| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM 17:15 - Mar 26 with 9839 views | RAFCBLUE |
(I'm going to leave this thread here and I can update the OP to cover any added points anyone else might have.)
The club's financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 are due to be published by Monday 31 May 2021 and an AGM called.
Usually, the club would need to publish its accounts for this year within 9 months of the year end (i.e. by 28 February 2021) but the Government have given all companies an optional 3 month extension due to Covid-19.
The club appear to be taking that optional extension even though I am sure that the financial performance for that year will be known. The prior year accounts to 31 May 2019 were signed on 3 February 2020.
Opening net assets (on 1 June 2019) were £1,360,167 and opening cash balances were £408,206. The 31 May 2020 equivalents are keenly awaited.
Whilst Covid-19 ended the season early, operationally the financial year saw:
* League 1 status retained
* 34 (of 46) scheduled league games played due to Covid-19. Of the unplayed games 7 were home fixtures and 5 away fixtures.
* FA Cup 3rd Round reached with 5 FA Cup games and defeat vs Premier League side Newcastle, including a televised game.
* EFL Cup 3rd Round reached with 3 EFL Cup games and defeat vs Premier League side Manchester United
* Dan Adshead sold to Norwich on 1 July 2019
* Luke Mathewson sold to Wolves on 31 January 2020
* Closure of the Goldbond and the launch of its replacement the Dale Lotto.
* We invested in a new pitch, though the work was done after the 31 May 2020 deadline, the financial commitment was made before.
* Craig Dawson add on monies were due from West Brom.
On the subject of the AGM:
* The AGM for the 31 May 2019 accounts was postponed due to Covid-19. It should have taken place on 23 March 2020 which was the first day of lockdown.
* An EGM, relating to the sale of additional shares and granting statutory powers for the existing board was also posted for 23 March 2020 but did not take place.
As RAFC’s Articles of Association do not contain an express power to postpone a General Meeting, legally it means that the meetings will still need to take place in order for them to be adjourned indefinitely. Therefore, on 23 March 2020, ordinary resolutions to adjourn the meetings were proposed by those in attendance. It was anticipated that this will be the only business of the meetings.
Consequently, there was no expectation of wider shareholder attendance at the meetings beyond that of the Board of directors. While shareholders or a proxy are still entitled to attend and vote, they were strongly advised not to.
As a date for the adjourned meetings has not yet been fixed, it means that fresh notices will be sent out prior to any adjourned meetings taking place. RAFC will have to provide 21 days’ notice prior to any adjourned meetings taking place. At the time of this post there has been no notice as when to reschedule the meetings, but noting that the country is still subject to national lockdown restrictions.
The last successful AGM held was on 7 May 2019.
Apologies this is a long post but will all going on at the club, I feel it needs prominence over the next 60 days.
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| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM on 21:58 - May 24 with 1838 views | RAFCBLUE |
| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM on 21:36 - May 24 by 49thseason |
RAFC BLUE,, is there a good reason to continue with Denehurst Park Ltd. as an entity? I'm no accountant so it seems a strange thing to do considering it has to all intents and purposes been a shell since the club bought the ground from the council. Wasn't it set up to be the vehicle for the Council Hornets and Dale to share the responsibility for the ground? |
Yes.
The Council have loaned the club money into this vehicle which is secured on the ground.
The accounts for that individual entity are here too:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02483618/fili
And here is the charge which secures the loan from the Council:
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02483618/char | |
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| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM on 08:44 - May 26 with 1423 views | DaleiLama |
Interesting thread giving overview - apologies if it's been posted elsewhere
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| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM on 19:46 - May 28 with 1126 views | DevonDale |
| Financial accounts for the year to 31 May 2020 and AGM on 21:21 - May 24 by RAFCBLUE |
An observation from the publicly available filings that its arrogant to file the accounts at Companies House when they have not been approved by the shareholders.
It's even more arrogant to file something without that approval that is riddled with basic factual and presentation errors.
For instance:
a) there is an error page showing from the accounting software used to check their accuracy
b) Page 19 is missing
c) On the Report of the Directors on Page 4 it says
"The directors shown have held office during the whole of the period from 1 June 2019 to the date of this report" (which is 17 May 2021)
It then proceeds to list Andrew Kilpatrick who resigned on 18 February 2021 and notes further down he resigned on 18 February 2021.
There are loads of errors.
The report is signed off by Mr Bottomley dated last Monday - so he has either not reviewed these full or has been severely let down by the people who have prepared them.
I suspect it is one for the shareholders to ask open why these mistakes are happening at the appropriate point of the AGM. |
There is strictly nothing wrong with filing the accounts at Companies House before an AGM. The accounts are approved by the directors not the shareholders. The AGM is where the previously approved accounts are layed before shareholders and is an opportunity for shareholders to raise any issues and ask questions about them.
Also, the accounts will have needed to be filed at Companies House by 31 May to avoid a late filing penalty, with the AGM scheduled for after this deadline. |  | | |
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