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Sussex members will have the opportunity to quiz the leadership on the finances at the AGM on 24 March.
Sussex members will have the opportunity to quiz the leadership on the finances at the AGM on 24 March. Simon Dack
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Sussex still reeling from £1.33m loss – and it won’t get better this year

Exclusive: CEO Mark West, interviewed by Paul Weaver, admits Sussex’s finances will get worse before they improve - but he is positive about the county's long-term future...

04.03.26, 10:00 Updated 04.03.26, 19:39 5 Minute Read

Paul Weaver

Paul Weaver

Sussex supporters, still reeling from the news of last year’s loss of £1.33million, have been told to expect a further loss of £1m in the current financial year.

The warning comes from chief executive Mark West and is unlikely to improve the mood of the members as the full extent of the club’s recent mismanagement begins to unravel. The club’s AGM is less than three weeks away - and it will be a difficult one.

West, who has signed a contract until January 2027, told me this week: “Today, we’re probably at ground zero, or bumping along the bottom, as the full extent of what’s happened becomes more visible.

“Our financial year ends at the end of October. We’re four months into that at the moment. By the end of October I’d like us to have made significant changes and met our targets agreed with the ECB.

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