How much money Birmingham City or Wrexham would receive if they get promoted from the Championship | OneFootball

FLW takes a look at how much both sides would receive if they manage Premier League promotion at the first attempt in 25/26

It's not news that Birmingham City and Wrexham both have ambitious, North American-backed ownership groups, yet the prospect of Premier League promotion involves figures that would still completely change both clubs.

Blues' Knighthead-led revival has already produced record turnover for a then third-tier club, £29.6m in 23/24, 50% up on the previous year.

Whereas Wrexham's revenue is already an EFL anomaly. The Welsh outfit posted £26.7m turnover while still in League Two - higher than many Championship outfits - thanks to their commercial income rocketing from £1.83m to £13.18m on the back of Welcome to Wrexham.

FLW takes a look at how much both sides would receive if they manage Premier League promotion at the first attempt in 25/26... and they'd still make loads if they went straight back down.

Promotion jackpot for the 25/26 campaign

Central distributions from the Premier League's broadcast deals, which start a new four-year cycle this August, guarantee every promoted club around £100m in its first season.

Those who are unfamiliar with 'central distributions' - it's the term used when broadcasting money gets split between each team in the league.

Using the table as an example, the teams who finish higher in the league and appear more often on TV get the largest amount.

Parachute payments push the guaranteed amount higher - a side that drops straight back to the Championship receives 55% of the previous season's broadcast share in year one of relegation, 45% in year two and 20% in year three.

If you add those parachute payments to the initial broadcast pot, the minimum three-year sum is now at around £200m.

The Deloitte's Sports Business Group, who review Premier League clubs' finances, has noted that survival lifts the benefit to roughly £300m.

With the 2025-2029 domestic deal worth £6.7b, clubs finishing bottom next year are projected to clear £115m - that figure being the three-year windfall for newly promoted sides. Giving good reason as to why the play-off final is the richest single match anywhere in world football.

What promotion would mean for Birmingham City and Wrexham

Pairing Blues' and Wrexham's prospective first-year Premier League income against Sheffield United's 23/24 receipts (£109.7m), and by taking the new TV contract into consideration, promotion would give them at least £115m in the first year.

Finance expert Kieran Maguire believes Birmingham could be the ones to break the all-time Championship turnover record for a club without parachute payments - by hitting £60m in 25/26.

Premier League promotion would at least quadruple that figure in 12 months though - and the Championship distrubution money is worth roughly £14m.

However, the last four top-flight seasons have seen seven of the 12 promoted sides immediately relegated back, which indicates that the windfall hardly guarantees safety.

For both Birmingham and Wrexham supporters, many will just be hoping the least their side can do is be competitive next season - but it's worth looking at the royalties on offer if they find themselves pushing for promotion.