JCR Budget

Budget 2023

The 2023 Budget has been proposed and passed.

You can view the budget here.

Budget 2022

The 2022 Budget has been proposed and passed.

  • Sports and Societies asking for £19,643.25, which is double their allocation for last year (i.e. £10,011.25). It should be noted that roughly £4000 of this was the travel expenses of the Corpus Challenge. 

  • The Badminton and Swimming Societies as well as the Corpus Challenge, whilst still being large expenses in my Budget, seeing their allocations reduced to allow the JCR to have a One-Off Purchase Fund and not go into debt.

  • The Corpus Challenge travel expenses being subsidised by the JCR rather than being fully paid for by the JCR as this was a necessary change to ensure solid finances. Each Corpuscle who attends via coach has been asked to contribute £10 towards the costs, with this charge going onto their College Bills.

  • Corpus’ Sports and Societies getting almost £2500 more than last year, fulfilling my promise to you in Michaelmas term that I would invest more into the JCR’s Societies.

  • The JCR Committee planning to operate at a lower price of £8,503 compared to last year’s £10,135.79.

  • Sky being cancelled saving the JCR over £1000.

  • The MCR receiving an extra £800 to account for inflation, but a more formal Budget allocation formula shall be presented to the JCR and MCR by the MCR Treasurer and myself. 

  • The One-Off Purchase Fund standing at £2,882.02 compared to £4,360.00, meaning that the Committee will have to frugal in how the One-Off Purchase Fund is utilised.

The budget can be viewed by clicking this link.

Budget 2021

The Budget 2021 will be proposed at an Open Meeting on Saturday 13 March 2021 at 1:30pm UK time.

Click here to view the proposed budget as an XLSX file, or click here to view the proposed budget on Google Sheets.

A Note from the treasurer:

There is still uncertainty on the events next term, and I applaud the hard work the society captains and JCR committee members have put in to plan their 2021 budget application during these unprecedented times. Expenditure was lower overall in 2020, and we will be able to use the small surplus for any unseen costs and potential events in Easter Term. I still urge societies to be careful with spending so that we have enough for emergency costs going into Michaelmas 2021. Hopefully, we will be able to go through with plans after exams and in Michaelmas. Please get in touch if you have any questions or concerns about the budget, thank you everyone for your patience.

Budget 2020

The Budget 2020 is approved. The budget can be found here.

A Note from the treasurer:

Understandably, expenditure this term has been much lower than budgeted for societies and the JCR committee alike, and there are no plans to draw up a new budget to reflect this just yet. However, in Michaelmas Term, all societies (and committee members) will be asked to spend responsibly; In other words, societies should plan to spend what they would have always spent in Michaelmas, and therefore not take advantage of a surplus left over from this term. Obviously many societies spend less in Easter Term compared to Michaelmas and Lent, so for some societies this surplus may have been very small. Equally, unused squash budgets will be carried forward in their entirety, as will any capital purchases which had been planned for Easter Term but have now been delayed until Michaelmas.

I should emphasise that nothing has been formally proposed, and it remains very difficult to work out how much of this year’s budget may be left unspent (especially as there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding plans for next term). However, you can always get in touch if you have any concerns or suggestions, and remember that any formal changes will have to be approved by some sort of college-wide ballot, it’s all a bit complicated.

Budget 2019

The Budget 2019 is approved. The budget can be found here.

Budget 2017-18

The Budget 2017-18 has passed committee and is pending open meeting approval on Saturday 28th. The budget can be found here.

Budget 2016-17

The final Budget 2016-17 was passed in an Open Meeting on 27th October 2016. It can be found here.Any queries or concerns, contact the JCR Treasurer (jdl56).

One-off purchases

JCR members are now able to suggest additional purchases the JCR Committee could make. All you have to do have a quick read through the guide here and fill in the form, which you can either complete online here or print off and put in the JCR Treasurer's pigeon hole here This shouldn't be used for Sports and Societies. If you feel you need to make a purchase outside of what was allocated in the Michaelmas budget, please discuss it with the JCR Treasurer in advance.

Reimbursement Procedure

If you are the treasurer of a society which has been allocated money in the budget, please see this guide for information about how to be reimbursed. The online reimbursement form can be found by clicking here.

Budget 2015-16

The final Budget 2015-16 was passed in an Open Meeting on 2nd November 2015. It can be found here. Any queries or concerns, contact the JCR Treasurer (bh412).

One-off purchases 2015-16

The guide for one off purchases for the year 2015-16 can be found here. Please fill out this form in order to apply for a one off purchase in this years budget. The deadline for all applications is 23:59 on Friday 16th October 2015. Any queries or concerns can be directed to the Treasurer, Ben Hanson (bh412@cam.ac.uk)

Committee Budget Applications

JCR Committee members can apply for funding for the year 2015-16 using the form here here.

Budget 2014-15

The final budget for 2014-15 was approved at an Open Meeting on 10th November. You can find the final version here. You can find more information about the 2014-15 budget here. If you haven't yet submitted an inventory of everything your society owns, it would still be useful if you could do so here. If you have any questions about the whole budget process, please don't hesitate to contact the JCR Treasurer here.

Budget 2013-14

The budget for 2013--2014 can be viewed here. The JCR voted to accept this budget in an Open Meeting on Wednesday 6th November 2013. The budget from previous academic years can be found in the JCR archives here.