ECONET Accounts Summary 2007/2008 (Unaudited)

1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008

Income
  2007/2008 2006/2007
Grants   £500.00   £500.00
         
Task Charges   £260.00   £450.00
         
Interest   £142.25   £52.49
         
Total   £902.25   £1,002.49
 
Expenditure
  2007/2008 2006/2007
Insurance        
   Public Liability/Personal    Accident £309.87   £309.87  
   Tools £155.00 £464.87 £55.00 £364.87
         
Affiliation Fees   £35.00   £35.00
         
Tools        
   Purchases £707.81   £53.96  
   Running Costs/Maintenance £61.84 £769.65 £0.00 £53.96
         
Manuals   £9.95   £0.00
         
Task Costs        
   Refreshments £85.70   £61.17  
   Travel Costs £229.50   £258.50  
   Perks £73.84 £389.04 £0.00 £319.67
         
Publicity        
   Leaflets £0.00   £1.00  
   Website £37.60 £37.60 £0.00 £1.00
         
Overheads        
   Administration £86.23 £86.23 £9.34 £9.34
         
Total   £1,792.34   £783.84
 
Financial Statement
  2007/2008 2006/2007
Bank Balances, etc. Brought Forward   £3,468.98   £3,250.33
         
Income & Expenditure        
   Income £902.25   £1,002.49  
   Less Expenditure £1792.34 (£890.09) £783.84 £218.65
         
Carried forward   £2,578.89   £3,468.98
         
Liabilities   £0.00   £0.00
         
Outstanding Income        
   Task Charges   £245.00   £0.00

Commentary

Expenditure
For the first time in recent years there has been a considerable investment in tools including brushing hooks for use at Waterloo Meadows (£160), saw blades for Mapledurham Playing Fields (£43), loppers, shears and billhook (£94), feeling bar (£53), hay rake (£25), gloves, hard hats and knee protectors (£73) and tools bags (£30). £200 was paid for a brush cutter and a further £59 for lock, fuel can and additional blades for use with same.

Tools insurance has been increased to include tools stored as Prospect Park.

Use of hard hats has been improved by providing regular volunteers with their own hat as a perk (£24). £50 was also paid towards the cost of a car roof rack, good use of which has been made transporting hedge laying materials.

Use of the website has been renewed for a further year (£37).

Administrative costs include the treasurer's incidental expenses for both the previous (£35) and current (£40) years.

Income
A grant of £500 was received from Reading Borough Council which was used to pay insurance and related expenses.

The number of tasks for which a charge was made increased (in part this was a result of organisations we had not previously charged volunteering a payment). When all charges are received (£245 was outstanding at the end of the year) then income from tasks will exceed task expenses for the year by about £115.

A change to our bank account has resulted in a nearly threefold increase in the interest received.

Whilst there has been a significant decline in our bank balance during the course of the year, overall our financial position remains reasonably strong.