by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 19, 2021 | annual accounts report, financial management, nonprofit management, year-end accounts report | Annual Reporting
This period of the year is a period of reflection and looking back for many people and especially for nonprofits. Especially for those that run year-end donation campaigns, as looking back can be a powerful part of such campaigns. Sharing past impact can help mobilize...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 12, 2021 | annual accounts report, budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project design, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management
December is for many of us the final month not just of the calendar year but also of the book year, the fiscal year. If you work with finance in your nonprofit, you are focusing on being sure you have all the needed data for closing the book year. So how to go about...
by Suzanne Bakker | Apr 11, 2021 | annual accounts report, budgeting, call for proposals, expenses, finance management, income, project design, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Getting Started
Like you maybe, I am currently in the process of preparing annual accounts for different nonprofits. So, I am fully immersed in excel, accounting software, the fiscal year 2020 and … paperwork. I do admit it’s digital paperwork. But it’s good old-fashioned paperwork:...
by Suzanne Bakker | Dec 13, 2020 | annual accounts report, budgeting, expenses, finance management, human resource management, income, non-profit management, team management, year-end accounts report, year-end goals | Annual Reporting, Finance Management, Practical Labour Law & HR
With the holidays coming up soon, it is high time to think about your year-end work if you haven’t already. With year-end work I refer to tasks and checks that need to be done in preparation of the closing of the year. The aim of year-end tasks and checks is to make...
by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 23, 2020 | annual accounts report, board, setting up, year-end accounts report | Annual Reporting
Your annual accounts report is not complete without a report of the board. The annual accounts report must contain more than just numbers or short explanations of these numbers as you share in the notes. It needs to include a narrative that provides more insight and...
by Suzanne Bakker | Feb 9, 2020 | annual accounts, annual accounts report, annual financial report, equipment, expenses, finance management | Annual Reporting, Finance Management
If you buy equipment that costs more than a certain amount, this equipment becomes a so-called tangible fixed asset on the balance sheet of your annual accounts report. Maybe you wonder what that means and why it might be important? Equipment on your balance sheet The...
