樱花动漫/874听听 11 May 2018听听
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Topic听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Proposed budget for the year ending 31 August 2019
Action听听听听听听听听听听听听 For information; for approval at Congress 2017
Summary 听听听听听听 This report provides the proposed budget for the
year ending 31 August 2019 and the proposed subscription rates from 1 September
2018
Contact听听听听听听听听听听 Linda Newman, Head of Resources (email
lnewman@ucu.org.uk)
Dear Colleague
Budget for 2018-2019
The proposed budget agrees by the National Executive Committee forms part of this circular and can be found at
Congress will be asked to approve this budget.
If you are unable to access documents in pdf format please contact Kay Metcalfe (kmetcalfe@ucu.org.uk).
Honorary treasurer鈥檚 introduction
It is envisaged from the current perspective that 2018/19 is likely to
be another difficult year for all our members as they experience a turbulent
period of industrial relations in both sectors, together with the Trade Union
Bill and the difficult to predict ripples emanating from this, impacting the
budget. The union is not immune from 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 2018/19 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 cautious, within the confines of the
expected subscription income, together with the continued operation of the cost
control procedures in place, it should 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
increase subscriptions by just enough to allow for an income which meets the
challenges detailed previously. It is proposed to change subscription rates to
achieve a 2.5% increase in income for 2018/19. 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.
Motion 25 from Congress 2017 called for progress towards a subscription
structure where subscription rates are proportional to income. This has been
the subject of considerable debate and consultation within the NEC and a
鈥榤irrored鈥� structure of increases in the higher bands and decreases in the
lower bands is proposed in 2018-19 as a first step toward the objective.听 The level of increase to the higher subscription
bands, required to achieve a fully proportional subscription structure in one
year, would be a risk to membership retention. 74% of 樱花动漫鈥檚 income is achieved
from the subscriptions of members in the three highest subscription bands. To
maintain income, for every member lost from the higher subscription bands,
several new members have to be recruited in the lowest bands.听 The risk to income of any new subscription
model must be managed to ensure continuity of 樱花动漫 services. A rationale for a
proportional subscription structure will be sent to members with the [proposed]
change to subscriptions for 2018-19. It is expected that members will
understand and support this need for change and for the prudent way that change
is being planned.
It is proposed to carry out a more thorough review of the structure and
rate of subscriptions during 2018-19 in order to move as quickly as possible to
the objective of Motion 25 [2017]. That review will monitor the impact of the
first step change in 2018-19, will compare the subscription structures and
rates of other unions and will consult widely.听
A late motion to Congress from NEC confirms the details of that review,
the commitment to consultation, and the intention to report the outcome to
Congress 2019.
The importance of membership support has continued to be a particular
focus in the construction of the Budget for 2018/19 and to this end several
specific areas have been allocated continued additional resources in response
to this. Therefore, for the 2018/19 Budget, extra funds have been allocated to
legal costs, branch and regional support and member training. 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
and finally, additional training courses for member training and development
with a particular emphasis on young members professional development and
contributions from each area towards localised training and local negotiations.
The additional funds allocated within the Budget 2018/19 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 the above into account, the budget shows a small surplus of
拢2,014, 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.
Steve Sangwine
Honorary Treasurer.