
Preface | |||
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Acknowledgements | |||
Using the activities at the end of each chapter | |||
Introduction: why keep accounts - and who should keep them?: Why keep accounts? Who keeps accounts? What personal qualities should a treasurer have?; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 1 | |||
Deciding what your group's activities will cost: Establishing your plans; How to construct a budget; Breaking down the budget; Budgets and price increases; Keeping to the budget; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 2 | |||
Records of money coming in and going out: Recording the money; Another method of presentation; Rules to help you to control your cash; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 3 | |||
Arranging your records to give more information: The analysed cash book; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 4 | |||
Bank accounts: What the bank will offer; How to account for bank accounts; Transfers between cash and bank; Points to remember when filling in your bank book; Two other methods of presentation; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 5 | |||
Ensuring that your figures are the same as the bank's figures: Rules to help you control your bank account; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 6 | |||
Summarising the accounts: Receipts; Payment; Putting it all together; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 7 | |||
Summarising the accounts in more detail: How to improve the receipts and payments account; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 8 | |||
Providing the information that your group needs: How much money is left?; Regular reporting; What does the statement show?; Reporting from the beginning of the year to date; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 9 | |||
Having the accounts checked: Who is appointed to check the accounts?; What happens when the accounts are checked?; Other checks; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 10 | |||
Relations with donors: Who are the donors?; Approaches to donors; Accounting requirements; "Building blocks" of accounting; Reporting to people who have given you money; Increases in workloads; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Chapter 11 | |||
Regular financial tasks: Daily financial tasks; Weekly financial tasks; Monthly financial tasks; Annual/year-end financial tasks; Key points of this chapter; Activities | |||
Appendix 1: Example of a receipts and payments account | |||
Appendix 2: Some blank forms which you may find useful | |||
Appendix 3: Solutions to activitiesSuggestions for further reading |
John Cammack
John Cammack is a freelance adviser and consultant, trainer, writer and coach with international non-government organizations. He has previously worked as head of international finance at Oxfam UK and as a senior lecturer in accounting and financial management at Oxford Brookes University.