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Issue No. 80 SPRING 2019
FROM THE TREASURER
As I write this I am in the process of completing the work to send the accounts off for audit, and in doing so I have suddenly realised that this must be my eighth year of being the Treasurer! Doesn't time fly when you are having fun?
Because I am in the middle of preparing for audit I am not yet in a position to give the actual year-end figures. but what I can say is that we certainly remain solvent, and in fact, the accounts are looking healthy enough for me to say that I feel confident that no increase in subscriptions will be required within the next 12 months. That is, of course, dependent on there not being a significant increase in the cost of the dairies from the PGA.
One thing I have noted is that I am still getting the occasional member who, having changed their standing order to reflect the new cost, failed to cancel the old one, resulting in me getting two payments from them, often on the same day. I obviously go through the bank statements very carefully, but as I believe I have stated before, the information I get from the bank regarding where the payment has come from is quite limited, and often does not include the full name of the sender as the bank’s system obviously seems only capable of providing a limited number of letters/digits on a statement.
I have written to those that I have picked up as paying twice, and will, of course, be reimbursing them the overpayment, but once again I would ask all members to please check your accounts to ensure that you are not paying us twice, or paying at the wrong rate. Annual subscription without a diary is £13 and with a diary is £20. If this is not what you are paying then please instruct your bank to pay the correct amount.
GRAHAM MUMBY-CROFT
Graham Mumby-Croft
Treasurer
