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Originally Posted by Give us the old gree
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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ims-24259.html
which a couple of weeks later must have prompted this
Accrington Stanley
that was on the 6th December so they must be about due for publication again!
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Club statement ( Wednesday 6th Dec 2006 )
accounts FYE May 2006
The accounts to the end of last season show a turnover of £667,846, with a small profit of £30,277. This is fantastic news as it shows that we made the return to the Football League but kept within our budget, and most importantly didn’t spend money that wasn’t coming in. Further details of the accounts for this period will be published in Saturday's match day programme for the game against MK Dons.
Playing budgets
This season we are on target for a turnover of around £1m, and once again our expenditure on player’s wages is budgeted accordingly to ensure that we don’t spend more than we have coming in. However this means the average annual salary of one of our players is half of that of the average for a player in League Two. To put it simply, this is the reason why we are missing out on the players that Coley has tried to bring in, and in recent months four or five players that we showed an interest in coming to Accrington went to other clubs who could offer more money. It is why we have young players on loan instead of experienced Football League players. Our annual playing staff costs for this financial year will still be in excess of £600k, without the salaries of the managers and coaching staff etc. If we are to stay in the Football League, and indeed continue to progress, our playing budget must rise. But before we can do this we need to make sure we can cover the increase either by improving existing revenue streams or introducing new ones.
Increasing revenue
Of course it would be great if there were people who wanted to donate money to the club to help fund an increase in our playing budget, but we don’t expect anyone to do that. All we ask is that people try to support the club in a number of small ways.
Attendances have been a little low compared to other clubs that we have competed against in recent years, however as we have never budgeted for big gates this has not affected the financial stability of the club. It does however have an impact on our ability to take the club forward, and we will continue to look at ways of attracting more supporters to the club. Our family tickets have been very successful this season and we continue to expand our work with local children with our holiday soccer schools and Saturday morning coaching sessions. Once again we would urge the people of Accrington and the surrounding area to come down and have a look at what we have to offer.
Those that do come to games we would ask to maybe pick up a programme if they don’t normally, probably one of the best in the league in terms of quality and content with plenty to read. Perhaps have a go on our half time 50/50 draw, only £1 a go, or stop after the game and have a few drinks with us in the Sports Bar. All these are small things that cost a few quid, but which are vital to the club in increasing our revenue.
Even people that maybe can’t get to matches can still support the club, we run a weekly draw with a £2,000 first prize each week, a £5,000 each month and a £10,000 prize twice a year. There are also hundreds of other small prizes, with much better odds of winning than the National Lottery! Most importantly, over 65p in every pound comes direct to the club to be used to take Accrington Stanley forwards, and also this is an income we can rely on 52 weeks of the year. Finally we have some great items to suit all budgets in our Stanley Store here at the club and in our outlets at the Fraser Eagle Store in town and at Oswaldtwistle Mills, why not get someone in your family something from the club for Christmas?
Spend your pennies with us
Every single penny that comes into the club is used to take the club forward. It would be great to have one person give us £10,000 to spend, however it would be even better to get 10,000 people to give us a £1, that way there are far more people involved and there are more people that feel a part of the club. Every time you spend even the smallest amount of money at Accrington Stanley you are helping us, not just to survive but to continue to progress.
The future
Looking to the future we are also aiming to developing other revenue streams, we hope to transform the Sports Bar to make it a more modern facility that we can use for hospitality on match days and also conferencing during the week, and we plan to add other hospitality areas to fulfil the demand for match day sponsorship. We are also expecting good news regarding grant funding for the covering of the North Terrace in the next few weeks.
Longer term we have had some initial discussions regarding relocating to another site, though these are at a very early stage and obviously any developments would be several years away. We do have to decide over the coming months though whether we spend money developing the present site or look at other options for the future.