SCR is live for 2026/27 in the Premier League and Championship. Figures last reviewed 2026-09-03.

Championship SCR

How much can Wrexham spend?

Under the EFL's Squad Cost Ratio rules, Wrexham have a guaranteed spending limit of £28.3m — 85% of estimated football revenue of £33.3m. Against their estimated squad cost that leaves £8.4m of headroom. If the owner injects the maximum top-up (£16m/season), the ceiling rises to £44.3m.

Wrexham: the SCR breakdown

  • Estimated revenue (football) reported £33.3m
  • 85% SCR limit (no owner top-up) £28.3m
  • Estimated squad cost reported £20m
  • Headroom vs 85% limit +£8.4m
  • + Max owner equity top-up (if used) £16m
  • Max spending allowance (with top-up) £44.3m
  • Headroom vs max allowance +£24.4m
High spending power - squad cost is 59.9% of revenue

What this means

On these estimates, Wrexham sit comfortably inside the 85% Green Threshold. They have room to invest in the squad without straining the rules.

Summer 2026 window vs SCR headroom

No disclosed net-spend figure for the summer 2026 window. Press-reported transfer fees for Wrexham could not be reconciled closely enough to publish a net figure, so this site records nothing rather than guessing — a reporting gap, not a sign they spent nothing.

  • Window spend (gross) reported £33.5m

Re-researched 2026-09-06: Sports Illustrated (published 2-3 Sep 2026, after window close) itemises every signing with fixed fees - Imray £5m, Whiteman £2.5m, Patterson £8m (club record), Kabore £2m fixed, Ekomie £7m fixed, Worrall £2m, O'Hare £7m - summing to £33.5m, resolving the earlier £23.5m vs £33.5-35m discrepancy in favour of the higher, itemised figure (the previous £23.5m Sports Mole total had missed Imray, Ekomie and Worrall). Corroborated in scale by Planet Football's Transfermarkt-derived table (~€39.75m). Of 13 senior departures, only Lewis Brunt's move to Bolton has a disclosed fee (£500k+£250k add-ons); Dan Scarr and Harry Ashfield's moves are confirmed undisclosed by name-brand sources rather than merely unreported. Sales/net_spend stay null - three data points with only one disclosed fee would not support an honest total.
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Spending beyond calculated headroom is not automatically a breach: transfer fees are amortised over the contract, sales offset signings, and none of it reaches SCR squad cost until the next accounts are filed. Every club's window spend vs headroom →

Old rules vs new: PSR compared to SCR

PSR did not apply to Wrexham during this period - they were in the National League (2021/22), League Two (2022/23) and League One (2023/24). League One clubs operated under the Salary Cost Management Protocol (wage caps), not the loss-based PSR. Not comparable.

Note on this club's figures. 2024/25 revenue £33.3m (record, up 25% from £26.7m in League One). Wages £20m. Operating loss £14.8m despite sponsorship boom. Sources: wrexhamafc.co.uk official accounts, wrexham.com, theesk.org.
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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. Full rules explainer →