5 Apr 1972
Financial papers for year ending 5 April 1972, including:
- expenditure summary, detailing money spent on travel, manager, subscriptions and donations, music, books, concert expenses, upkeep, car expenses, legal expenses, tickets etc
- fee position, showing money paid in via deposit account, Peter Pears' account and by royalties
- bank reconciliation for Langham Place account
- receipts schedule for Langham Place account, detailing payments made by the BBC, Decca royalties, Royal Opera House, deposit account, phono performances, OUP, Novello, Aldeburgh cinema etc
- statement of Boosey and Hawkes account with summary of royalties dues to Britten; the royalties are divided into sheet music, mechanical, hire and performing, broadcasting, Canadian sheet, USA and German sheet royalties.
- expenditure schedule for Langham Place account, including payments for repairs, R Strode, car expenses, travel, music, records, clothes, wine, books, medical expenses, subscriptions and donations etc.
- analysis of standing orders, including payments to The Samaritans, Anglo-Chinese Understanding Society, Aldeburgh Festival, Automobile Association, Noise Abatement Society, Suffolk Records Society, U N Association, National Council for Civil Liberties, Ipswich Choral Society, St Michaels College Building Fund, Composers' Guild, Aldeburgh Yacht Club, Save the Children Fund, British Museum Society, Suffolk Preservation Society, Aldeburgh PCC Living Augmentation Fund, Phoenix Opera, Friends of the Theatre Royal, and Royal Automobile Club.
- list of Horham expenses, including capital, rates, electricity, garden, water and telephone
- list of Red House expenses, including capital, rates, electricity, telephone etc.
- summary of sundry expenses, including vehicle expenses, bills, repairs, maintenance, household goods, medical expenses etc
- analysis of subscriptions and donations, including to the above bodies as well as Angela Davis Defence Committee, Appeal Support Czech, Stradbroke Over 60 Club, Mansfield House Univeristy Settlement, Lowestoft Needy Families Fund, History Today, British Deaf and Dumb Association, British Polio Fellowship and Medical Aid Committee for Vietnam.
- weekly wage analysis for Whiteland, Drew, Bryson, Hudson, H. R. Lee, and Little
- bank reconciliation of Aldeburgh account
- expenditure schedule for Aldeburgh account
- household account summary, showing payment for food, newspapers, ironmongery, laundry, chemist, wine, window cleaning, wages, petty cash, fuel, electrical good, and furniture
- list of visitors to Red House, including Nolan, Hesse, and Piper
- list of Britten's movements, 6 April 1971- 5 April 1972; day by day diary giving details of where he travelled to and for what purpose
- income and expenditure account
- list of entertaining expenses
- list of expenditure at Aldeburgh and Horham
- list of car expenses
39 pages
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