Table of Contents

Preface 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

About the Author

John Cammack is a freelance trainer and consultant with international NGOs. He previously worked as head of international finance at Oxfam UK and Ireland, and senior lecturer in accounting at Oxford Brookes University