樱花动漫

樱花动漫/1072? 26 March 2021

University and College Union

Carlow Street, London NW1 7LH, Tel. 020 7756 2500, www.ucu.org.uk

To?????????????????? Branch and local association secretaries

Topic????????????? Budget 2021-22

Action??????????? For endorsement by Congress 2021

Summary ???? Budget for 2021-22 as agreed by the NEC

 

Dear Colleague

Budget 2021-22

The proposed budget agreed by the National Executive Committee forms part of this circular and can be found at:

The honorary treasurer’s introduction appears overleaf.

The budget for the year ended 31.08.2022 and accompanying subscription papers have been approved by meetings of the SFC and NEC.

If you are unable to access documents in pdf format please contact Kay Metcalfe (kmetcalfe@ucu.org.uk).

 

Yours sincerely

Dr Jo Grady

General Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget for the year ending 31 August 2022

It is envisaged from the current perspective that 2021/22 is going to be another difficult year for all our members as they continue to experience a turbulent period of industrial relations in both sectors, together with the as yet unknown ramifications of COVID19 and Brexit and the difficult to predict ripples emanating from this, impacting the budget. The union is not immune to these factors and whilst we have honoured Congress policy we must also continue to be realistic about income and expenditure and the strength of the financial position of 樱花动漫

The budget for 2021/22 has therefore been constructed realistically with a view to allowing for some element of the unexpected, coupled with expenditure proposals where possible. The budget is set within the confines of the expected subscription income, together with the continued operation of the cost control procedures in place; it should therefore be possible to offset the pressures of both of the above and together with the greater utilisation of 樱花动漫 resources necessary to support the membership at this time, it is the intention to strategically reduce subscriptions by as much as possible but to allow for an income which meets the challenges detailed previously. We have therefore constructed a subscriptions proposal that will result in the required income needed to support the budget, using projected member numbers according to band. This remains in accord with the long term policy set by SFC to maintain the financial resources of 樱花动漫 in order to face the challenges ahead, with sufficient backing. However in accordance with Congress motion, we have continued to review subscription levels and present this budget which incorporates the next step in the evolution of the subscription changes envisaged within the motion.

As mentioned in the previous paragraph, the importance of membership support has continued to be a particular focus in the construction of the Budget for 2021/22 and to this end several specific areas have been allocated continued additional resources in response to this. Therefore, for the 2021/22 Budget, extra funds remain allocated to Legal costs, Branch and regional support. More specifically these are in anticipation of additional industrial legal challenges to the union and strategic legal cases on behalf of members, extra support for branches at the grass roots level and on a wider basis to look at devolved and localised negotiations, provide technical advice and assistance to the regions. We are looking to focus our provision for member training and development with a particular emphasis on young members, professional development and contribute to skills required for localised training and local negotiations. Finally and very significantly we have maintained the increased funding to the Fighting Fund to the maximum hypothecation rate of 2% of subscription income for the year.

The additional funds allocated within the Budget 2021/22 have been directed towards the strategic political objectives set by NEC and Congress, whilst maintaining the existing operations of 樱花动漫 at its current levels.

Taking all of the above into account, the budget shows a small deficit of ?(10,000), which is essentially break even and is as low as is prudently acceptable, to allow some room for unknown factors. If matters materially change during the period it may become necessary to vire between categories as required.