In February 2020, the club spent a massive £30,619.51 – but before anyone starts to panic, 70% of this was planned for and included £18,965.61 in corporation tax on our merchandise sales in 2018-19 and payment of a further £2,773.22 in VAT we collected from sales between October and December 2019.
That’s right: lowly Clapton CFC currently pays more taxes than nearly two thirds of Championship sides, contributing in a small way to the costs of the infrastructure, NHS hospitals and local football pitches that we all use.
Our main monthly expenditure was £8,880.68, with the largest portion (£2,010) covering the latest instalment of the pitch hire at Wadham Lodge for the Women’s First Team.
The other significant expenditure covered solicitor’s fees (£1,545) for our negotiations over the Old Spotted Dog Ground and costs for new merchandise, primarily goalkeepers shirts (£1,509.60).
We have also paid for the registration of the Women’s 5-a-side team to play in a tournament in Amsterdam at the end of May.
Our income in February was £10,723.58. The largest proportion of this was £7,387.63 from merchandise sales, which remain healthy for the second month of 2020.
Expenditure
| Women’s first team pitch hire | £2,010.00 |
| Solicitors fees | £1,545.00 |
| Merchandise: goalkeepers' shirts | £1,509.60 |
| Matchday security | £475.20 |
| Postage for merchandise | £449.28 |
| Women’s 5s tournament registration | £420.00 |
| Programme printing | £394.00 |
| Match officials | £347.00 |
| Leaflet printing | £269.00 |
| Printing stickers | £245.29 |
| Assorted pitch hire | £240.00 |
| Printing "Ton!" books | £194.00 |
| Postage | £149.73 |
| Food for players | £115.00 |
| Travel | £88.20 |
| Kit laundry | £73.00 |
| Expenses for homeless project event | £64.96 |
| Mailing bags and labels | £61.51 |
| Players personal accident insurance | £58.94 |
| Disciplinary fines | £43.75 |
| Online store subscription | £35.00 |
| Young Tons refreshments | £33.10 |
| Accounting software | £28.80 |
| Banner materials | £11.33 |
| Replacement Socks | £10.00 |
| Refreshments for players | £6.00 |
| Stationery | £2.99 |
| TOTAL | £8,880.68 |
Income
| Merchandise* | £7,387.63 |
| Match day donations | £1,690.00 |
| Membership* | £556.19 |
| Young Tons session donations | £472.96 |
| Programmes | £390.00 |
| Monthly direct debit donations | £100.20 |
| Donations for Women's 5 sessions | £88.20 |
| Player sponsorship* | £38.40 |
| *after fees | |
| TOTAL | £10,723.58 |