5 Apr 1971
Financial papers for year ending 5 April 1971, including:
- expenditure summary, showing money spent on subscriptions and donations, car expenses, rent to Peter Pears, music, doctors and dentist, salaries, National Insurance, stationery, postage, drink, records, travel, piano upkeep, concert expenses, Red House expenses, Horham expenses, photographs, prints, gifts etc
- fee position summary, showing money from bankings, Peter Pears, and royalties
- bank reconciliation for Langham Place account
- analysis of credits for Langham Place account, showing money paid in via deposit account, for refunds, Decca royalties, BBC, phono performances, Novello, Aldeburgh cinema, OUP etc.
- Boosey and Hawkes account statement, with details of royalties paid; the royalties are divided into sheet music, mechanical, hire and performing, broadcasting, Canadian sheet, USA and German sheet royalties.
- list of debits, detailing payments made for subscriptions and donations, car expenses, garden expenses, music, Horham and Red House expenses, doctors and dentists, and sundries etc
- analysis of unrecorded bank debits, such as bank charges, subscriptions, household expenses, tranfers to India, insurance and car expenses
- breakdown of subscriptions and donations, including to the Ipswich Samaritans, Noise Abatement Society, Suffolk Records Society, U N Association, National Council for Civil Liberties, Ipswich Choral Society, Composers' Guild, Aldeburgh Yacht Club, TWALA Swaziland, British Museum Society, Aldeburgh PCC, Phoenix Opera, Medical Aid Vietnam, Eastern Ravens Trust, British Deaf and Dumb Association, Mansfield House University Settlement, Aldeburgh Regatta, Woburn Festival, Joan Cross account, Blaxhall Church Organ Fund, Stop War in S E Asia Committee, Southolm School swimming pool, Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Newham Youth Orchestra, Birmingham Anti Facist Exhibtition, History Today, and Friends of Theatre Royal.
- extracts of wages paid to Lesley, Strode and Simpkin
- analysis of Red House and Horham expenses, including rates, repairs, fuel, furniture, builders and garden
- analysis of sundries, including telephone, licenses, dog expenses, staff expenses etc
- analysis of payments, including subscriptions and donations, garden expenses, music, doctos and dentist, etc.
- household account and summary of expenses, including housekeeping, wages, food, drink, papers, laundry, clothing, hardware, chemist, sundries and fuel
- list of visitors to Red House, including Ludwig, Nolan, Piper, and Wilson
- list of Britten's movements, 6 April 1970 - 5 April 1971; day by day diary giving details of where he travelled to and for what purpose
- income and expenditure account
- summary of entertaining expenses
- summary of Aldeburgh expenditure
- summary of Horham expenditure
60 pages
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