A full day of tax planning and being reunited with the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society in the footsteps of my father and grandfather before him. Then this evening to the HDC Finance Meeting which approved my £50K St Neots Museum grant after which I was invited for a drink by Terry Hayward in a Buckden pub who wanted my advice and was also trying to pump me for information. I was free with the former and tight with the latter
I was hard at it today working on my financial affairs, reconciling my VISA and cheque account and then finishing off the detail of Daniel's tax planning so that I could fax copy letters to my accountant and solicitor for their comments. I also took time to go through it all with Daniel so that he would understand. I also locked horns with the Homeowners Friendly Society over their appalling administration that is getting in the way of my tax planning. They have opened multiple accounts in error for Diana and then failed to send statements on mine at all.
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I then decided to contact the "Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society" that counted my father and grandfather as members to see if we could make our future investments with them. They are all anachronisms in this present day and age but, because their investments enjoy tax-exempt status for £200 invested per year, they are worth supporting. Paradoxically, Dad and Grandad belonged to the South London branch which fact may have dated back to my earlier ancestors that were once in Bermondsey that I was having trouble tracing. Alternatively, they were meeting in Wood Green after the war and Mum remembers Dad being impressed with the ritual of the meetings when introduced by his father before him.
A change of activity this evening, as I went along to the HDC Finance Committee meeting and saw my £50,000 St Neots Museum grant approved in principle and other matters dealt with. I was invited for a drink afterwards by Terry Hayward, a leading Tory, committee chairman and Bursar of Kimbolton School who wanted my advice and was also trying to pump me for information. I was free with the former and tight with the latter. Strange characters in that Buckden pub but an enjoyable experience, nevertheless.