After David Burns went on about the Allams cutting and running I did a few jottings on the back of my PC based on the last accounts and an estimate of how much Hull City's TV money will be. These are guesses and don't include the summer transfers because I have no idea how the payments will be structured. They are usually paid over 2 or 3 years.
Our income is likely to be around £124 million
We owed £23.4 million to the bank or banks (I assume this was repaid when we received the first monies from the Premier League).
We owed £1.4 million in tax, most probably because it wasn't due to be paid at the year end. We also owed £13.9 million in accruals, presumably to be paid from this year's income.
Our wage bill according to OLM is around £60 million. Our rent is around £4 million and our administration expenses £5 million.
So out of an income of £124m we have to pay out £107.7 million, leaving £16.3 million to repay the debt to Allamhouse.
I understand from a poster on CI that selling our first team squad, thereby making us non-competitive, may put the TV money at risk as the Premier League can withhold payments. This would mean the Allams could end up making significant losses this year instead of a small profit.
My gut feeling is that we have to stay in the Premier League for the Allams to stand any chance of getting their money back. The back of my PC says we have a small amount of money to spend in January unless the Allams provide more cash or sell some players.
Given our current state I would say with the right leadership we stand a chance of staying up. The question is does Ehab Allam have those qualities. If he does he doesn't have long to start showing them.
Our income is likely to be around £124 million
We owed £23.4 million to the bank or banks (I assume this was repaid when we received the first monies from the Premier League).
We owed £1.4 million in tax, most probably because it wasn't due to be paid at the year end. We also owed £13.9 million in accruals, presumably to be paid from this year's income.
Our wage bill according to OLM is around £60 million. Our rent is around £4 million and our administration expenses £5 million.
So out of an income of £124m we have to pay out £107.7 million, leaving £16.3 million to repay the debt to Allamhouse.
I understand from a poster on CI that selling our first team squad, thereby making us non-competitive, may put the TV money at risk as the Premier League can withhold payments. This would mean the Allams could end up making significant losses this year instead of a small profit.
My gut feeling is that we have to stay in the Premier League for the Allams to stand any chance of getting their money back. The back of my PC says we have a small amount of money to spend in January unless the Allams provide more cash or sell some players.
Given our current state I would say with the right leadership we stand a chance of staying up. The question is does Ehab Allam have those qualities. If he does he doesn't have long to start showing them.
