Liverpool F.C. balance sheet 1909-10

May 24, 1910
For the year ending April 30, 1910.

Expenditure
		£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
To players’ wages		4786	7	6
To gate division to visitors and benefit matches		138	19	7
To travelling expenses		941	15	1
To training expenses and trainers’ wage		414	9	6
To ground expenses and groundsmen’s wages		377	1	7
To gate expenses, including referees and linesmen		420	16	8
To clothing material & stores		38	18	0
To Associations’ subscriptons and donating		19	0	0
To advertising, printing, posting etc		199	9	8
To rates, taxes, and insurance		384	19	11
To office expense, telephone, stationary, audit, and general charges		373	17	1
To Secretary’s salary and expenses		400	6	11		4435	16	0
To balance profit carried down						8498	1	0
						12931	17	0
To income tax		100	7	1
To mortgage and other interest		1043	17	8
To interest accrued on the two years 6 per cent loans		59	15	0
To bank commission, interest, and charges		98	13	5
To mortgage insurance		51	0	0		1353	13	0
To balance profit to balance sheet						3082	3	0
						4435	16	0
Income
By gate receipts		12246	16	3
By proceeds of matches played away		421	13	6
By season tickets		162	15	6		12831	5	0
By sundry rents and from programme contractors						100	12	0
						12931	17	0
By balance profit brought down						4435	16	0
						4435	16	0
Assets.
Freehold and leasehold (999 years) land						14419	2	0
New and old stands, alterations, and improvement account- As of April 30, 1909		23517	19	0
Expenditure year ending April 30, 1910		32	11	4
		23550	10	4
Transferred from profit and loss account per contra for depreciation, etc		3550	10	4		20000	0	0
Premiums account (transfer fees) – As of April 30, 1909		3640	9	7
Less net balance of transfer fees, year ending April 30, 1910		98	17	10		3541	11	9
Clothing stores on hand						40	0	0
Sundry book debts						6	14	0
Cash in hand						25	0	0
Bank of Liverpool dividen account						3	11	7
						38035	19	11
Liabilities
Share capital account – Nominal capital £15,000, divided into 15,000 shares of £1 each
Capital subscribed		12000	0	0
Deduct calls unpaid		6	15	0		11993	5	0
Mortgages, debentures, and interest						17603	6	5
Loans by directors and shareholders on promissonary notes and interest						2831	11	11
Sundry creditors						1044	5	0
Bank of Liverpool, Ltd						9	11	9
Profit and Loss Account-
Amount brought forward April 30, 1909		3736	15	5
Transferred from reserve account to close		1285	11	9
Profit year ending April 30, 1910		3082	3	7
		8104	10	1
Transferred to new and old stands.
Alterations and improvements account per contra		3550	10	4
Balance at credit April 30, 1910						4553	19	9
						38035	19	11

(Source: Cricket and Football Field: May 28, 1910; via http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) © 2018 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited

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The balance-sheet of the Liverpool Football Club was issued yesterday. The gate receipts for the past season amounted to £12,246, players’ wages to £4,786. The profit amounts to £4,435.
(Source: Hull Daily Mail: May 25, 1910; via http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) © 2018 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited

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Liverpool F.C.’s huge profit
Liverpool Football Club has had a successful season, for, according to the balance sheet just issued, despite heavy expenses, a profit is shown of £4,435. The directors recommend the payment of a 5 per cent. dividend on the paid-up capital. The sum of £12,246 was taken at the gates.
(Source: Bridlington Free Press: May 27, 1910; via http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) © 2018 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited

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Liverpool’s profit
The balance-sheet of the Liverpool Football Club was issued yesterday afternoon. The gate receipts for the past season amounted to £12,246, and players’ wages to £4,785. The profits amounted to £4,435, out of which sum a dividend of 5 per cent. will be paid.
(Source: Sunderland Daily Echo: May 25, 1910; via http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) © 2018 Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited

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