Co-owner John Nixon "provided" £92,000 to Carlisle United last season, the club have said.

The five-figure sum was then converted into shares in the Blues' holding company before the end of their 2017/18 accounting period.

Nixon's contribution was confirmed by the club in answers to supporters' questions following a recent Carlisle United Supporters' Groups meeting.

It follows a confirmation statement filed with Companies House which showed Nixon's allocation of non-voting 'B' shares in CUFC Holdings had risen from 20,000 to 132,000.

Replying to a supporter's question, Carlisle chief executive Nigel Clibbens said: "In the year to 30 June 2018, John Nixon provided £92,000 to the club.

"Before the end of that financial year that was then converted into B shares as disclosed in the confirmation statement recently filed at Companies House."

Several years ago former managing director Nixon - now United's "director of external affairs" - loaned the club £20,000, that amount having also since been converted into equity.

Chairman Andrew Jenkins' allocation of B shares, meanwhile, had also gone up from 400,000 to 1,198,000 by last June after he also converted some of his loans in the club to equity.

Asked why such loans from directors were exchanged for shares rather than written off, United replied: "The loan providers offered to convert and the board decided they wished to agree to it."

The News & Star has invited United to comment further on Nixon's £92,000 contribution and the increase in his amount of B shares.

Nixon and his fellow owners have also provided personal guarantees for United's debt to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which rose to £1.31m by the end of last June.

That figure was revealed when Carlisle published their 2017/18 accounts last week. They showed the club lost £121,000 last season.

Turnover and income fell while the club's overall debt went up by £245,000 to £2.26m.

The accounts will be presented to shareholders at United's annual general meeting on Thursday.