Thread by @KieranMaguire

Brighton publish 21/22 accounts
🔑 Figures
Revenue ⬆️ £29m to record £174m
Day to day losses £32m but White & Burn sales convert this to £24m profit
Wages 2nd lowest in PL but finished 9th
Net transfer spend £1m
Tony Bloom total investment £499m
Potter compensation £21.5m #BHAFC

Over £500m short term creditors but majority due to Tony Bloom who shows no sign of wanting repayment.
£18m cash in the bank

Brighton generated £9m cash from day to day operations.
Player sales significant but only £25m cash received as deals on instalments
Bloom lent club £70m which allowed it to repay bank loan

Revenue up over £28m due to
Fans returning from lockdown (£20m)
Higher 📺 money linked to finishing 9th (2021 figs artificially high as 44 PL matches in year to 30/6/21)
Commercial income almost doubled following lockdown end
Mwepu retirement resulted in £8m write down

Wages up 6% partly due to matches in front of fans
Paul Barber pay up £800k to £2.9m

Player trading
Purchases £69m
Sales £68m

Player sales on credit and instalments due from other clubs up from £3m to £49m

Brighton owe other clubs £39m in outstanding transfers

Brighton may have to pay a further £34m in add-ons and bonuses if certain achievements are met.

Tony Bloom is owed £406m and has over £90m of shares

Brighton paid £3m for consultation services of Star Lizard, the company that does the clever stuff analysing players and the game.

Since 30 June 2022 the net spend is MINUS £89m, in addition Chelsea paid £21.5m compensation for Graham Potter & other staff.