Midland football is at a low ebb at present 鈥 but , and Stoke City are in the top 40 clubs in the world in revenue terms, turning over close to 拢100 million 鈥 or more in Villa鈥檚 case.
The from business advisory firm showed Villa brought in the most cash last year, at 拢111.2 million, sitting in 22nd place.
Stoke City turned over 拢98.3 million and, while sales figures at West Bromwich Albion, one of the top flight鈥檚 few profitable clubs, were not revealed, a new broadcasting deal would see its 2013 sales of 拢69.7 million eclipsed.
Austin Houlihan, senior manager at Deloitte, said with new broadcasting rights currently being announced, Premier League clubs were likely to see yet more gains in revenue terms.
He said: 鈥淭he Premier League鈥檚 new broadcast deals have translated into big revenue increases across the English top flight. In fact, every Premier League club reported record revenues in 2013/14.
鈥淏etween them, the eight English clubs in our top 20 achieved total broadcast revenues of 拢900 million.
鈥淭he fact that all the clubs in the Premier League are in the top 40 is testament to the huge appeal of the league globally and also the equality of the distributions the clubs enjoy relative to their European counterparts.
鈥淎dditionally, the Premier League is currently negotiating for the next cycle of media rights and further uplifts are anticipated.鈥
The Deloitte report puts Real Madrid at the top of the revenue table, with a turnover of 拢549.5 million, followed by Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
Revenue at clubs in the top flight in England has soared in the past two decades 鈥 but struggled to keep pace with the exorbitant wages played to top football stars.
As a result, while Villa, Stoke and Albion are all in the money, Villa reported a loss of 拢51.8 million in its most recent accounts and Stoke was in the red by 拢9.5 million.
This was down to staff costs, which were 拢71.9 million at Villa and 拢53.2 million at Stoke.
Albion鈥檚 拢6 million profit was an extreme rarity 鈥 both in the top flight and in this region.
Revenue outside the top flight is far lower in England 鈥 hence the absence of any none-Premier League teams on the list, because broadcasting accounts for the bulk of income for most.
Latest accounts show Wolverhampton Wanderers posted a loss of 拢30.4 million, Birmingham City made losses of 拢4 million, Coventry City lost 拢7.2 million, but Walsall, a carefully-run club, made a profit of 拢23,000.
