League One SCMP
How much can Leyton Orient spend?
Under the EFL's Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) rules, Leyton Orient have a
guaranteed spending limit of £4.7m
— 50% of estimated football revenue of £9.4m.
Against their estimated squad cost that is £765k short.
Leyton Orient: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £9.4m
- 50% SCR limit £4.7m
- Estimated squad cost estimated £5.5m
- Headroom vs 50% limit −£765k
Balanced
- squad cost is 58.1% of revenue
What this means
On these estimates, Leyton Orient are spending above the 50% Green Threshold but within reach of it - the kind of position the owner top-up allowance is designed to cover. Manageable, but not unlimited.
League One clubs are governed by SCMP, a wage-to-turnover cap, not SCR. The figures above run the club through the same calculator at the 50% SCMP threshold for comparability; the League One page shows the club's SCMP ratio and threshold directly.
Note on this club's figures. Revenue £9.4m is the club's own headline figure for the year ended 30 June 2025 (2024/25, League One, 6th place / play-off final), filed at Companies House on 5 Dec 2025 and published with COO commentary on leytonorient.com; it is a club record, up from £7.7m in 2023/24, with c.£0.9m from FA Cup/Vertu Trophy runs and £0.35m net from the play-off run — so the base is flattered by one-off cup/play-off income. Operating loss widened from £3.7m to £4.6m; profit on player trading £0.5m. The £9.4m is quoted to one decimal in the club's summary table, not the exact turnover line, and the 2025/26 accounts are not yet filed. Wage bill: Capology's 2026/27 estimate of £5,465,200 gross fixed wages per year (£105,100/wk, excluding bonuses) read on 2026-09-03; Capology cover only 19 of 30 squad players, so the true player wage bill is very likely higher — FootballLeagueWorld/Capology put the 2025/26 bill at £127,585/wk (£6.63m/yr, 10th in L1), and the club said its playing budget rose over 30% in 2024/25 and has kept investing since. Ratio = 5,465,200 / 9,400,000 = 0.58, above the 50% SCMP cap; using the £6.63m 2025/26 figure it would be ~0.71. Mitigation: majority owner David Gandler (April 2025) converted the Eagle Investments 2017 loans to equity and owner funding continues, and equity injections count at 50p per £1 under SCMP, so the club can plausibly stay compliant via owner equity rather than wages alone. Weekly = annual / 52.
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Figures are illustrative estimates from published accounts, named analyst estimates and
public reporting, not official SCR submissions.
SCR uses adjusted football revenue, which differs from headline turnover. Last reviewed 2026-09-03.
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