Back to being the biggest club in Coventry? (32 Viewers)

Nick

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You need to apply a little common sense when you read the document (I can help if you want)
Whether the Sisu thinking was actually zero we will never know but they were hopeful of getting it for a lot less than Wasps got it and the expectation of getting the bank loan for as little as £2M in reality put the figure well down there in real terms.

Are you now denying that Sisu have taken upward of £2M in management fees ?

Extract from https://aprisonofmeasuredtime.wordp...try-city-and-sisu-capital-60-million-in-debt/
I have no reason to believe anything has changed.

"CCFC Holdings Ltd has a total income in the year to 31 May 2011 of £4,478,157 (2010, £4,432,954), which is a small increase on the previous year, with sponsorship, advertising, club shop & promotions contributing £1,791,315 (2010, £1,663,196) and charging management fees of £2,686,842 (2010, £2,769,758). Who these management fees are paid to is not disclosed."

So it doesn't actually say they expected it for free then if it doesn't say zero? Less than wasps isn't zero is it?

Have sisu received the management fees? I thought it was moving money?
 

italiahorse

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Ha ha bollocks. OSB has confirmed that management fees were the movement of funds between holdings and ltd.

"There is no disclosure of any management charges in the SBS&L accounts."
That could mean anything to me.

I refuse to believe Sisu are not taking money out of CCFC to cover the debt that seems to be back after administration should have removed it.


 

wingy

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I think it's fair to assume there will be some yield to holding so much debt as a tax offset within their portfolio
 

stupot07

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I think it's fair to assume there will be some yield to holding so much debt as a tax offset within their portfolio

Another reason why they wont be in a rush to boom or bust if the JR goes tits up for them.


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italiahorse

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I think it's fair to assume there will be some yield to holding so much debt as a tax offset within their portfolio

There is never any advantage in having debt but if you do have it in one of your businesses you can use it against profits in another.
So the debt in CCFC will be used to minimise taxes in another Sisu company.
 

chiefdave

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There is never any advantage in having debt but if you do have it in one of your businesses you can use it against profits in another.
So the debt in CCFC will be used to minimise taxes in another Sisu company.

That's hardly the same thing as money going out of CCFC into SISU's bank account.
 

wingy

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Another reason why they wont be in a rush to boom or bust if the JR goes tits up for them.


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Agreed Stu
Looking at it dispassionately until we become successful and making good profit and some other part of the portfolio offers the same option as we do now the status quo prevails.
 

Nick

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I'll let you know when I see the accounts.
Until then I refuse to believe they do it for nothing so the only question is how much ?
Haven't people seen them to confirm it?

No wonder these away fans you talk to always agree with you, they are probably misinformed.
 

italiahorse

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Haven't people seen them to confirm it?

No wonder these away fans you talk to always agree with you, they are probably misinformed.

What away fans agree with me ?
I only listen to them talking about the great stadium we have and wouldn't bore them with details that we don't actually have one.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

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Haven't people seen them to confirm it?

No wonder these away fans you talk to always agree with you, they are probably misinformed.

Its ironic how he goes on about people lapping up the bs from SISU when he continue to regurgitate his own bs when people much more knowledgeable in the field have said he is wrong.
 

italiahorse

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Its ironic how he goes on about people lapping up the bs from SISU when he continue to regurgitate his own bs when people much more knowledgeable in the field have said he is wrong.

I've seen nothing to suggest where this money has gone.
People ? You mean person and even OSB58 cannot be 100% sure himself with Sisu CCFC related accounts.
Well those that exist !!
 

Nick

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I've seen nothing to suggest where this money has gone.
People ? You mean person and even OSB58 cannot be 100% sure himself with Sisu CCFC related accounts.
Well those that exist !!
So you have seen no proof they have taken any money you mean?
 

chiefdave

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I'll let you know when I see the accounts.
Until then I refuse to believe they do it for nothing so the only question is how much ?

So in summary there's zero evidence that SISU are taking money out and the likes have OSB have stated they aren't yet you are going to choose to ignore that in the hope that there's something in a future set of accounts that supports your point of view.
 

Grendel

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I've seen nothing to suggest where this money has gone.
People ? You mean person and even OSB58 cannot be 100% sure himself with Sisu CCFC related accounts.
Well those that exist !!

You made he statement they take money out.

Back the statement up with some evidence or shut up,
 

italiahorse

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You made he statement they take money out.

Back the statement up with some evidence or shut up,

Ive shown you the evidence from previous years. Can you show me where that money went?
If you can't then you need to stop protecting them and ask the question.
 

stupot07

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Ive shown you the evidence from previous years. Can you show me where that money went?
If you can't then you need to stop protecting them and ask the question.

The evidence you have shown us is from where OSB says it's the movement between holdings to ltd and vice versa and that it balances as neutral across the group accounts.


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italiahorse

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The evidence you have shown us is from where OSB says it's the movement between holdings to ltd and vice versa and that it balances as neutral across the group accounts.


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Of course it does.
But that probably means taking it out of CCFC account and putting it into Sisu investors accounts.

Sisu investors are not going to let CCFC run with debt unless they get something out of it.

You guys can turn a blind eye to Sisu business practices but I want them out.
TF the sooner the better.
 

stupot07

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Of course it does.
But that probably means taking it out of CCFC account and putting it into Sisu investors accounts.

Sisu investors are not going to let CCFC run with debt unless they get something out of it.

You guys can turn a blind eye to Sisu business practices but I want them out.
TF the sooner the better.

No it doesn't - here's OSB's analysis of the same accounts in that blog. Movement of money between holdings and ltd not to sisu. Nowhere in the accounts does it suggest money has been taken out. Even OSB has said this numerous times.

http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/17823-CCFC-Holdings-Ltd-Accounts-2011

We all know sisu are shits, but you have no proof they are taking money out. Sisu's investors money will be spread against numerous funds, so their likely to get their money back/payments through those.

We're not turning a blind eye, we're saying there is no evidence. Unless you have evidence to back it up then it's just supposition, OSB has been through all the accounts for years and he says there's no evidence that has been done.



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italiahorse

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No it doesn't - here's OSB's analysis of the same accounts in that blog. Movement of money between holdings and ltd not to sisu. Nowhere in the accounts does it suggest money has been taken out. Even OSB has said this numerous times.

http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/17823-CCFC-Holdings-Ltd-Accounts-2011

We all know sisu are shits, but you have no proof they are taking money out. Sisu's investors money will be spread against numerous funds, so their likely to get their money back/payments through those.
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Serious question. If we have cleared our debts after administration, what is the £2.1M loan interest payable in the 2014 Otium accounts?

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/documents/otium-signed-accounts144-2316099.pdf
 

stupot07

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Serious question. If we have cleared our debts after administration, what is the £2.1M loan interest payable in the 2014 Otium accounts?

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/documents/otium-signed-accounts144-2316099.pdf

OSB would be better explaining this, but only 1 of the group business was in admin, not the whole lot - a subsidiary to SBS&L. The group wad made of 3 companies - SBS&L, Holding and Ltd and only one them (the one with the golden share and lease) went in to admin. You have to remember we were out in admin because of the rent dispute not because sisu had run out of money and couldn't afford to keep us as a going concern. We haven't cleared all our debts, just a large proportion of them.


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italiahorse

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OSB would be better explaining this, but only 1 of the group business was in admin, not the whole lot - a subsidiary to SBS&L. We haven't cleared all our debts, just a large proportion of them.
http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/54673-commentary-on-SBS-amp-L-group-2014-accounts
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I may be wrong but something not right and I'm not clever enough to get into the detail.
Can someone also explain the last paragraph in section 18 because I fear the worse ?

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/documents/otium-signed-accounts144-2316099.pdf

I'm applying simple logic here and ask the following questions.

If a company goes into administration and comes out of it with debtors satisfied by a lesser amount.
Does that not mean that the buyer of the company starts with zero debt in that company?
If so, how come we still have £36M debt and other debt in the form of Preference shares ?

I quote ODB58 ....

"Bottom line is that the Group still owes ARVO and SISU investors substantial funds 36.7m and the preference shares are in reality a lower level of debt but still a debt of sorts."
 
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stupot07

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I may be wrong but something not right and I'm not clever enough to get into the detail.
Can someone also explain the last paragraph in section 18 because I fear the worse ?

http://www.ccfc.co.uk/documents/otium-signed-accounts144-2316099.pdf

I'm applying simple logic here and ask the following questions.

If a company goes into administration and comes out of it with debtors satisfied by a lesser amount.
Does that not mean that the buyer of the company starts with zero debt in that company?
If so, how come we still have £36M debt and other debt in the form of Preference shares ?

I quote ODB58 ....

"Bottom line is that the Group still owes ARVO and SISU investors substantial funds 36.7m and the preference shares are in reality a lower level of debt but still a debt of sorts."

OSB is the best person to ask. But any debt in SBS&L and Holdings would have remained despite Ltd going into admin. So if that debt was sitting there and not in Ltd it will be still owed to sisu. And the CVA was rejected so LTD never came out of admin, sisu just bought assets from ltd. ltd was being liquidated.

You're getting confused with the "club being in admin" and the CCFC company as a whole being in admin.

SBS&L and Holdings were never in admin, only LTD. I think, all 3 companies would have needed to be in admin in order to wipe out the debt.


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skybluetony176

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OSB would be better explaining this, but only 1 of the group business was in admin, not the whole lot - a subsidiary to SBS&L. The group wad made of 3 companies - SBS&L, Holding and Ltd and only one them (the one with the golden share and lease) went in to admin. You have to remember we were out in admin because of the rent dispute not because sisu had run out of money and couldn't afford to keep us as a going concern. We haven't cleared all our debts, just a large proportion of them.


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I could be wrong but wasn't it actually a small portion of the debt? Wasn't it also the historical debt i.e. the debt that we already had before SISU turned up? Wasn't it also true that the FL had to insist that this debt was written off rather than transferred to Otium in exchange for the Golden Share? Hence the scramble by SISU and the administrator to try and prove that the golden share laid in one of the other companies?

As I recall this was probably the only favour the FL actually did for the club otherwise the debt still would have been current.
 

stupot07

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I could be wrong but wasn't it actually a small portion of the debt? Wasn't it also the historical debt i.e. the debt that we already had before SISU turned up? Wasn't it also true that the FL had to insist that this debt was written off rather than transferred to Otium in exchange for the Golden Share? Hence the scramble by SISU and the administrator to try and prove that the golden share laid in one of the other companies?

As I recall this was probably the only favour the FL actually did for the club otherwise the debt still would have been current.

Yeah I think you're right, I seem to remember it be more than it actually was. :(


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chiefdave

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Why have we suddenly changed from talking about management fees to raking over the dodgy administration process again?

You have to stop thinking of CCFC having debt as CCFC isn't a single entity, you have to look at the multiple companies involved. From a quick glance at that document Coventry City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd had a debt of £60.9m to its shareholders (i.e. SISU funds, Avro etc). In purchasing the assets of that company, including the assets that we would consider to form the football club, Otium Entertainment Group Ltd have also taken on that liability.

So when Coventry City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd completed administration and liquidation (has that even happened yet) the debt no longer sat in that company so wouldn't be written off.

In essence if we'd owed £60m to someone like the bank or Geoffrey Robinson it would most likely have stayed in Holdings and wiped out. As it was owed to our owners its been transferred over for them to reclaim in the future if and when there is ever that much money in the company.
 

chiefdave

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Wasn't it also the historical debt i.e. the debt that we already had before SISU turned up?

It was along those lines. So lets say Robinson was owed £15m (totally made up figure BTW) but accepted £1.5m to walk away SISU only actually paid £1.5m but the £15m debt stayed on the books but was now owed to SISU.

Wasn't it also true that the FL had to insist that this debt was written off rather than transferred to Otium in exchange for the Golden Share? Hence the scramble by SISU and the administrator to try and prove that the golden share laid in one of the other companies?

It was the money to ACL that had to be paid wasn't it? Hence why they didn't agree to the CVA. They could reject the CVA to try and force a change of ownership whilst knowing they would still get the same amount back.
 

skybluetony176

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Yeah I think you're right, I seem to remember it be more than it actually was. :(


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IIRC it was about a third (maybe a little less) of the overall debt so not a small amount of money but small share of the overall debt.
 

skybluetony176

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It was along those lines. So lets say Robinson was owed £15m (totally made up figure BTW) but accepted £1.5m to walk away SISU only actually paid £1.5m but the £15m debt stayed on the books but was now owed to SISU.



It was the money to ACL that had to be paid wasn't it? Hence why they didn't agree to the CVA. They could reject the CVA to try and force a change of ownership whilst knowing they would still get the same amount back.

My memory was that money had to be paid out but also historical debt had to be written off as well. Could be wrong but I'm sure the debt wasn't written of willingly. I seem to remember that TF or ML tried to pass the credit for it happening to SISU only for it to be quickly pointed out that they weren't actually given a choice.

Also didn't ACL reject the CVA because they said that the Admin process was flawed when PA not only couldn't find the golden share but it turned out that players had been registered to Ltd despite SISU and PA insisting that no player had ever been registered to Ltd?
 
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chiefdave

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Not yet. But they are accumulating interest to the "not real debt" that will have to be paid or start being paid at some point.

Or written off. Most likely if and when the club is sold a pence in the pound offer will be made on the debt, as when SISU took over. Having the debt still on the books is to their advantage when the other option is just to write it off any not receive a penny.
 

skybluetony176

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Or written off. Most likely if and when the club is sold a pence in the pound offer will be made on the debt, as when SISU took over. Having the debt still on the books is to their advantage when the other option is just to write it off any not receive a penny.

So there's no advantage to accumulate interest to the debt pile in that case. So why are they?
 

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