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I have not yet worked out how councils work out the amount they say allotments cost them to run. I am not sure I understand how they are spending the £10k they will be receiving for the site. Is this covered by freedom of information?According to their website they have more than 3000 allotments, so total income for next year should be around the half million £ mark. If I was a sheffield allotmenteer I would be interested in know what they are spending it on.
If staff costs £36,000 this is a basically a whole person. Just how long does it take to send out 500 invoices. I had a job when I worked part time and send out about 2500 invoices every month and processed and chased payments and considered that only a minor part of my job. Then it is the basis on which overheads are apportioned that interest me. My guess is that there is a large charge for the pension scheme.
The bills have come out now and the rent is indeed £160 for a 300m plot .Sheffield has 3000+ plots over 70 sites and an allotments office consisting of an allotments manager, allotments officer, 2 part time back room staff and one ranger costing maybe 125k per year. Does anybody know what rents are paid for similar size set ups in other cities ?