League One SCMP
How much can Stockport County spend?
Under the EFL's Salary Cost Management Protocol (SCMP) rules, Stockport County have a
guaranteed spending limit of £5.8m
— 50% of estimated football revenue of £11.5m.
Against their estimated squad cost that is £1.3m short.
Stockport County: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £11.5m
- 50% SCR limit £5.8m
- Estimated squad cost estimated £7m
- Headroom vs 50% limit −£1.3m
Restricted
- squad cost is 60.9% of revenue
What this means
On these estimates, Stockport County are spending well above what SCMP allows. Closing that gap usually means selling players or growing revenue before they can strengthen further.
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 reported £11.5m turnover for the year ended 30 June 2025 (League One, 2024/25 filed accounts — a club record, up 25.6% from £9.2m), confirmed by the club's own results announcement. 2025/26 accounts are not filed yet. The same accounts show a £9.1m operating loss, £1.1m player-trading profit and £10.2m of owner funding from Mark Stott, fully converted to equity. Wage bill is ESTIMATED: Stockport County 2010 Limited (company no. 07254012) files abridged small-company accounts, whose last filing to 30 June 2025 carries no public staff-costs note, so no reported figure exists. Two published squad-wage estimates bracket the range — Capology at ~£122,500/week (~£6.37m/yr) and salarysport.com at £7,548,320/yr — and neither is on an accounts basis. £7.0m is a midpoint-leaning estimate reflecting that the SCMP numerator now includes management as well as player wages; it supersedes the previous £7.548m figure, which relied on salarysport alone. Ratio = 7,000,000 / 11,500,000 = 0.61, above the 50% cap on turnover alone. Status is breach_risk_mitigated_by_equity rather than breach_risk because Stott's £10.2m equity injection counts at 50p per £1, adding roughly £5.1m of allowable headroom and comfortably covering the overshoot; no embargo has been reported. Caveat: the ratio is sensitive to the wage estimate (Capology alone gives 0.55, salarysport 0.66), and the accounts predate the tightened 50% rule, which applied from 2026/27. Confirmed still in League One for 2026/27.
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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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