The �600,000 sale of a painting has helped Kent record a �293,000 profit for the year-ending October 2006. The underlying operating loss of �165,000 compared favourably with a loss of �310,000 in 2005.
But chairman Carl Openshaw said much depends on gaining planning permission to redevelop the Canterbury ground.
"This year's financial out-turn provides further evidence of the need to change and improve the facilities at the St Lawrence Ground," he said.
"The outlook for the non-Test match counties remains challenging."
The painting of a match between Kent and Lancashire in 1906, by Albert Chavalier Taylor, was sold at auction in June.
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