For the first time since the AFL expanded to 18 teams, Carlton will not receive any additional funding from the league next year, a significant shift that underscores their impressive financial turnaround. Instead, the club will only receive the minimum base funding, which was approximately $12 million in 2024. This development mirrors the status of other prominent clubs like Collingwood, West Coast, Hawthorn, and Richmond, highlighting Carlton’s renewed strength as a financial powerhouse in the AFL landscape.
In an upcoming announcement, Carlton is expected to reveal a remarkable cash profit of around $8 million before accounting for depreciation and amortization. After these deductions, which total nearly $5 million due to capital works and other expenses, the net profit will be about $3 million. This substantial improvement places Carlton among the five AFL clubs that will not receive any so-called “variable funding” next year