Right then :)
All the calendars have been sold; 120 of them this year.
Profit from this year's sales is (this may have been mentioned ;)) going to a fund to pay for steel for the Cwmorthin adit. Subject to necessary permissions from the landowner and in conjunction with the FoC your own Vanoord has offered to have his workshops weld up steel frames.
If the project goes ahead periodic updates will be posted. If it cannot go ahead due to access issues then a vote will be taken on a suitable alternative beneficiary(ies).
So, profit:
Sales:120 Calendars: £1,754.50
Costs:Print run 1 (100 copies): £647.43
Print run 2 (20 copies): £134.13
Postage costs: £231.40
PayPal fees: £66.55
TOTAL PROFIT £674.99 Thank you to everybody who bought calendars and made it a success. :thumbsup:
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Merchandise ProfitsThe question has been asked once or twice about profit from merchandise sales (t shirts and mugs). This was also being sold to raise funds for the Friends of Cwmorthin to go towards insurance and general costs.
The merchandise didn't sell particularly and made a fair sized loss - this I'm covering, it won't come out of any other fund raising activities.
I felt it important that the FoC got something from it though, so sent a cheque to the
FoC for £120 a few months back; this being the profit element of what
actually sold.
This seemed the fairest thing all round to do - people who bought stuff were expecting it to raise something for the FoC.
The remainder of the merchandise has been marked down to cost price and any that does sell will go back towards paying the original production costs - which I'm sure in time will be covered.
my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by