As I said at the outset the consolidated audited accounts show a debt of £9m, only of the following can be true...
1) there is indeed a £9m debt and one of the Group companies has incorrect accounts, or has been dissolved with a £9m debt.
2) the consolidated group accounts are wrong an incorrectly show a £9m debt.
3) there is another subsidiary that we don’t know about that has the £9m debt.
4) I have completely misread the situation and can’t read accounts - if that’s the case then over 20 years as an FCA, a senior statutory auditor and a tax adviser has been wasted!
I make no further comment.