Yorkshire have announced a record turnover and pre-tax profit in their latest Annual Report and Accounts.

While the White Rose county have generated a turnover of £8.4million, they have also been rewarded with a profit of £699,000 thanks in the main to their staging of the fourth Ashes Test match last summer.

It is the fourth successive year that the club have been able to show an annual profit.

The club’s media release said that the clash between England and Australia was the “major driver” behind such an impressive set of figures.

Although the operational expenditure was up considerably on previous years, this was mainly due to staging the three-day Test.

Meanwhile, commercial revenue is up by 13.4 per cent and subscriptions by some 22.4 per cent.

Chief executive Stewart Regan said: “The last 12 months have seen the busiest period of activity since I joined the club some four years ago.

“We have held two major international cricket events, we have commenced construction of the new Carnegie Pavilion in partnership with Leeds Metropolitan University, we have completely relayed the outfield and installed new drainage systems as well as the largest replay screen in UK professional sport.

“This has meant some very long working hours for all the staff here at the club, and I’m very proud of each and every one of them for their contribution to another fantastic trading period.”

As the club’s release pointed out, these figures are inspite of the current state of the UK and regional economy.

And, despite the fact that Headingley will host an attractive neutral Test match between Pakistan and Australia this July and a one-day match between England and Sri Lanka in 2011, the club do not welcome England back to Leeds for a Test match until 2012.

This will provide its own challenges for the club over the next two years.

Yorkshire are expecting to be able to throw open the doors of the state of the art Carnegie Pavilion in June, while they will also open a new Yorkshire Cricket Museum later in the year.