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Financial Management for Voluntary Groups
Wednesday 20th January 2015 – 09:30 to 12:30
at the Derby Bosnian Centre, DE1 1LN
This FREE training course, led by Margaret Mowles, Chartered Accountant, will look at manual book-keeping systems for all organisations with an opportunity for treasurers to review, update and simplify their existing systems.
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Workplace Pensions – Your Staging Date
It is very important that all employers should know their Staging Date – that is the date when Automatic Enrolment to the Workplace Pension Scheme commences at your workplace.If you do not know it, it can be easily found – all you need to know in advance is your PAYE reference number, an example of which would be 943/WZ5121A, to be found on any of your correspondence from the Pensions Regulator.
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Maggie Mallender RIP
So very sorry to have to begin the new year with bad news, but it is with great sadness that we have to tell you of the loss of our dear friend and colleague Maggie Mallender.Maggie worked with us at Derby Community Accountancy Service when it first came into being in 2002. During the intervening years she has worked with many charities in Derby and the surrounding area, passing on her considerable knowledge of workable book-keeping procedures with determination and fun!
We will all miss Maggie very much, and extend our condolences to her family, many colleagues and friends.
Her funeral service will be in the Main Chapel at Markeaton Crematorium on Wednesday 13th January 2015 at 12 noon, and all are welcome. The family have asked that any donations in her memory be sent to the RNLI – you can donate online here
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Christmas Holidays
The Trustees and Staff of Derby Community Accountancy Service wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The office will close for the holidays at 5pm on Wednesday 23rd December 2015
We will reopen at 9am on Monday 4th January 2016
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Employment Allowance for Employers of Care and Support Workers
Did you know that you can now claim Employment Allowance if you employ a Carer or Support Worker?
From 6 April 2015, employers of care and support workers can claim the Employment Allowance. This means they can reduce their Employer NICs bill by up to £2000 a year, depending on how much Employer NICs they pay. The Employment Allowance is not a grant: it works by reducing the amount of employer NICs you need to pay.You can find more details here
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Winter Newsletter 2015
Our current newsletter is back from the printer, and is being posted out to you this week, along with news of our training courses for the new year.
Articles in this issue include ‘Key Points form the Summer 2015 Budget’, ‘People and Skills – The Trustee Board Member’, ‘The Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme’ and a tribute to the late Andrew Buxton
If you have not received your copy by 4th December, please contact us here so that we can get a copy to you as soon as possible.
If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter, please contact us here so that we can remove you from the mailing list
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Marketing and Strategy for Charities
Friday 27th November 2015
09:45 – 12:30 at the Derby Bosnia-Herzegovina Centre, DE1 1LN
Book your place here
David Clarke is a highly experienced trainer in the Voluntary Sector. He will demonstrate how marketing will deliver a more effective service, will look at promotional activities, and how this its within an overall business strategy.
David’s rare visits to Derby are not to be missed – a must in the present economic climate
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Management Reporting – a training workshop
Training Workshop on Wednesday 18th November 2015. Book your place here
09:45 – 12:30 at the Derby Bosnia and Herzegovina Centre, DE1 1LN
In this session we will show you how a Financial Report can be prepared for the Management Committee. A good Financial Report can be the difference between a group that flourishes and one that collapses. A case study will show why!
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Changes to National Insurance Contributions
From April 2016, the Employment Allowance will rise from £2,000 to £3,000.
The Employment Allowance give businesses and charities a cut in the employer National Insurance they pay.
This means that, next year, businesses and charities will be able to employ 4 people full time on the National Living Wage and pay no National Insurance at all!
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