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Plymouth Argyle - The Fans Crowdfunder
- Thread starter Ottawa Green
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Excellent progress in last 24 hours.davie nine":3i9d4a82 said:
Now £47,733 from 410 supporters; 95% of target with 6 days remaining.
Now over 520 free match day tickets for NHS heroes.
Potential to achieve and, possibly, exceed £50k target.
- Sep 30, 2003
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The packages that people are buying to get something in return (season tickets etc) is good here, but this whole crowdfunder thing is a disgrace when we are throwing thousands of pounds at having the pitch relaid and have furloughed most of the club staff for the tax payer to pay.
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Well I have put a solid sum into this appeal and I am very pleased that they are planning to relay the pitch. The reason why people are putting money in here is to help the club - and it's smaller suppliers - run something like a normal business. Delight not disgrace.
The purpose of furloughing is to allow businesses to retain employees whilst they have no work to perform and the company's income is reduced by the current circumstances. There is nothing in the rules to stipulate that all other planned business activity has to stop - indeed on the contrary the intent is to allow businesses as much help as possible to both retain employees and to maintain a functioning business.
The club has virtually zero income at the moment, and will have very limited cash reserves, but is still topping up pay as I understand it. As already stated SH is prepared to fund loses this FY - and even after June there will be no new income until some clarity emerges. So safe to assume that SH is funding capital spend as well. Given that he takes zero income from his shareholding we should be very grateful - he has dug and continues to dig very deeply into his own pockets.
As an aside the HMT view will be to assume/hope that most businesses continue to function normally - ie retain employees, continue to plan investment etc. If they don't we are really in trouble. As an example a relaid pitch will attract VAT payments, tax/NI on income from employees working it, reduce demands on UC, use of subcontractors etc, etc. All the sums go into the mix.
As I said I and other are clearly happy to do our bit to keep the thing moving - and hopefully £60K will go back into the local economy that would not otherwise have been there. A small gesture - but we need lots of small gestures at the moment.
The club has virtually zero income at the moment, and will have very limited cash reserves, but is still topping up pay as I understand it. As already stated SH is prepared to fund loses this FY - and even after June there will be no new income until some clarity emerges. So safe to assume that SH is funding capital spend as well. Given that he takes zero income from his shareholding we should be very grateful - he has dug and continues to dig very deeply into his own pockets.
As an aside the HMT view will be to assume/hope that most businesses continue to function normally - ie retain employees, continue to plan investment etc. If they don't we are really in trouble. As an example a relaid pitch will attract VAT payments, tax/NI on income from employees working it, reduce demands on UC, use of subcontractors etc, etc. All the sums go into the mix.
As I said I and other are clearly happy to do our bit to keep the thing moving - and hopefully £60K will go back into the local economy that would not otherwise have been there. A small gesture - but we need lots of small gestures at the moment.
£50,443 from 435 supporters.
Almost 101% of original target of £50k and 84% of revised target of £60k with 4 days remaining.
Almost 101% of original target of £50k and 84% of revised target of £60k with 4 days remaining.
The crowdfunding is to support small local businesses to help them keep going in this very difficult time. The work on the pitch is what would have happened at the end of the season anyway, i think Daz is conflicting what the funding is actually for,
Pete
Pete
£51,373 from 445 supporters.
103% of original £50k target and 86% of revised target of £60k.
3 days remaining.
Approx. 560 free match tickets for NHS heroes.
103% of original £50k target and 86% of revised target of £60k.
3 days remaining.
Approx. 560 free match tickets for NHS heroes.
£51,733 from 451 supporters. 103% of original £50k target and 86% of revised target with 2 days remaining (today and tomorrow).
£52,503 from 456 supporters. 105% of original target and 88% of revised.
580+ free tickets for our NHS heroes.
580+ free tickets for our NHS heroes.
Note on website says ‘19 hours left’.
I assume that Crowdfunder will end at 14:00 tomorrow.
Total currently stands at £53,478.
I assume that Crowdfunder will end at 14:00 tomorrow.
Total currently stands at £53,478.
