Warrington Wolves suffered a "financially challenging year" despite turnover rising during their latest financial period.
The Super League club have posted a turnover of £5.9m for the 12 months to November 30, 2022, up from £5.2m, while their pre-tax losses went from £1.3m to £1.1m.
Chairman Stuart Middleton, in newly-filed accounts for Warrington Sports Holdings, said the poor performance of the first team during the 2022 season and the continuing impact of the pandemic hurt the club's finances.
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Mr Middleton said: "2022 proved to be a financially challenging year, despite an increase in turnover to £6m revenues did not recover to pre-pandemic levels of £7.4m.
"Losses after tax increased to £1.4m which was slightly worse than expected with several mitigating factors.
"The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unprecedented financial challenges are still being felt due to the impact on sales and costs during 2020 and 2021, resulting in additional liabilities.
"The reduced revenue from the central distribution and broadcast rights impacted revenue in 2022 and will continue to do so in 2023.
"The performance of the team in the 2022 season was disappointing, ending in a near bottom of the table finish.
"This affected revenues with gate, hospitality and retail revenues significantly below budget."
