The objectives of the treasurer are to:

• Ensure all branch income and expenditure is recorded;
• Operate the branch bank account and reconcile it with the branch accounts;
• Record all branch assets;
• Ensure that branch finances are operated within the various legal and IWA policy restraints;
• Make the necessary returns of accounts and supporting documents to the Chesham office.

Although the objectives of the treasurer are fairly static, the details of how their work is performed are ever changing due to alterations of IWA policy, Charity and Company law and variations of taxation and financial regulations. To help the treasurer in this ever changing situation IWA provides Guidelines for Branch Accounts.

The current guidelines provide all the information needed for the role of treasurer and details on how income and expenditure should be allocated to account headings in returns to the Chesham office. These guidelines will be reissued to reflect changes as they occur, and branches will be notified of such changes.

Advice and Support

The Finance Team at Chesham can help with enquiries about banking, paying expenses and making donations.