ORPINGTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2023

 

 

Income 2023

Subscriptions 2023                                1434.50

Subscriptions 2024                                1660.30

Donations (Outreach)                              412.00

Calendar sales                                        343.00

Raffle receipts                                           92.00

Starbeque                                               273.00

Bletchley Park visit                                  175.00

National Space Centre visit                      485.00

UCL Mill Hill visit                                     260.00

Herstmonceux visit (in 2024)                    110.90

Tea fund surplus                                     165.50

Total income for 2023                          5411.20

Total brought forward from Dec 2022     7,616.68

Total income                                     13,027.88

 

 

Expenditure 2023

Petts Wood 2023 – 12 meetings                                   480.00

Otford 2023 – 12 meetings                                           388.00

Otford safety equipment (for new meeting room)             85.16

Speaker expenses                                                       340.95

FAS membership & Public Liability Insurance                 62.00

Equipment – new mount for society scope)                   349.00

Gazebo for outside events                                         1004.15

Zoom subscription (online meetings)                           143.88

Computer speaker soundbar & case                             162.98

SIM card top-up/finder scope                                        88.00

Starbeque food/prizes                                                210.73

Starbeque venue                                                           90.00

Starbeque rockets display                                              50.00

Calendars (100 copies)                                               288.72

Bletchley Park coach balance                                      445.00

Bletchley Park visit entrance                                        235.50

NSC coach balance                                                     650.00

NSC visit entrance                                                      175.00

UCL visit entrance                                                       280.00

Tea coffee supplies                                                       86.84

Web hosting 2022                                                         64.17

 

Web hosting 2023                                                         96.80

Business cards/stationery expenses                               53.70

Bank Cardnet joining fee (for debit card payments)         49.00

OAS Players expenses 2022 & 2023                              43.97

Total expenditure for 2023                                       5923.55

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2023

 

 

Overall loss for calendar year 2023

2023 income (£5411.20) minus 2023 expenditure (£5923.55) = £512.35

 

 

 

Overall total balance at 31 December 2023                      7,104.33

2023 income plus 2022 balance minus 2023 expenditure

Represented by:

amount in bank new account                 6,665.86

amount in bank old account                         1.46

cash in hand                                          437.01

Total                                                    £7,104.33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditor’s Certificate

 

I have examined the books and accounts of the Orpington Astronomical Society and in my opinion the above income and expenditure account statement of position give a true and fair view of the financial affairs of the society as at 31st December 2023.

 

Signed                                                 Date  

 

 

 

 

Auditor

 

 

 

 

Tom Meechan OAS Treasurer