Celtic Football Club

Celtic Football Club

https://www.celticfc.com
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Celtic Football Club, a publicly owned entity operating as Celtic plc, which is traded on the London Stock Exchange as LSE: CCP, and based in the United Kingdom, functions primarily in spectator sports and is identified as a tier 1 media tech buyer. Founded on 6 November 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty within Glasgow's immigrant Irish-Scots population, the business was reconstituted in 1994 as a public limited company under the direction of businessman Fergus McCann following near-bankruptcy. The club, which employs approximately 380 individuals, reported $189.1M in revenue as of 2025. Managed from its corporate headquarters at Celtic Park, a 60,411-capacity stadium, the organization operates a diversified sports entertainment model divided into three core financial reporting segments: Football and Stadium Operations, encompassing ticketing, youth academy operations, and stadium catering; Merchandising, covering global retail, wholesale, and e-commerce distribution channels; and Multimedia and Other Commercial Activities, which includes domestic and international broadcasting rights, corporate partner sponsorships, and commercial licensing. The company relies on recurring, mass-market consumer streams driven by its global fanbase alongside material revenue infusions from UEFA club competition distributions.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1887

Headcount

566

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Spectator Sports

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

Celtic is reportedly considering a January loan move for Liverpool left-back Luke Chambers, who is said to be available for a temporary exit despite the club strengthening that position over the summer with Landon Emenalo arriving on loan from Chelsea. Previously, on September 8, media outlets reported that player Jota is on course for an earlier than expected return. This follows the club's announcement on September 7 of a new two-year partnership with MASCOT® WORKWEAR, designating the brand as its Workwear and Safety Footwear Partner.

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Celtic Football Club offers 5 products in the media and telecoms services and sports industries. Celtic Football Club's product portfolio comprises of broadcast television and radio, search, social, and retail media and sports tickets, merchandise and sponsorship.

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Celtic Football Club's revenues were $189.1M in 2025. Caretta Research has split Celtic Football Club's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (thematic channel groups), which represents 90% of Celtic Football Club's revenue.

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Sep

15th

2026

03:39

Capital Investment, Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance, Investments

Celtic’s Staggering Tax Bill Exposes The True Cost Of Hoarding Cash

Celtic’s corporation tax charges over the past three financial years have reached a staggering £23.56 million. The club recorded charges of £7.37m in 2023, £4.44m in 2024 and £11.75m in 2025. That latest figure represents a dramatic rise and reflects another hugely profitable year for the Scottish champions.

Sep

15th

2026

02:10

B2B Tag, Management Changes, Financial Performance

We will always look to improve how we operate- Lawwell makes his big pledge

Exactly a year ago Peter Lawwell made an investment pledge to Celtic fans. Verbal of course, not putting his own money into the club. At the time Lawwell was Chairman of Celtic commenting in the 2025 Annual Report.

Sep

14th

2026

12:47

B2B Tag, Activist Shareholder

“Same Names. Same Room. Same Mistakes.” – Celtic Supporters Ltd Hit Out

Celtic Supporters Ltd used Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at Ibrox to renew its criticism of how the club is being run at board level. Rather than focus only on the result, the supporter-shareholder group argued that performances on the pitch ultimately come back to decisions made higher up.

Sep

14th

2026

07:27

As a Board, we take responsibility for the failure and commit to improving going forward- Michael Nicholson, Celtic CEO

The Celtic board takes responsibility for failure to reach the Champions League. Michael Nicholson claimed. That was the bold comment from the CEO on 19 September 2025 on the back of Celtic’s Annual Report for the year to 30 June 2025.

Sep

12th

2026

04:19

B2B Tag, Tenders and Contracts

What Celtic's £35m transfer spend told us and what we'll soon discover

The early signs suggest that Celtic's summer transfer window was productive – emphasis on early. The club spent £35.4million, including add-ons, on six permanent signings, while bringing four players in on loan. They made £49m from seven sales and got some big earners like Paulo Bernardo and Michel-Ange Balikwisha, who sealed loan exits to Poland and Belgium, off the wage bill.

Sep

9th

2026

12:00

Celtic told summer signing is already ‘better’ than Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda

Celtic fans cried out for proven quality to be signed, and finally the club has delivered. All that chaos and carnage of last summer helped nobody’s cause, but it can’t be argued that this summer, the quality that has come into the Celtic building has lifted the whole place.

Sep

9th

2026

03:30

Luke Chambers loan: Celtic interest explained

Celtic are reportedly weighing up a January loan move for Liverpool left-back Luke Chambers, with the 22-year-old said to be available for a temporary exit despite already strengthening that position over the summer. Chambers is a left-back by trade, an area Celtic addressed in the summer window when Landon Emenalo arrived on loan from Chelsea.

The Celtic Star

Sep

8th

2026

05:37

Celtic will find out this week whether their defensive gamble worked.

Is it really possible that Celtic have faced somewhere around 120 or 130 shots over the course of our last eight games? Yes. In fact, it is frighteningly plausible. Across the five league games for which the numbers are readily available, Celtic have faced 54 shots.

The Celtic Blog

Sep

8th

2026

01:35

B2B Tag, Financial Performance

Celtic messengers deliver the good news as they blank key issues

Celtic’s favoured media outlets were handed a feel-good story late on Monday night. Across the Daily Record, Sun and Herald they all reported that Jota is on course for an earlier than expected return. The publishers that made up the Albufeira 4 in July.

Sep

7th

2026

06:30

Partnerships and Alliances, Football, B2B Tag, Brand Collaborations, Partnerships

Celtic FC and MASCOT® WORKWEAR announce new two-year partnership

Celtic Football Club is delighted to announce a new partnership with MASCOT® WORKWEAR, which will see the brand become the Workwear and Safety Footwear Partner of Celtic FC. The partnership brings together two organisations with a shared commitment to quality, performance and excellence, with MASCOT’s expertise in workwear and safety footwear complementing Celtic’s commitment to providing the highest standards across the club...

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Sep

7th

2026

06:17

REO HATATE: BAD NEWS FOR CELTIC

REO HATATE has plummeted from the Premiership pinnacle to rock bottom of the English second tier in the space of three days. The Japanese midfielder quit Celtic for Burnley on deadline day and made his debut in the 2-1 loss to Bristol City at Turf Moor at the weekend.

Celtic Quick News

Sep

7th

2026

00:00

Hasseim Hassan has just become a Celtic player. It’s insanely early to criticise him.

I have to say, I am already getting slightly irritated by some of the online criticism being aimed at Haissem Hassan. “He has no end product.” Really? Already? After a handful of games? Come on. Sometimes I genuinely wonder what people expect from a new signing.

The Celtic Blog

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