League One SCMP
How much can Peterborough United spend?
Under the EFL's Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) rules, Peterborough United have a
guaranteed spending limit of £8m
— 50% of estimated football revenue of £15.9m.
Against their estimated squad cost that leaves £2.1m of headroom.
Peterborough United: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £15.9m
- 50% SCR limit £8m
- Estimated squad cost estimated £5.9m
- Headroom vs 50% limit +£2.1m
High spending power
- squad cost is 37.1% of revenue
What this means
On these estimates, Peterborough United sit comfortably inside the 85% Green Threshold. They have room to invest in the squad without straining the rules.
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 is the audited turnover of £15,923,092 for the year to 30 June 2025 (League One season 2024/25), from the full accounts of Peterborough United Football Club Limited (company 00290803) filed at Companies House on 13 March 2026, read directly from the iXBRL filing. Comparative 2024 turnover £10,174,244; retail income £1,001,187 and football & commercial income £14,921,905. The turnover policy explicitly includes contingent transfer fees and player loan fees, so part of the £5.7m uplift is player-trading related and may not recur. Profit on disposal of player registrations of £6,547,788 is shown as an exceptional item outside turnover (Edwards/Burrows/Kyprianou sales); profit before tax £2,906,955 vs a £2,317,552 loss in 2023/24. Filed wages and salaries for ALL staff (114 playing staff of 241 total headcount) were £7,505,107 (2024: £6,565,632), £8,519,051 including social security and pensions. The 2026/27 player wage bill is an ESTIMATE: no source publishes a player-only figure, so £5,900,000 is c.78% of the filed 2024/25 wages-and-salaries line held flat into 2026/27, given the playing squad is 114 of 241 employees and by far the best-paid group. SalarySport's 2026/27 page (read) puts the first-team squad at £4,585,880 (£88,190/wk, 46 players), which excludes bonuses, NI and non-first-team playing staff and is treated as a lower bound; Capology's pages returned 403 and were not read (a search snippet quoted £4,139,200 for 2025/26 but that page was not fetched). Ratio 5,900,000 / 15,923,092 = 0.37, comfortably under the 50% cap; even using the entire filed all-staff wage bill of £7.5m the ratio would be 0.47. Caveat: if 2025/26 turnover reverts toward the ~£10m 2023/24 level (fewer contingent fees / loan fees), the ratio on a £5.9m player wage bill would be c.0.58, so the club's headroom depends on continued player trading. No parachute payments, no administration or points deductions.
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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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