Ownership Owned by Katharina Liebherr, resident in Switzerland
• Turnover 11th highest in League £114m, up from £106m in 2014
• Income Match-day income £18m; Premier League and broadcasting £84m; Commercial £10m; Other £1m
• Wage bill 9th highest in League £80m, up from £63m in 2014
• Wages as proportion of turnover 70%
• Profit before tax £15m, following £29m profit in 2014
• Net debt £48m
• Interest payable £2.8m
• Highest-paid director Unnamed, £376,604 (Ralph Kreuger is the chairman)
State they are in: Steady and improved financial stewardship, and expectation-exceeding performances in the league – not what was direly predicted when the former executive chairman, Nicola Cortese, left in January 2014, followed by the manager, Mauricio Pochettino, and a clutch of prized young players. The owner, Katharina Liebherr, who inherited the club among the business interests of her father, Markus, when he died in 2010, appointed another chairman, Ralph Krueger, and the club has continued to flourish under Ronald Koeman’s management. The accounts show that Liebherr financially supports the Saints; she increased her loans to £33m, on which £1.6m interest has accrued.