I took over the Lodge accounts some years ago and last year managed to finally settle 3 years worth of accounts after having one hell of a job in unravelling what had gone on. With losses in the first year of close to £2,000 it wasn't sustainable but finally this year I've got a surplus of getting close to £1,000. That's a hell of an improvement. The problem now comes in recovering the losses of the last 3 or 4 years and keeping the finances healthy.
It's been a rough old time too as you tend to suffer the problems everyone else does in times of recession. Subscriptions become difficult to collect, increases in costs force you to make demands on the members and so on. Anyway, at least it is all under control, the balance sheet balances and I just need the auditors to check my work and away we can go.
Isn't it strange how music affects your mood? I just heard John Barry's Midnight Cowboy played and it transported me back to the 70s and a happy and sad place all at the same time. Happy as I remember hearing it on a holiday we had, sad, because I remember the ending to that film and also it was one of those hot summer holidays with the four of us together so fond nostalgic memories. Of course there's also the Nilsson song on that soundtrack too which I remember very well. I have the soundtrack loaded up and will listen to it tomorrow through my Sonos system - I like the way I just searched for Midnight and up it came along with other similarly named tracks.
Started to get the first jitters at what will be happening to me in the next few weeks. Difficult to plan anything but I've gone ahead with some engagements with a proviso that things may change suddenly.
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