Hilary Devey Dragons Den

[Legacywr]

BBC2 now, anybody else watching?

[Laurel Green]

Yup! Some nice machinery in that first warehouse.

[Legacywr]

Yes, where was that, and who is operating in there now?

[Legacywr]

She's a good advert for cosmetic surgery!

[VinceFox]

i like her.

[Laurel Green]

Don't know, except it being in Lincolnshire. Think she said it was a private circuit - possibly owned/rented by one of these track-day companies?

[Laurel Green]

VinceFox said:

i like her.

I have huge respect for her.

[DSLiverpool]

She has done very well, loads of companies that seem to make very little profit the main one on £48m t/o declared £380k taxable profit so she pays herself well !!

A very driven lady !!

[VinceFox]

bloody good for her. proper woman.

[Legacywr]

She hasn't been anerexic all her life then....

[Laurel Green]

She looks quite nice with the rollers in. Perhaps less makeup is the reason.

[Legacywr]

Too much hair IMO.

[Legacywr]

This is the only Dragons 'life' I have enjoyed!

[Laurel Green]

Legacywr said:

Too much hair IMO.

I think you're right. With her hair up she did look nice.

[NotNormal]

I'm sure that supercar company is owned or run by Simon George who posts on here and also talks about his cars as part of the fast fleet in Evo. I think I saw his pearl white Merci in one shot and also the black DBS.

[Simpo Two]

She did seem slightly female and human towards the end. Astonishing that she had a '9.5' stroke and appears to have made a full recovery.

I just wish she'd lose those silly Dynasty-style shoulder pads that you could launch Cessnas from.

[Slaav]

DSLiverpool said:

She has done very well, loads of companies that seem to make very little profit the main one on £48m t/o declared £380k taxable profit so she pays herself well !!

A very driven lady !!

Can't think of a way of not sounding punchy here but....

Do you own or run a company making any profit?

Those two numbers give you no idea of the true position. Probably a small salary and huge paper right downs! Difficult to award more tax efficient dividends if no profit. Can still declare Divs I believe out of reserves but those numbers mean nothing. HTH?

[DSLiverpool]

Slaav said:

Can't think of a way of not sounding punchy here but....

Do you own or run a company making any profit?

Those two numbers give you no idea of the true position. Probably a small salary and huge paper right downs! Difficult to award more tax efficient dividends if no profit. Can still declare Divs I believe out of reserves but those numbers mean nothing. HTH?

Any company consistently turning over such huge amounts and making such a small taxable profit either has a very clever accountant or pays huge wages - note its consistent, im pretty sure you can't make huge write downs year on year.

[Slaav]

DSLiverpool said:

Slaav said:

Can't think of a way of not sounding punchy here but....

Do you own or run a company making any profit?

Those two numbers give you no idea of the true position. Probably a small salary and huge paper right downs! Difficult to award more tax efficient dividends if no profit. Can still declare Divs I believe out of reserves but those numbers mean nothing. HTH?

Any company consistently turning over such huge amounts and making such a small taxable profit either has a very clever accountant or pays huge wages - note its consistent, im pretty sure you can't make huge write downs year on year.

Fair point. But Divs are generally more tax efficient I thought?

Oh well, nice problem to have eh?

[DSLiverpool]

I love looking up the reported finances of tv featured companies - makes me wonder where I went wrong