Hi sutton girl,
I've just seen this post ::)
I'm treasurer for my local nursery, and it's not as hard to do as I first thought.
I keep paper records of all transactions, eg: purchases, bills paid, hold the cheque books and do the banking of all fees paid and fundraising.
The cheques must have two signatures, either mine, the secretary or the chairpersons are the three people authorized.
At the end of every month I get a statement from the bank and check the reciepts against it. I then put all this information into the computer and make a print out of it for the monthly commitee meeting. (To keep everything transparent) It can also be saved to cd but that is optional. I then keep the printouts filed in a separate folder for independant audits.
I also sort out the wages, p60's and tax and insurance end of things for the teachers but you don't need to worry about those things. ;)
You will need to sort out insurance for the plot in case of any break ins (Itemize everything)
That's all there is to it :P ;D ;D ;D
It sounds hard when I am reading this back but really it's not that bad. ;)
Saddad, you're right, I probebly will die in this job as I only took it because nobody else would ;D ;D ;D