and the Club is not alone in facing significant cost pressures resulting from the impact of the pandemic on supply chain constraints and consequences of Brexit.
Resilience is, however, a hallmark of everyone at the Club.

Foundations in place​

Before looking ahead, I wanted to reflect on our journey to date. Since ENIC became the majority shareholder in 2001 we have had a clear three-step strategy. Firstly, we worked to improve football performance and, whilst no one club has a right to a smooth, continuous, upward trajectory, we have seen the club rise from middle to bottom-of-the-table finishes to being in European competition in 15 out of the last 16 seasons.
Secondly, we built a state-of-the-art training centre to attract, train and retain the best talent, both for the Academy and the First Team. We have gone on to do far more than that with the delivery of our award-winning player accommodation, ‘The Lodge’, which has been instrumental in providing exceptional rest and recovery facilities for players and, during COVID-19 times, provided an ideal isolation facility for the early return of players to the squad.
Thirdly, we set out to deliver an increased capacity stadium that would not only generate greater matchday revenues, but also the opportunity for more fans to attend games. Our Club could not remain competitive with one of the smallest stadiums in the Premier League.
Since opening, our stadium has been recognised with 18 awards including the prestigious RIBA London and National awards. We are delighted to have been selected to pilot safe standing in January, 2022, and be able to offer our fans the choice. This is something for which the Club has lobbied for some time and for which we future-proofed the stadium seating design to accommodate.
Having delivered our training centre, The Lodge and stadium we shall not stand still, we shall continue to innovate and ensure the most exceptional player, fan and visitor experiences.
Our building blocks for the future success of the Club are now firmly in place.

Our Club strategy​

Going forward, therefore, our strategy is clear - to drive and generate revenues to invest in all of our football activities.
Football success, in turn, supports the growth of our Club, our fanbase and consequently wider, commercial opportunities and partnerships, which then deliver further revenue to reinvest in football - the virtuous, sustainable circle on which our Club model is based.
We shall develop new and diverse revenue streams to increase recurring revenues. Third party events such as conferencing, NFL, concerts, boxing and rugby are all examples of this. Our stadium is a key component to our revenue growth yet, unbelievably, we have still not seen and enjoyed a full season in our new stadium with attendances.
We shall continue to invest in our senior management and our staff to deliver this and look to decrease our reliance on football revenues alone, such that we protect our Club’s long-term sustainability.
We welcomed Todd Kline in March of this year, as our new Chief Commercial Officer. Todd, who joins us from the William Morris Endeavour agency and the NFL franchise Miami Dolphins, is focussed on securing additional partnerships and strategic commercial opportunities across the Club.
This was a position held by a much-missed colleague, Simon Bamber, who sadly and suddenly passed away this year. He will always be in our thoughts, as a colleague, a fan and a wise counsel to us all.
We shall also undertake supporting property projects. The development of the hotel, for example, on the stadium campus, will support our Conference and Events business and generate not only additional revenues, but also training and jobs in the local community.
It has always been the case that, whilst football is at our core, we find ourselves in an area of such need, we must ensure that our activities benefit the widest possible community and improve the surrounding environs for all who live, study, work in or visit the area.

Beating heart of North Tottenham - LDN17​

We have grown organically in a self-sustaining manner. Every penny we make is re-invested in the Club. This means that every fan who has ever engaged with and supported the Club, by going to games or wearing our colours, has, in some way, contributed to the Club we are today. They have all played a part in our growth, in the development of the building blocks for our future success, in providing opportunities and inclusivity for our communities.
We fundamentally believe we have a key role to play in the transformation of our neighbourhood. You will have seen new schools, plans for homes, shops and businesses around the stadium. It has always been our ambition to see the new stadium kick-start wider regeneration and attract increased spend in the local economy. We are passionate about revitalising our neighbourhood and raising the aspirations of those who live here. We all rise when we lift others.
We have also worked hard to include environmentally sustainable options in our operations. This has seen us recognised as the greenest Club in the Premier League and host the first Net Zero game. Like many organisations we still have so much more to do.
I was proud to see the Club recognised with the award of the Advanced Level Premier League Equality Standard. Our audited accounts confirm that we pay all permanent staff and casual workers the London Living Wage (LLW) and require third-party suppliers to be equally committed to paying LLW.
Our activities reflect the responsible and respectful nature of our Club.
What we are doing in LDN17 will be a legacy for us all.

On the Pitch​

It is far from ideal to make changes to coaching staff, however, we have acted swiftly and decisively when we felt it necessary, always looking to act in the best interests of the Club.
We extend a warm welcome to Fabio Paratici, Managing Director, Football, and our new Head Coach, Antonio Conte, along with his coaching staff. We are also delighted to see Ryan Mason join this group.
The appointments of Fabio and Antonio are a clear demonstration of our intent and ambition.
Since opening the stadium in April, 2019, we have spent almost £400m on players. Player spending is no guarantee of success, and our focus must be on improved recruitment, coaching, fitness and a competitive mindset.
Fabio continued the rebuild in the summer, resulting in the average age of our new summer signings being 22 years compared to the average age of 31 years for the outgoing players. We shall also look to continue the well-established path for youngsters from our Academy to our First Team. I know that Antonio’s approach is if a player is good enough, he will play, regardless of status or age.
I should like to take this opportunity to formally congratulate our Women’s First Team Head Coach, Rehanne Skinner, on a successful first year at the Club. Under the tutelage of Rehanne and her coaching staff, the team has had a positive start to what is only their third FA Women’s Super League (WSL) season.
The Women’s First Team has seen a rapid rise from being semi-professional less than five years ago to finishing second in the FA Women’s Championship and earning promotion to the WSL in 2019.
The north London derby against Woolwich, held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November, 2019, set a new all-time attendance record for the WSL of 38,262 which remains in place.
We are currently undertaking the construction of exclusive facilities for the Women’s First Team at the training centre, alongside a dedicated match quality training pitch, where the Women’s First Team now train full-time.

Looking ahead​

Sustainability is a key word in football. We have seen how fragile the finances of a football club can be and the impact of losses on the stability of the football pyramid. As custodians we have to protect the Club for future generations of fans.
We have come a long way and we have so much further to go. We remain relentlessly ambitious and are determined to deliver honours and make our supporters proud.
 

Here's the actual accounts. The club is pretty healthy actually once you get past the headline loss figures. I suspect we will be in a better position than most other clubs going forward.

Also, they state all non footballing activities will be going back into he club to support the football team. So that should please those who think ENIC trouser all that cash.
 
No doubt... Saturday night = peak drinking time.

Same as these Gaga & GnR type gigs..... Should be massive money spinners.

Levy needs to be having a word with Adele's people about a series of summer shows.... She's fucking huge.... They could fill WHL about 4, 5, 6 times over if they're the only UK shows. Whack on 4/5 acts and the place could be open 2pm - 11pm like the old Wembley stadium shows. £$£$£$£$
Bit unfair imo, she has lost some weight recently
 

Here's the actual accounts. The club is pretty healthy actually once you get past the headline loss figures. I suspect we will be in a better position than most other clubs going forward.

Also, they state all non footballing activities will be going back into he club to support the football team. So that should please those who think ENIC trouser all that cash.
But what's the point in giving the money when Mason is picking the team?!
 
Levy..."We have come a long way and we have so much further to go. We remain relentlessly ambitious and are determined to deliver honours and make our supporters proud." :nunothumb:
 
We have a lot of fans that consider a healthy bank account more exciting than success on the pitch

I do wonder if other clubs have such a strange fan base as we do
Probably because many older fans have watched club after club fail to spend their way to victory - for every Chelsea and City there are a dozen failures, from Wolves back in the eighties through "doing a Leeds" there have been BristolCity, Aston Villa, Luton, Swansea, Wimbledon, Wrexham, Man City once reached Div II, Forest, Carlise, Oxford, Orient, Sunderland, Sheffield, M'Boro the list goes on ... clubs whose financial problems saw them drop down the leagues (or even out of them) like the proverbial stone.

Of course, we want to win things but not at the risk of "Doing a Leeds" ... with a billion-pound stadium now bringing in enormous revenue that risk is massively reduced, so now having protected the "healthy bank account" now, with Covid on the way out, now is the time to invest on the pitch.

Strange fan base? or just older and wiser, after having seen so many fail so badly?
 
Revenue tanking year on year from 460M to 400M now 360M

Any other business would sack their CEO

Funnily enough we won't be making the CL final every year... Good news is that we won't be weathering a pandemic every year either.


Well done for ignoring any semblance of context though. :contefacepalm2:
 
I always think these results show the ceaseless loyalty of our fanbase. We're the only one of the top 10 earning clubs that consistently wins absolutely fuck all. Yet we're up there in revenue with clubs that win trophies nearly every year.

Our returns on the pitch are actually abysmal compared to our results off the pitch which are broadly speaking pretty good.

We have only been a European top ten earning club for three seasons, back in 2001 we were down in 17th on 48m less than 50% of Utd's 2001 income.

In 2021 we were 9th on 500m still 30% behind Utd but closing the gap ... so not consistently top ten at all, we've only just made that elite group.

We were still a long way behind the EPL clubs that win trophies Utd 651m, Liv 627m, City 617m, Chelsea 527m

This year all club's accounts for 2019/20 will see their income drop dramatically, our accounts show that. It won't be until we have a full year's income from a fully open stadium that we will see just how much more the gap has closed.

FYI - we are the 5th highest income club in the EPL - we have averaged 5th in the EPL over the last ten years - I would say our results are pretty much the same off and on the pitch - we now need both to get better.
 
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So, pre-tax losses over the 2-year period = £150 million.

Sell someone, maybe? Trouble is, we don't have anyone who's worth that much.

There is absolutely no need for that. Don't focus on the media headline grabbing losses. Every club reporting their accounts in the next few months will have the same story. What is most important are the revenues coming into the club this season and with the return of fans and the extra events they will be huge. Apart from the financially doped clubs we should be the ones who will recover quickest and be able to invest more going forward. We are actually in really god shape considering.
 
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