2010 Budget/Old draft

Initiatives

Restricted funds carried forward from 2009

See also Initiatives/Bid

Infrastructure

Professional services

• Accountant - ???
• Solicitor - ???

Office and staff

See also 2009_Winter_Fundraiser#Use_of_funds

I (Tango) propose that we open an office in about June and start hiring staff. This will enable us to function much more professionally and efficiently. It comes to quite a large portion of our expected funds (although these are generous estimates), so we may need to be a little more frugal than I've budgeted for. Some of these costs will probably be allocated to various initiatives and we may be able to pay some of them out of grants and other income sources. One easy way to reduce the cost would be to delay implementation - I think we should be up and running at least a few weeks before the next fundraiser to enable that to run more smoothly and effectively, but it wouldn't hurt much to delay until September, say, which would reduce the cost by £3,000 or so.

Item	Details	Cost (£)
Office rent, utilities, rates	6 mths of 12mth lease starting in June	3,000
Furniture/Equipment	Desks, computers, etc.	800
Bookkeeper/secretary wages	8 hrs/wk, increasing to 12 hrs/wk for fundraiser (Nov/Dec) @ £10/hr	2,400
	Nat. insurance and other costs	500
Webmaster/Office IT support/Developer	16 hrs/wk @ £10/hr	4,160
	Nat. insurance and other costs	700
Total		11,560

Reserves

• Reserves - £1000