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4 Sep 2015: Sometimes departments and trust managers may wish to appropriate (transfer) funds from a trust, for example: where funds need to be appropriated to another department; or where the fund expenditure is large or spread across a number of activities

1 Apr 2015: Spendable capital units can be bought and/or sold as required at the end of the following quarters: September December March June Requests must be received by the Trust Funds Assistant at least two weeks before the last working day of the month.

31 Mar 2015: Departments have the responsibility to ensure all new asset purchases are uniquely tagged by a numbered security tag. This should contain a unique number to allow the asset to be tied up to the details on the asset register. It will allow for a

6 Aug 2015: Gift Aid is a procedure where the University can reclaim from HM Revenue & Customs the basic rate of income tax on a donation given to the University by an individual. Currently the University is able to increase the value of the donation by 25%.

10 Aug 2015: Module closes at 5 pm on Monday 19 August On this page: Essential tasks Key dates Clear funds check failures and exceptions Correct VAT errors Clear suspense grants Post EC PI Time journals Finalise and release all Research Grants journals

1 Apr 2015: Some trust funds have managers in more than one department. These funds are therefore mapped to Central Administration and are listed under "General" when the Annual Accounts are published in the University Reporter.

1 Apr 2015: As part of the month end procedures, the Finance Division will credit the interest due to any trust fund accounts holding money on deposit. This credit will appear in the trust fund account against the transaction code NBAA, and will be available to

17 Aug 2015: As institutions may not receive notification from the customer prior to the payment appearing in the bank account, you must review the twice weekly sterling, dollar and euro electronic payment lists distributed by the Cash Management (CM) Team.

1 Apr 2015: Overheads are charged on trust funds that have been set up since 1995 where the fund is paying for a specific post or posts if the regulations of the fund permit. Trust funds set up from May 2007 onwards, are charged 30% overheads on staff costs.

2 Apr 2015: Where departments receive donations directly in the form of cash and/or cheque then these should be forwarded to CUDAR for processing. CUDAR will then take responsibility for the banking of monies and receipting on UFS. If appropriate they will

1 Apr 2015: Most trust funds will have some permanent capital - the original endowment that cannot be spent by the Managers. A number of funds do not have permanent capital as, under the terms of the bequest, both the original donation and any income generated,

1 Apr 2015: A significant number of the University's Trust Funds are prize funds. The detail of each prize is listed annually in November each year, in a special edition of the Reporter. Many prize funds have the annual income as the value of the prize.

2 Apr 2015: Research grants If an offer of support appears to fall between a research grant and donation, it is important to seek advice from Finance Division or ROO, because certain benefits to donors (use of logos, rights to attend seminars, access to

17 Aug 2015: To create an invoice, the customer must exist in UFS. The Credit Control Team provides a centralised service to set up and amend customers in Accounts Receivable. This service is designed to reduce the administrative burden on the institutions,

5 Aug 2015: Credit cards must be used exclusively for expenditure directly relating to University business. This may include travel and restricted entertaining.

1 Apr 2015: Most trust funds will have some spendable capital as well as permanent capital. This is also known as accumulated unspent income. The regulations for most Trust Funds explicitly provide for unspent income to be carried forward and used as income in

17 Aug 2015: In addition to payment terms, it is important for institutions to establish in advance the most appropriate payment method. The customer can be billed, by raising an invoice, or the item could be added to the University’s online store.

17 Aug 2015: When a debt becomes overdue, it is important to establish the reason for non-payment. Reason Context Action Payment missing The debtor claims they have already paid. The institution should gain as much information concerning the payment as possible.

1 Apr 2015: The constitution of the board of managers or electors of a trust fund is usually laid down by Ordinance. Managers may be appointed by the Council, the General Board, Faculty Board or other bodies. A full list of managers for each trust tund is

31 Mar 2015: Department's responsibilities iProcurement When raising a requisition select an appropriate category code – non catalog items eg. %equipment. The track as asset box can be ticked at requisition level which will pull through to the Accounts Payable