Celtic Football Club
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.

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Founded

1887

Headcount

566

Headquarters

United Kingdom

Primary Segment

Spectator Sports

Ownership

Publicly Owned

Deployments

1

News Summary:

On September 18, 2026, Celtic PLC announced the appointments of James Mark Keane and Raymond Buchanan as Non-Executive Directors. Keane's appointment took effect immediately on September 18, 2026. Buchanan, currently the Director of Corporate Affairs at Scottish Water, will join the board as a non-executive director in the new year following the conclusion of his current role. These appointments fill the vacancies left by the retirement of Peter Lawwell and Tom Allison. Keane founded Slievemore, a Scotland-based family investment office, bringing 25 years of experience in retail property, leisure development, and investment.

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Celtic Football Club offers 5 products in the sports and media and telecoms services 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 matchday revenues, which represents 44% of Celtic Football Club's revenue.
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