[HacktionLab] Treasurer's report after HL in Nottingham

[Mike Harris]

Ah I made a mistake on the on-going costs, as we of course also pay for 
the hacktionlab.org domain name, so that totals £52.77 per annum for the 
domains, £69.00 for banking, thus a total of £121.77.

Incidentally the banking was free right up until this last year when 
Lloyds (yes, Lloyds - it was state owned when we opened the account) 
started considering our "community association" account a business and 
his us with fees.

Cheers,

Mike.

On 14/10/2025 16:02, Mike Harris wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> After running HacktionLab in Nottingham this year, we almost broke 
> even with the account balance before the event being £1,480.89 and 
> after £1,456.65.
>
> Here's the breakdown of costs for the "Nottingham venture":
>
> It cost us £250 to hire the Sumac Centre and we paid £432.90 for the 
> catering to Veggies.  In addition we donated an extra £50 to the 
> Sumac, £20 to the Veggies tea and coffee donations tin, £10 to Ned's 
> for the overflow space, and then £40 to Ned's chosen charity 
> (https://junowomensaid.org.uk/pet-foster-project/).
>
> Two folks dropped out and kindly didn't want their money back, so that 
> includes £90 that didn't have food costs coming out of it. This 
> enabled us to make the donations above; thanks both :)
>
> For reference HacktionLab's on-going costs are:
>
> - annual account fees at £69.00
>
> - domain registration for £33.58 (network23.org and barncamp.org.uk)
>
> Obviously given the figures this year, if we wanted to continue to 
> break even but cover our annual costs, then we'd need a few more 
> people to come or possibly up the charge to £50 or £55.
>
> Over and out!
>
>
> Mike.
>
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