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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,231
Grendel said:
The group has filed accounts but obviously the HMRC have had an arrangement with clubs regarding pay back terms and Worcester have breached these
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I thought only part of the group had (Wasp Holdings), IEC and Wasp RFC hadnt.
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,232
Gynnsthetonic said:
I thought only part of the group had (Wasp Holdings), IEC and Wasp RFC hadnt.
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Wasps holdings are the group so it’s odd but Derby county didn’t file for 2 years
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,233
On drunken wasps they are bumbling about the training ground and Vaughan when asks who will own the site just lies

Wasps' training ground move - the big questions answered

Gallagher Premiership club has announced it plans to move to a new training ground base ahead of the 2020/21 season
www.coventrytelegraph.net
 

shepardo01

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,234
Grendel said:
On drunken wasps they are bumbling about the training ground and Vaughan when asks who will own the site just lies

Wasps' training ground move - the big questions answered

Gallagher Premiership club has announced it plans to move to a new training ground base ahead of the 2020/21 season
www.coventrytelegraph.net
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"It fell into our laps"
"we have a strong relationship with Warwickshire College Group" (Obviously Nick Eastwood "appearing" on their governors)
How do they manage to pull this shit off!!
 
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tisza

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,235
duffer said:
So that's 20m split across 13 clubs, if I've read it right, with the level depending upon how many players from each club play for England. I'm not sure that this will get Wasps out of the hole they're in. A real pity, I know.
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Article fairly gloomy for the future anyway. It's money upfront rather than extra money ( much like the TV money etc they've already used). Plus there's the 10 odd million borrowed from govt during COVID.
 
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rexo87

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,236
Anyone who knows what they are talking about, do we think the bond holders will agree to new terms?

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Kneeza

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  • Aug 21, 2022
  • #6,237
rexo87 said:
Anyone who knows what they are talking about, do we think the bond holders will agree to new terms?

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I don't know what I'm talking about, but, would you agree new terms?
 
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Peter Billing Eyes

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,238
tisza said:
Article fairly gloomy for the future anyway. It's money upfront rather than extra money ( much like the TV money etc they've already used). Plus there's the 10 odd million borrowed from govt during COVID.
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Is it too much to hope that some of this will be used to pay us for the pitch repairs?
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,239
rexo87 said:
Anyone who knows what they are talking about, do we think the bond holders will agree to new terms?

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I imagine they will. It’ll either be that or get no money back
 
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oldfiver

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,240
Grendel said:
Wasps holdings are the group so it’s odd but Derby county didn’t file for 2 years
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What is even odder (to us bean counters any way ) is the Holding Company has filed group accounts which includes the two errant companies
 

shepardo01

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,241
They've released the kit today, announced brand new club shop over weekend, season tickets on sale....

Don't think their demise will be as immediate as we are all hoping for......
 
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Moff

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,242
shepardo01 said:
They've released the kit today, announced brand new club shop over weekend, season tickets on sale....

Don't think their demise will be as immediate as we are all hoping for......
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They still need customers to buy them, and there isn’t many.
Millions in losses year on year, dwindling fan base….it’s only heading in one direction…but how long they take to get there is the ultimate question.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,243
Free tickets for season ticket holders for the first 4 games bring a mate
 

chiefdave

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,244
Gynnsthetonic said:
Free tickets for season ticket holders for the first 4 games bring a mate
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Bit weird as they said they were stopping handing out tickets like confetti but you've got this and there was a link on their website where anyone could put their email address in and get free tickets. How do you become a sustainable business when you give your product away for free all the time?
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,245
chiefdave said:
Bit weird as they said they were stopping handing out tickets like confetti but you've got this and there was a link on their website where anyone could put their email address in and get free tickets. How do you become a sustainable business when you give your product away for free all the time?
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As part of the Henley deal they offered 1,000 free tickets a year to clubs in the henley area for 10 years
 

duffer

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,246
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I imagine they will. It’ll either be that or get no money back
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I think it depends how bullish they're feeling and whether they think Wasps will ever be in a position to fully redeem the bonds (or pay an even higher level of ongoing interest going forward).

Ultimately, the bondholders have got security via the stadium and the p-shares (iirc on the latter).

It could be they'd be better forcing the sale and getting something back now rather than ending up in an even worse state in a year or two.

From a purely financial point of view Wasps look like a basket case to me. I'd want to get whatever I could now before it all goes down the pan.
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,247
duffer said:
I think it depends how bullish they're feeling and whether they think Wasps will ever be in a position to fully redeem the bonds (or pay an even higher level of ongoing interest going forward).

Ultimately, the bondholders have got security via the stadium and the p-shares (iirc on the latter).

It could be they'd be better forcing the sale and getting something back now rather than ending up in an even worse state in a year or two.

From a purely financial point of view Wasps look like a basket case to me. I'd want to get whatever I could now before it all goes down the pan.
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It’s not that straightforward

they haven’t really got any security at all in the event of administration being forced on ACl and it’s likely the purchase price would get significantly driven down.

No one knows who the large investors are but I think there will be a vast number with £5 k and under. They’d lose most of the capital anyway so many will stick as they have little option
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,248
chiefdave said:
Bit weird as they said they were stopping handing out tickets like confetti but you've got this and there was a link on their website where anyone could put their email address in and get free tickets. How do you become a sustainable business when you give your product away for free all the time?
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You are absolutely right, however, they don't need to be a sustainable business when they have the council/councillors in their pockets.

There's clearly some fairly high level corruption that's been in play from day one.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,249
oldfiver said:
What is even odder (to us bean counters any way ) is the Holding Company has filed group accounts which includes the two errant companies
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Have they file June 2022 accounts, if so where are they to be found?
 
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oldfiver

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,250
MalcSB said:
Have they file June 2022 accounts, if so where are they to be found?
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They have until March 2023 to meet Companies House regs

But because a PLC WASPs Finance have to file December 31 and WASPs are published same time
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,251
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
You are absolutely right, however, they don't need to be a sustainable business when they have the council/councillors in their pockets.

There's clearly some fairly high level corruption that's been in play from day one.
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The first few years of freebies made some sense, come along and try the ‘product’ and see what you think. Then it just seemed to become a permanent thing to tackle waning crowds despite the council plugging them non stop and having everything in their favour.

Just imagine what CCFC could have done with similar support.
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,252
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The first few years of freebies made some sense, come along and try the ‘product’ and see what you think. Then it just seemed to become a permanent thing to tackle waning crowds despite the council plugging them non stop and having everything in their favour.

Just imagine what CCFC could have done with similar support.
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The stadium is unmanageable for either club. The clubs have not got the resource - its a council vanity project that is doomed to fail
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,253
Grendel said:
The stadium is unmanageable for either club. The clubs have not got the resource - its a council vanity project that is doomed to fail
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Well I was more referring to the pre Wasps era of jacked up rent and lost revenue access
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,254
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Well I was more referring to the pre Wasps era of jacked up rent and lost revenue access
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Same problem - the stadium was still set up to fail
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,255
I feel for their genuine fans in London but they thoroughly deserve to go out of business.
 
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tisza

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,256
Grendel said:
The stadium is unmanageable for either club. The clubs have not got the resource - its a council vanity project that is doomed to fail
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exactly right. Had 17/18 years of various stadium management entities and none have managed to do much with it. All sorts of large catering, corporate & entertainment partners and again none have cracked it.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,257
Brighton Sky Blue said:
The first few years of freebies made some sense, come along and try the ‘product’ and see what you think. Then it just seemed to become a permanent thing to tackle waning crowds despite the council plugging them non stop and having everything in their favour.

Just imagine what CCFC could have done with similar support.
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The problem is with freebies that the product has no value and when you start charging people go bloody hell that’s a thirty pound increase if they went up to thirty pounds for example.
 
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MalcSB

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,258
oldfiver said:
They have until March 2023 to meet Companies House regs

But because a PLC WASPs Finance have to file December 31 and WASPs are published same time
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Thanks, I was getting confused - I thought they were the timelines but interpreted your post as saying already filed (for 2022)
 
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oldfiver

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,259
MalcSB said:
Thanks, I was getting confused - I thought they were the timelines but interpreted your post as saying already filed (for 2022)
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I have them on Auto reminder so will know when they file
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Aug 22, 2022
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New kit is a beauty in fairness
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Aug 22, 2022
  • #6,261
alexccfc99 said:
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New kit is a beauty in fairness
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Wright Hassall is about right
 
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oldfiver

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  • Aug 23, 2022
  • #6,262
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Wright Hassall is about right
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It is for a firm of solicitors ( in Leamington, )
 

Grendel

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  • Aug 23, 2022
  • #6,263
Got banned from one of the wasps forums
 
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duffer

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  • Aug 23, 2022
  • #6,264
The bondholders are definitely getting twitchy, can't say that I blame them.

The trustee (who is supposed to act on their behalf) doesn't seem to be particularly proactive. I think that at least a few of them are getting organised for themselves now to push things along, they clearly don't like the way Wasps or the Trustee are dealing with this.

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Nick

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  • Aug 23, 2022
  • #6,265
Does the trustee have links to Wasps or are they 100% independent?
 
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