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UNION GOVERNANCE TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSE. Responsibility for Financial Reports: Ignorance not a Defence. Annual Financial Reports. Income / Expenditure Statement. Balance Sheet or Statement of Financial Position. Assets. Liabilities. Net Worth or Equity Report. Changes in Equity Report.
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Responsibility for Financial Reports: Ignorance not a Defence
Requests for information Section 556 Member may apply for prescribed information • A member of an organisation may apply to the organisation for information that it must, under a regulation, give its members. This includes: • Details of donations or grants given to or by the organisation • Remuneration paid to an officer of the organisation • Profit or loss on sale or revalue of an asset • Loans by or to the organisation • Non-public investments • Contingent liabilities
Requests for information • The registrar may make an application for a member, in which case the registrar must then give the information to the member. • The information must be given within 28 days (or 6 weeks if certain criteria are met) and be given in a prescribed way. • The Registrar also has powers to direct an officer of an organisation to give the Registrar information about the organisations funds, accounts or accounting records (see section 557).