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West Ham delay release of financial accounts

Gold sullivan BradyWest Ham have yet to reveal their financial accounts for last season and look likely to run right to the maximum deadline of 28th February this year before their financial secrets are revealed. Their financial accounts were released early on 4th November in 2015 and 29th December in 2014 but it appears they will delay the release of their company accounts to companies house to the very last possible moment this year.

The significant of this year’s accounts is a number of revelations about leaving Green street and moving to Stratford. They will reveal how much they sold the Boleyn Ground for (rumoured to be £38m) how much they spent on the London Stadium in addition to their £15m up front fee. They spent half a million on Claret and Blue seats and are thought to have spent another £7.5m on the club store fit out and WestHamification of the former Olympic Stadium. External bank debts were paid off last summer as the loans were mortgaged against the Boleyn Ground stadium.

Turnover of match receipts, retail and commercial are also likely to show significant grown both because it was the last season at the Boleyn Ground and also in terms of cash as they took from season ticket deposits early for the London Stadium.

Despite these numbers the West Ham holding company accounts are rumoured to show the Hammers made an overall loss last season of £5m.

In August last year Chairman’s son tweeted “Debt is still £90/£100m, if things go according to plan we can pay it off within 3 years, This is because most of the income transfers, wages and agents. The pound fall against the Euro and dollar has cost us several million pounds on what we owe on transfers from foreign clubs as we and all clubs pay over 24/36 months. The OS brings in £12m more than Upton Park due to family affordable football. We sold Upton Park for £38m, £15m was contribution towards conversion of OS, £8m for building out the shell of shop, offices, making the stadium have the look and feel of WHU (seats/signs etc) £5m covered the loss of season 2015/2016. £11m went towards debt”  

When we asked a club’s spokesman about the imminent release of the company accounts we were told: “I can confirm we will file accounts by the end of February in line with statutory requirements.”

 

 

About Sean Whetstone

I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

6 comments on “West Ham delay release of financial accounts

  1. Tax accounts and payment by 31.1., company accounts by end of Feb, like any other business in the UK. What’s the story ?
    West Ham probably thought why are you wasting our time…..

    • Company accounts have to be filed within nine months of the company year end. Like most football clubs our financial year end is 31st May to coincide with the end of the season.

  2. This is one for the financial wizards in the fan base.I just stick to a pitch a ball & twenty two players.All the rest is a sideshow for those fans with the inclination to give a rats.

  3. Of very little interest to me, we had a shed load of debt, we sold the Boleyn, got less debt now….

  4. It all goes over me head.All the stuff away from the 90 minutes i go to watch others can be fussed about

  5. I know a little about accounting but I’m not an expert. These figures show just how little the sale of Upton park paid off the debt ie £11m out of £38m was used to pay debt. We’ll still get some fanse screaming where’s the money? the dildo brothers have pocketed the money from the sale of UP etc. Its going to take time for the move to pay off both on and off the pitch.

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