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Company description
MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 16 April 1894; registered for 132 years; registered office reported in MANCHESTER. Its primary declared activity is 93120 · Activities of sport clubs.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 25 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
- Company number
- 00040946
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 43 total · 1 outstanding · 42 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
1 November 2025Next statement due
15 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 50.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- 97.4%
- Women receiving bonus
- 36.1%
- Men receiving bonus
- 36.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 23.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 38.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 29.3%
- Women in lower quartile
- 34.8%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49992.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-5.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49991.6% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99924.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-1.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-4.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-17.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 31 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 July 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £152,174,099
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £10,290,371
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £1,261,084
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £11,551,454
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 14.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention circumstances
Where there is risk of significant defects which can occur post completion of project
Retention release
Release initial sum upon completion of the project, with final release one year after project completion
Retention release stages
Release initial sum upon completion of the project, with final release one year after project completion
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days upon receipt of a valid invoice
- Dispute resolution process
Escalated to Legal Department
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 25.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
LEI 2138001OE7FXYGHQCV90 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 16 April 1894
- Initial LEI registration
- 16 October 2017
- LEI last updated
- 21 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 16 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- ETIHAD STADIUM, ETIHAD CAMPUS, MANCHESTER, GB-MAN, M11 3FF, GB
- Headquarters address
- CITY FOOTBALL ACADEMY HQ, 400 ASHTON NEW ROAD, MANCHESTER, GB-MAN, M11 4TQ, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Manchester City Football Club Limited
Registration Z3583134
- Registered from
- 6 March 2013
- Current end date
- 5 March 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
MANCHESTER CITY 1894
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 December 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 December 2025
MANCHESTER CITY 1894
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 22 December 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 December 2025
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,9,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,28,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 23 September 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 September 2025
M.C.F.C. Superbia in Proelia
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2021
MCFC
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2021
MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2021
MAN CITY
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2021
MANCHESTER CITY FC
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,16,18,20,21,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,32,33,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 31 March 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 March 2021
M.C.F.C. Superbia In Proelio
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 36
- Filed / designated
- 27 October 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 October 2024
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 9,11,14,16,18,24,27,28
- Filed / designated
- 8 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 July 2023
M.C.F.C. Superbia In Proelio
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 9,11,27,39
- Filed / designated
- 8 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 July 2023
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 9,26,38
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2023
M.C.F.C. Superbia In Proelio
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 9,26,38
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2023
MAINE ROAD 1923 - 2003
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 14 March 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 March 2022
M.C.F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2027
M.C.F.C. Superbia In Proelio
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2027
MCFC
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 16,18,24,25
- Filed / designated
- 11 May 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 May 2026
MAN CITY
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 16,18,24,25
- Filed / designated
- 11 May 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 May 2026
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6,16,18,21,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2027
M.C.F.C. MAINE ROAD 1923-2003
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6,9,14,16,18,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 14 March 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 March 2012
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 6
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2017
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2017
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 18
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2017
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 21
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2017
MANCHESTER CITY F.C.
Owner Manchester City Football Club Limited · classes 25
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 January 2017
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Manchester City Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02989498
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Abu Dhabi United Group For Development & Investment
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Jebel Ali Free Zone
- Legal authority
- Laws Of The Jebel Ali Free Zone
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Jebel Ali Free Zone
- Registration number
- Of114712
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.