Donations in WWW box @ KH (page 2)

AlphaOmega

I have a scan that may either answer some of this or it may add to the confusion. I'll post it when I get home in about 4 hours.

AlphaOmega

As far as I know, it is a form used by the person that collates the donations from the box.

AlphaOmega

I seem to remember that when there was a specific disaster, we were told we could put our donation in the World wide work box with a note attached stating it was for a particular cause (e.g. hurricane relief work in a specific incident ) Am I right in thinking that the donations are collected out of the box and banked? Do the notes get sent seperately to the branch offices? and if so how are the two matched up?
I know we can all imagine what might happen, but does anyone know what really happens, having dealt with this procedure ?
It has been playing on my mind lately,
Thanks in advance, Shirley. ( MP)

It would seem that the notes are read and the funds totalled up accordingly by the Accounts Servant.

Here is a Watchtower receipt.

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From looking over the Watchtower accounts that are filed with Companies House and the Charities Commission in the UK, it is not clear if these donations go to separate "accounts" because even though the accounts lump the donations all together, this may just be because the accounts submitted are summaries.

Please bear in mind that this page is from the IBSA... donations may have been moved there from the WTBTS ??? The IBSA is the richer of the two companies

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However, the accounts for the WTBTS show that the summary of donations are broken down into categories similar to those on the receipt.

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The accounts differentiate between "restricted" and "unrestricted" funds...

Using the definitions provided from the link below, it seems that the WTBTS are duty bound to use them for the purpose provided :

a) Restricted Income Funds

These are funds, which are subject to special trusts specified by the donor (for example by a letter from the donor at the time of the donation or by the terms of a public appeal). They can only be used for the purposes for which they are given, and if they are used for any other purpose it may be viewed as fraud or deception.

Example: A grant given by a trust e.g. Big Lottery so that the organisation can produce a newsletter.

http://www.fit4funding.org.uk/help_and_advice/spending/restricted_funding/

Can anyone else on the inside add anymore info, or tell us anything specific as to whether this is the practice and whether loopholes exsist ?