To be fair the club (belatedly) acknowledged the difficulties faced by fans by allowing season ticket holders to pay £50 by Dec 5th & the balance by the end of January.
Or you could pay by instalments albeit incurring hefty interest charges.
Finally, you could argue that fans know well in advance when season tickets need to be renewed so could budget for it - easier said than done I know.
If the club does not learn from its past mistakes & budget for lower income from season ticket sales this year then next years figures may not be so good.
I would hope that the budget is always set on the basis that the club will not reach Wembley or Old Trafford.
Let's hope for good weather for the Test in May vs the Kiwis & for the ODI vs Australia in September.

What is our debt situation like - are we currently serving any long term debt (eg for the pitch/Southstand works/contributions toward Carnegie stand etc etc)?

I note £2.5m in the bank - deposit toward a new stand anyone (main or South?)...

Also "Only the Headingley Lodge returning a material budget shortfall and also Headingley Experience catering budget suffered mainly as a result of the One Day International being washed out without a ball being bowled"

Do I take from this that the rugby club own the hotel and catering facilities? Or is this a joint venture with the cricket club? Great for the rugby club if true, but must hit the cricket club in the pocket on test matches etc.

Does it? Even though there's clearly an increase in the first few years of that decade?

I reach two conclusions:

1) I hope you're not in charge of anything important, anywhere (although you may be CEO of a large high street back with that sort of acumen for reading trends and markets...)
2) You almost certainly work for the Daily Express.

Yes. Leeds Rugby retained ownership of the hotel & the catering rights in the Long Room when they sold the rest of the ground to YCCC.
Another good piece of business by Caddick/GH, to be used as a bargaining tool when the North Stand is (eventually) redeveloped?

Absolutely none - the Carnegie Stand was paid for out of cash. The company has £18.6m of total assets and £3.6m total liabilities. The latter were £754k trade creditors, £142k owed to other Caddick companies, PAYE & VAT £350k, dividends owed to Caddick £30k, misc other creditors £378k, accruals and deferred income (including season ticket income) £1,076k, Deferred Tax £302k and deferred ground improvement grants £662k.

All very healthy looking indeed.

Plus £850k due back from Leeds RUFC who have raided our piggy bank to fund their own losses.