Doncaster Rovers reveal seven-figure loss in latest accounts

DONCASTER ROVERS have recorded a loss of £1.85m for the last financial year, the club's latest set of accounts on Companies House have revealed.
By Leon Wobschall
Published 31st Mar 2020, 11:00 BST
Updated 31st Mar 2020, 11:02 BST
Keepmoat Stadium.Keepmoat Stadium.
Keepmoat Stadium.

The figure, in their accounts for the year ending June 30, 2019, comparied with a loss of £2.79m in the previous financial year.

Debt of £7.41m, with £6.41m owed to the club’s owners - specifically parent company Club Doncaster Limited - is up from £5.15m the previous year.

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The related party disclosures section in the document read: "At the year end, the Company owed an amount of £6,419,505 (2018: £5,148,100) to Club Doncaster Limited, a company in which G Baldwin, D Blunt, T Bramall and A Watson are directors.

"There are no formal repayment terms and no interest has been charged on the amounts outstanding."

It was also revealed the player sales so far in 2019-20 have since brought in just over £1million - with a significant instalment arriving from the sale of John Marquis to Portsmouth.

The post balance sheet events section read: "Since the year end the Company has disposed of the registrations of 2 players. The estimated income from these transactions net of all applicable fees and levies is £1,005,000."

The club did not sign any players for fees in 2018-19, the figures also revealed.