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Kemptown Carnival accounts reveals debts of £12,000

Besi Besemar November 3, 2013

Kemp Town Carnival

Cllr Geoffrey Bowden, chaired the AGM of the Kemptown Carnival on Tuesday, October 29 at the Crypt Community Centre in the basement of St Georges Church. Approximately 12 people attended.

Accounts revealed debts of £12,000.

Total income for 2012-13 was £30,000 leaving a shortfall of £10,000 on the budget. This was due largely to a lack of sponsorship which was budgeted at £10,000 but only £500 was forthcoming.

Total expenses were £38,000 leaving a deficit of £8,000 on the 2013 event, which grew to £12,000 following debts from the 2012 event being rolled over.

Major creditor is the event manager who is owed £6,000.

Cllr Geoffrey Bowden
Cllr Geoffrey Bowden

Cllr Bowden a former Trustee of Brighton Pride and chair of the council’s Economic Development & Culture Committee declared this years Kemptown Carnival as a “fine example of a community event” after this years Carnival.

Bowden hit the headlines last week when in justifying the Green Administrations decision to remove the annual grant to Brighton Pride he suggested that Pride had a surplus and that the organisations finances were sustainable. It emerged that Cllr Bowden had not seen the Pride accounts and his statements were misleading. The organisers of Pride deny they have a surplus and insist that without the council grant of £25,000 they cannot fund the annual Pride Parade next year.

 

 

 

 

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