Budget 2025
Andrew Escobar (Andres) · social.coop Finance Working Group
Wed 5 Nov 2025 3:12PM
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Finance Working Group (FWG) shared the following deliverables in July to meet Organizing Circle (OC) policy:
- 2024: budget vs. actual
- 2025: base operations budget
Although all “core” and committed expenses for the year had already been paid without a budget, FWG beleived we needed clear approval for stipends and community contributions. Budget 2025:
- mirrors the member-approved Budget 2024;
- acknowledges the expenses and contributions that had already been approved and payed without a budget; and
- supports the OC with its stated responsibility to provide financial oversight.
Social.coop Budget 2025
Note: This cash-basis accounting format aligns with how Open Collective displays financial data in our Transaction Reports.
| Budgeted Transactions | Amount in GBP |
|---|---|
| Contributions | 14,250 |
| Payment Processor Fees | –962 |
| Outgoing Contributions | |
| Meet.coop membership | –1,080 |
| Platform 6 fiscal hosting | –600 |
| Expenses | –10,931 |
| End of Year Balance | Amount in GBP |
|---|---|
| Starting balance | 27,249 |
| Net change | +677 |
| Ending balance | 27,926 |
| Budgeted Expenses | Amount in GBP |
|---|---|
| Loomio subscription | –373.39 |
| May First membership | –250.00 |
| Finance Working Group | |
| Community Contributions 2024 | –500.00 |
| Community Contributions 2025 | –3,500.00 |
| Stipends | –1,000.00 |
| Technology Working Group | |
| Domain | –132.62 |
| Hosting | –1,000.00 |
| Stipends | –1,000.00 |
| Community Working Group | |
| Stipends 2024 | –430.24 |
| Stipends 2025 | –1,000.00 |
| Organizing Circle | |
| Stipends 2024 | –745.11 |
| Stipends 2025 | –1,000.00 |