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Premier League Clubs Face New Regulator Levies Starting Next Summer
Top-earning sides will contribute the largest shares toward funding the independent football regulator, with costs set to scale up over time.
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Initial Levy Structure
The highest-earning Premier League clubs will contribute up to 1.8 million pounds each in the first year of the new licensing regime. Most Premier League teams are expected to pay around 600,000 pounds. Premier League clubs overall are projected to cover roughly 85 percent of the regulator's annual expenses, with payments scaled according to club revenues. The total cost across 116 clubs in the top five divisions is estimated at 20.3 million pounds for 2027-28.
Rising Costs and Set-Up Recovery
The regulator's projected expenses rise to 20.9 million pounds in 2028-29, more than double an earlier government estimate of 10 million pounds per year. Set-up costs reached around 45 million pounds, with only 1 million pounds recovered in 2027-28 and 2 million pounds the following year. The remaining 42 million pounds will be collected over the next eight years. An additional 1 million pounds in the initial levy will go toward building reserves for potential litigation.
Lower-Division Contributions
Championship clubs without parachute payments face payments of around 45,000 pounds in 2027-28. Clubs in League One will contribute approximately 9,000 pounds each, while League Two sides pay about 6,000 pounds. National League clubs are set to contribute around 600 pounds annually. These figures are presented as modest relative to overall league administration expenses exceeding 200 million pounds in the 2024-25 season.
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