English football clubs face £20m annual levy for new regulator
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 12:44 · Archive
English football clubs will pay roughly £20m annually to fund the Independent Football Regulator, the new sports watchdog has announced. This is double the estimate provided by the government. The levy will be recouped from clubs from next year, with payment scaled by revenue.
Top Premier League clubs earning over £150m a year in commercial revenue will pay £1.8m each. Most other top flight clubs will contribute £600,000 annually. Championship clubs not receiving parachute payments will pay around £45,000, League One teams £9,000 and League Two sides £6,000. National League clubs will contribute less than £600 each. The IFR said the £20.3m levy represents around 0.2 per cent of football's annual revenues of £9bn in 2025-26.
IFR chief executive Richard Monks said the levy represented 'a fair and balanced approach' and 'a relatively modest investment to help achieve a more sustainable ecosystem which will provide peace of mind for fans, clubs and the communities they serve'. Some Premier League club bosses had previously expressed concerns they would have to fund a regulator they did not want.
How it is being reported
- Cost of football regulator double initial estimateThe annual cost to clubs of English football's Independent Regulator (IFR) has risen to £20.3m, around double the amount initially estimated.BBC News · 23 Oct, 13:19
- Top Premier League clubs to be billed £1.8m each for Independent Football RegulatorTop Premier League clubs will be asked to pay almost £2m a year towards the running of the Independent Football Regulator after the watchdog published its proposed levy. The IFR’s costs will be recouped via a tax on clubs from next year, with those teams earning the most set to contribute the biggest portion of [...]City AM · 23 Oct, 12:30
- Clubs face £20m bill for football watchdog's new levyEnglish football clubs face a roughly £20m annual bill to fund the sport's new watchdog - double the estimate provided by Sir Keir Starmer's government.Sky News Business · 22 Oct, 19:43
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