Scarlets made a lack of £2.1m through the 2024-2025 season, based on the membership’s newest accounts.
It’s a third 12 months in a row the Welsh area have posted a lack of greater than £2m.
The monetary outcomes cowl the interval to June 2025, with the loss down from £2.6m from the earlier 12 months.
Turnover dropped from £10.2m in comparison with £11.3m with gate receipts, sponsorship and cash acquired from the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) all down.
The area made cuts to outgoings of 10%, with the wage invoice down from £8.24m to £6.94m.
A brand new share problem additionally boosted funds by £940,000.
Scarlets’ debt stays in extra of £10m, with cash owed primarily to the WRU and Carmarthenshire county council, who personal the Parc y Scarlets floor.
Whereas the figures within the newest annual report solely cowl the interval till mid-2025, feedback within the monetary report from the Scarlets hierarchy additionally focus on occasions of the previous 12 months.
The report says the working atmosphere for skilled rugby in Wales has been “difficult” and “deeply unsure” with the WRU seeking to cut back the variety of skilled golf equipment from 4 to 3.
The union has acknowledged it should look to implement this controversial coverage by the 2028-29 season, though it has not but outlined how that course of will occur.
Welsh rugby’s governing physique has beforehand acknowledged there will probably be one licence for an expert facet granted within the east, one in Cardiff and one within the west, which might pit Llanelli-based Scarlets and Swansea-based Ospreys towards one another.
“The continued evaluate of the skilled recreation by the WRU, together with consideration of a doable discount within the variety of skilled golf equipment in Wales, has created an unsettling backdrop for our gamers, workers, supporters and business companions,” Scarlets chairman Simon Muderack wrote in notes accompanying the accounts.
“The administrators have engaged carefully and constructively all through this era to guard the long-term pursuits of the Scarlets.
“Towards this backdrop, the Scarlets stay assured and resolute about our future. We firmly imagine Parc y Scarlets to be the best membership rugby stadium in Wales, if not the UK.”
