SPA Accounts

SOCIETY FOR POPULAR ASTRONOMY

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR

THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007

2006     2007  
£ £   £ £
    INCOME    
         
41,827   Subscriptions 40,598  
5,183   Advertising 4,135  
889   Profit on books 925  
2,827   Profit on merchandising 1,390  
4,440   Interest 6,098  
7,036   Gift Aid 9,943  
65   Donations 24  
515   Profit on weekend course 301  
-   Profit on convention 114  
-------------     -------------  
  62,782     63,528
         
    DEDUCT EXPENSES    
         
25,963   Popular Astronomy (including postage) 24,525  
7,619   Circulars (including postage) 5,868  
6,313   Printing, postage, stationery and telephone 5,770  
3,023   Meeting expenses 3,402  
688   Insurance 685  
36   Section expenses 103  
6,308   Publicity 6,458  
1,020   Credit card and bank charges 921  
894   Prime Space (net) 553  
1,548   Sundry office and other equipment 478  
214   Electronic News Bulletin expenses 133  
242   Website expenses 20  
277   Convention -  
-   Fred Best Award 59  
-   Young members 325  
-   International Year of Astronomy 2009 92  
66   Sundry expenses -  
-------------     -------------  
  54,211     49,392
  -------------     -------------
  8,571 Excess of income over expenditure   14,136
  -------------     -------------
         

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2007

         
2006     2007  
£ £   £ £
    CURRENT ASSETS    
         
50,000   Fixed Rate Bond 50,000  
3,014   Debtors and prepayments 4,359  
    Cash at bank    
81,021   (incl. interest-bearing accounts of £88,358) 91,200  
-------------     -------------  
  134,035     145,559
         
    LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES    
         
28,782   Subscriptions received in advance 28,168  
4,424   Sundry creditors 2,426  
-------------     -------------  
  33,206     30,594
  -------------     -------------
  100,829     114,965
  -------------     -------------
         
    CAPITAL ACCOUNT    
         
    General funds    
91,443   Surplus as at 1 October 2006 100,829  
    Add excess of income over    
8,571   expenditure for the year 14,136  
815   Adjustment for Fred and Lillian Best prize funds -  
-------------     -------------  
  100,829     114,965
  -------------     -------------
  100,829     114,965
  -------------     -------------
         
NOTE: No account is taken of stocks of books or merchandise.
SPA Home Page
Maintained by Dave Pearson. Last modified 9th February 2008