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Hi pussyslayer,

I'm afraid you won't find the information that you are after on the website. The best person to contact for the actual nitty gritty is Simon who handles all the group funds - he is away at the moment.

What I can do is give you a very rough idea of where the bulk of the subs goes.

Whiskers magazine takes a good chunk of our money - we do get a bit back from advertising but the production costs are high as it is a high quality full colour publication.

Newsletter production takes a bit more cash and the postage for both the mag and the newsletter is always a big drain on our resources. More postage goes on general letters to members and subscription chasers.

The CCG award scheme costs us for the pins and of course more postage to send the certificates and awards out. We are ok for certificates at the moment but we will have to find the more for more printing when they run out.

There are costs associated with running this website - domains, hosting etc. Keeping the forum advert free comes with a charge too.

Although we try to only keep very low stocks of CCG products, we do have to shell out from time to time on items such as mugs, badges, stickers and CCG clothing.

Adams Pool Fishery is available to all members and although the main rental costs are pretty well covered by the syndicate fees and day tickets but there is still the ongoing costs of insurance and the Portaloo.

I am sure there are other costs that I can't think of right now but as I said previously Simon will be better informed than I.

Lastly, just for general information, anyone involved in the running of the group gets absolutely nothing out of it in fact personally it costs me money in time, fuel, postage, phone calls etc. Every penny that we make from subs and advertising gets ploughed back directly into running the group.

Hope this answers the bulk of your question pussyslayer.

Regards

Keith