You're forgetting one thing though OSB. It's not real debt
:laugh: yes well that was the case ......... but then they took the manufactured & "historic" debt that didn't relate to Otium at all, transferred it in to the new company and turned it in to preference shares ......... so converting something that was nothing more than accounting trickery in my opinion to financial debt instruments that cannot simply be written off. All perfectly legal.
Did they need/have to burden Otium with it, no....... but they chose to transfer that debt there and to formalise it as the issued share capital of the business accruing dividends of millions that the company cannot pay unless it has some massive windfall. So why do it?
:laugh: yes well that was the case ......... but then they took the manufactured & "historic" debt that didn't relate to Otium at all, transferred it in to the new company and turned it in to preference shares ......... so converting something that was nothing more than accounting trickery in my opinion to financial debt instruments that cannot simply be written off. All perfectly legal.
Did they need/have to burden Otium with it, no....... but they chose to transfer that debt there and to formalise it as the issued share capital of the business accruing dividends of millions that the company cannot pay unless it has some massive windfall. So why do it?
Don't separate the assets from the liabilities
If someone took over CCFC as it stands then they might pay £1 for the ordinary share capital (ownership)because the overall company has no value to it at all.
In fact the balance sheet value in the accounts of Otium is minus £70m+. Included in that figure there are preference shares issued too that give rights to ARVO and SBS&L (but are not ownership shares) - effectively £64m of debt
In buying the ordinary shares then the purchaser takes over the assets of the company but more importantly the liabilities & preference shares. They don't actually pay up font for the debt but take on going responsibility for servicing the debt. The creditors providing the loans etc might agree to discount those liabilities in the deal but I don't see any way that it would make the balance sheet positive.
Otium is basically worthless, and loaded with liability that makes outside interest very difficult
:laugh: yes well that was the case ......... but then they took the manufactured & "historic" debt that didn't relate to Otium at all, transferred it in to the new company and turned it in to preference shares ......... so converting something that was nothing more than accounting trickery in my opinion to financial debt instruments that cannot simply be written off. All perfectly legal.
Did they need/have to burden Otium with it, no....... but they chose to transfer that debt there and to formalise it as the issued share capital of the business accruing dividends of millions that the company cannot pay unless it has some massive windfall. So why do it?
Why who gives a shitCan you compare and contrast to the WASPS Balance Sheet?
Can you compare and contrast to the WASPS Balance Sheet?
Can you compare and contrast to the WASPS Balance Sheet?
Why who gives a shit
Can you compare and contrast to the WASPS Balance Sheet?
Yes I can
But I suggest you do your own work on it if you have a point to make that makes such a comparison relevant to Byng or his backers potentially taking over CCFC. After all you have all the information.
The only comments I would make are that both sets show negative reserves which I assume is what you are driving at (24m vs 74m). One set shows a group with structured debt, significant assets, potential to grow income sources significantly, finance available to do that, money to invest in the squad, with a more obvious plan for driving the deficit down and the drive to do that. The other might have the drive(?) but doesnt seem to have the rest of it, the biggest asset it has is probably the manager whose reputation in the game is growing again (aside from owning the training ground?). You choose which.
What any comparison should show is the increase in risk of combining the two. Combining the debt in to one group and the need for further finance particularly if CCFC get promoted in my mind kills any prospect of it happening
Just my opinions of course
I simply asked the question!
In the past you have dissected in detail the Otium/CCFC accounts so I wondered if you had done the same for WASPS and the could compare
Your opinions are valued many on the Forum so always worth a read and your site description is
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
so who best to ask?
Just to be clear. Yes mine says CCFC Manager and yes my name is Tony but I'm not that Tony. So don't be asking me who's starting, who's sitting on the bench and what formation we're playing.
But you have not ( so far as I know ) ever published that sort of information?
Don't separate the assets from the liabilities
If someone took over CCFC as it stands then they might pay £1 for the ordinary share capital (ownership)because the overall company has no value to it at all.
In fact the balance sheet value in the accounts of Otium is minus £70m+. Included in that figure there are preference shares issued too that give rights to ARVO and SBS&L (but are not ownership shares) - effectively £64m of debt
In buying the ordinary shares then the purchaser takes over the assets of the company but more importantly the liabilities & preference shares. They don't actually pay up font for the debt but take on going responsibility for servicing the debt. The creditors providing the loans etc might agree to discount those liabilities in the deal but I don't see any way that it would make the balance sheet positive.
Otium is basically worthless, and loaded with liability that makes outside interest very difficult
Yeah, but other than that OSB, what are the negatives??
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Yeah, but other than that OSB, what are the negatives??
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