Manchester United plc: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Manchester United plc (NYSE: MANU) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom that owns 4 consumer brands.[1][2]
Manchester United plc is the listed holding company of the English football club, incorporated in the Cayman Islands in 2012 with its principal executive office at Old Trafford in Manchester. Its Class A shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Its 20-F for the year ended 30 June 2026 reports total revenue of £677.6 million from commercial, broadcasting and matchday income, and says trusts controlled by descendants of Malcolm Glazer hold 67.91% of the voting power while INEOS holds 28.96%. The club, the women's team, the stadium and the MUTV channel are all held through wholly-owned subsidiaries.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Manchester United plc
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇬🇧 Manchester, United Kingdom
- Tickers
- NYSE: MANU
- Revenue
- £666.5 million (2025)[2]
- SEC CIK
- 0001549107
- Website
- ir.manutd.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
What Manchester United plc's annual report says about its business
Read from Manchester United plc's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: land and buildings off John Gilbert Way, Manchester (In the year ended 30 June 2026), 64.0 million.
In the year ended 30 June 2026, the Group acquired land and buildings off John Gilbert Way, Manchester, for 64.0 million.
Manchester United plc in numbers
- Manchester United plc owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is media & entertainment with 4 brands.[1]
Manchester United plc financial history
Headline figures from Manchester United plc's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in GBP as reported, fiscal years ending 2020–2025.
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | £-18,430,000 | — | £-33,023,000 | £1.64bn | £471.9m | 20-F | |
| — | £-69,353,000 | — | £-113,159,000 | £1.34bn | £511m | 20-F | |
| — | £-11,180,000 | — | £-28,678,000 | £1.32bn | £507.3m | 20-F | |
| — | £-87,384,000 | — | £-115,510,000 | £1.29bn | £530.4m | 20-F | |
| — | £-36,926,000 | — | £-92,216,000 | £1.26bn | £465m | 20-F/A | |
| — | £5.22m | — | £-23,233,000 | £1.38bn | £520m | 20-F |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Manchester United plc owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 4 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Recent changes to this record
Manchester United plc SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (amended), filed (20-F/A)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
- Annual report (foreign issuer), filed (20-F)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
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| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
| 6-K | Report of a foreign private issuer | |
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Manchester United plc own?
Manchester United plc owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Manchester United, Old Trafford, MUTV and Manchester United Women.
Is Manchester United plc a British company?
Yes. Manchester United plc is headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Who owns Manchester United plc?
Manchester United plc is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as MANU on the NYSE.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Manchester United plc Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-09-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 24 September 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [2] Manchester United plc: Form 20-F for the year ended 2025-06-30 (revenue) — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 18 September 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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