The curse of the fraud Supply@ME Capital’s David Bull – PCF Group to leave AIM and wind down

Secondary lender PCF Group (PCF) was an AIM sewer high-flier with its shares trading at above 40p just over 4 years ago. Today after news that it was winding down its loan book and delisting the shares are just 0.56p and the man who is to blame for the chain of events that led to today’s bombshell  is David Bull, until August chairing Eight Capital Partners (ECP) and running the Audit Committee as a NED as its bastard big brother the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME). Is he the most toxic bean counter in the small cap world?

The toxic legacy of David Bull – PCF Group stops lending today as it faces growing balance sheet crisis

Shares in PCF Group (PCF) closed 2020 at 30p. Less than three months later they were suspended at 24p as a black hole created by its then recently departed numbers man David Bull emerged. It has been downhill ever since and today’s latest dire update has seen them collapse by 33% to 1.5p. But a spread of 1p-2p suggests market makers know that there could be far worse to come. This is Bull’s fault. Who on earth would employ him now?

#PCF – PCF Bank to suspend new lending with company fundraising and “transactional” options uncertainty

#PCF – Somers' ownership after its “capital subscription” 70.8%, not previously stated 73.3%

#PCF – £2.7m capital subscription agreement, “very early-stage” M&A conversations

#PCF – shares suspension to be lifted with annual report, “early-stage” possible offer discussions

#PCF Group – shares suspended as accounts again not published, “will provide an update in due course”

Things get even worse at PCF, another suspension looms and this is all the work of disgraced David Bull of the Supply@ME fraud

Having just managed to get its shares unsuspended, PCF Group (PCF) has today warned folks that they are likely to be suspended again. To have your shares suspended once may be understandable. But twice looks like carelessness and the man responsible is now a key figure in the Supply@ME Capital (SYME) and Eight Capital Partners (ECP) fraud. Any quarter decent firm would have suspended David Bull months ago. But Supply & Eight promoted him instead.

#PCF – trading update, set for further shares suspension as “logistical reasons” further accounts delay

PCF Group – interims further highlight mess left by David Bull (now of Eight Capital Partners and Supply@ME Capital infamy) & co

Business and consumer financing group PCF (PCF) has announced results for its half-year ended 31st March 2021 (at last!), noting “statutory profit after tax of £1.0 million” and it “pleased to announce” shares suspension lifting. What then of a share price response to 15p, 38% lower than previously?...

#PCF – results for six months ended 31st March 2021 at last, lower (natch)

PCF Group Accounts out– with the benefit of hindsight was David Bull of Supply@ME infamy really a good leaver?

AIM "starlet" PCF Group (PCF) has finally published its long delayed annual report for the year ended 30 September 2020.  The company’s shares remain suspend at the present time.  The strategic report indicates that “a number of items have caused a reduction to profit before tax of approximately £7 million for the twelve months to 30 September 2020, compared with the preliminary results published in December 2020”.  The preliminary results recorded a profit before tax of £2.1 million so it’s a massive change.

#PCF Group – results for year ended 30th September 2020!, they ain’t good! Remains suspended

#PCF – updates on ‘remediation plan’, shares remain suspended

Supply@Me Capital – David Bull’s toxic legacy, as a CFO at AIM banking group PCF, gets even more toxic

Shareholders in Supply@Me Capital Plc (SYME) have dual exposure to Mr. David Bull.  The first is in his capacity as the Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Supply where his role is to exercise oversight and guidance over the financial reporting process and controls at the Group.  The second is via his position as CEO of Eight Capital Partners (ECP)  which holds an equity interest in Supply and is also lender to an Alessandro Zamboni corporate shareholder in Supply which is secured on Supply shares.

#PCF – further additional impairment charge, states review “now well progressed”

PCF the accounting black hole gets worse – a reminder of what the guilty man does now!

Oh dear, oh dear. Shares in PCF Group (PCF) which have been “temporarily” suspended since an accounting black hole emerged on 19 May look like they are going to be “temporarily” suspended a  good bit longer. The AIM dog had said that the black hole in the September 30 2020 P&L was going to be less than £750,000. But today…

#PCF Group – identified further “accounting matters”, work ongoing & shares remain suspended

#PCF – identifies “significant deficiencies”, remedial plan discussions ongoing with regulator

#PCF Group – “trading in the first five months of the current financial year has been strong and in line with management's expectations”