Statement on Expenditure for AiB: Q1 - Q4 for year 2011-12

We are required to publish statements on expenditure for Accountant in Bankruptcy under Section 31(1) and (2) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act.

The information contains a breakdown of expenditure on a quarterly basis up to and including the quarter ended 31 March 2012.  

The statements on expenditure are split into the following areas: 

 
  
1          Public Relations
 
The expenditure relating to public relations is summarized under the following headings:
 
Description of expenditure
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4

AIB staff costs for external communications

£5,479

£6,503

 £8,051

 £8,109

Printing and publication of guidance, reports and corporate documents

£22,556

£9,077

 £3,065

 £8,985

Conference costs (also included in section 3)

£139

£275

 £0

 £0

Press cutting service and sector journals and newspapers for the identification of public issues and performance measure of communication impact.

£900

£900

 £2,127

 £900

Web-site maintenance costs

£4,713

£14,588

 £4,388

 £0

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£33,787

£31,343

 £17,631

 £17,994

 
AiB’s role is delivering with stakeholders, a range of options for individuals seeking debt relief and debt management. This role places AiB uniquely at the centre of the sector in Scotland and how we engage with stakeholders is increasingly recognised as vital to that role. Expenditure on Public Relations reflects the need to engage with our stakeholders as part of AiB’s role.
 
The spend on website maintenance costs in quarter 2 relates to the redesign of AiB's Debt Arrangement Scheme website which provides detailed information promoting how the scheme works and the benefits of using it to manage debt.  
 
2          Overseas travel
 

Description of expenditure

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Travel, conference fees and subsistence £1,018 £371  £0  £0
         
TOTAL £1,018 £371  £0  £0
 
The overseas travel in quarters 1 and 2 relate to one member of staff who attended the International Association of Insolvency Regulators AGM and Annual Conference in Jersey.
 
 
3          Hospitality and entertainment
 
The expenditure incurred includes costs of all events and hospitality for meetings hosted by AiB.
 

Description of expenditure

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Hospitality and entertainment

£877

£1,576

 £2,149

 £688

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£877

£1,576

 £2,149

 £688

 
4          External consultancy
 
The expenditure incurred in quarter 2 relates to an Office of Government Commerce Gateway 5 Review of the project to re-tender the contract for Insolvency Services.  The purpose of the review was to confirm that the benefits of the project had been realised and the changes introduced were operating smoothly.  
 

Description of expenditure

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

External consultancy

£0

£3,960

 £0

 £0

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£0

£3,960

 £0

 £0

 
 
5          Members or employees who received remuneration in excess of £150,000
 
AIB has no members or employees who received remuneration in excess of £150,000 per annum.

 

6          Individual payments with value in excess of £25,000
            (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012)
 

 

Date Paid
Supplier
Description
Amount Paid (Including VAT)
15/04/2011
Anderson Strathern LLP
Legal Services
34,875.46
15/04/2011
Armstrong Watson
Provider Fees
28,289.05
15/04/2011
Harper Macleod LLP
Legal Services
25,779.74
15/04/2011
KPMG
Provider Fees
57,464.95
15/04/2011
Wylie & Bisset
Provider Fees
65,478.07
18/04/2011
North Ayrshire Council
Rates
36,372.00
20/04/2011
Cunningham & Lindsay
Compensation Payment
29,644.31
12/05/2011
Armstrong Watson
Provider Fees
39,180.07
12/05/2011
Wylie & Bisset
Provider Fees
55,234.56
12/05/2011
KPMG
Provider Fees
95,400.21
17/05/2011
North Ayrshire Ventures Limited
Rent
96,565.69
23/05/2011
Real Time Engineering Limited
Computer Support
55,200.00
10/06/2011
Anderson Strathern LLP
Legal Services
32,411.06
14/06/2011
Armstrong Watson
Provider Fees
47,331.35
14/06/2011
Wylie & Bisset
Provider Fees
52,175.95
14/06/2011
Harper Macleod LLP
Legal Services
55,232.25
14/06/2011
KPMG
Provider Fees
36,904.82

14/06/2011

KPMG
Provider Fees
67,680.40
11/07/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 34,158.92
14/07/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 50,686.81
25/07/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 99,867.96
09/08/2011 ISIS IT Development 130,000.00
16/08/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 78,310.98
17/08/2011 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 37,901.58
24/08/2011 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 26,530.41
24/08/2011 Real Time Engineering Limited Computer Support 38,410.80
25/08/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 122,846.03
25/08/2011 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 25,582.56
30/08/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 32,667.56
09/09/2011 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 25,706.50
15/09/2011 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 36,570.67
15/09/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 89,321.16
15/09/2011 North Ayrshire Ventures Limited Rent 96,565.69
20/09/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 40,022.83
27/09/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 189,865.70
07/10/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 40,585.19
07/10/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 60,088.88
14/10/2011 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 57,686.53
14/10/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 126,789.05
14/10/2011 Registers of Scotland Statutory Fees 26,835.00
14/10/2011 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 28,130.05
04/11/2011 ISIS IT Support & Development 95,000.00
10/11/2011 ISIS IT Development 50,800.00
16/11/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 51,724.97
16/11/2011 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 38,399.20
16/11/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 54,699.34
16/11/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 133,770.75
18/11/2011 North Ayrshire Ventures Limited Rent 80,471.41
25/11/2011 North Ayrshire Council Rates 36,372.00
29/11/2011 Real Time Engineering Limited Midas Support 46,000.00
15/12/2011 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 36,702.82
15/12/2011 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 66,843.41
15/12/2011 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 68,292.38
15/12/2011 KPMG Provider Fees 153,666.92
12/01/2012 ISIS IT Support 92,965.00
13/01/2012 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 46,170.14
13/01/2012 KPMG Provider Fees 126,983.08
17/01/2012 ISIS SCOTS recharge 188,588.00
24/01/2012 ISIS IT Support 59,000.00
09/02/2012 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 33,668.15
09/02/2012 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 36,124.81
17/02/2012 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 44,758.14
17/02/2012 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 67,115.26
17/02/2012 KPMG Provider Fees 123,198.08
17/02/2012 North Ayrshire Ventures Limited Rent 80,471.41
12/03/2012 Anderson Strathern LLP Legal Services 28,043.88
12/03/2012 Harper Macleod LLP Legal Services 38,291.94
20/03/2012 Armstrong Watson Provider Fees 34,503.72
20/03/2012 Wylie & Bisset Provider Fees 69,083.74
26/03/2012 KPMG Provider Fees 152,365.18
26/03/2012 APS Group Limited Printing 28,136.80
27/03/2012 Money Advice Scotland Matrics Funding 25,000.00
28/03/2012 ISIS IT Support and Development 62,168.00
31/03/2012 MITIE Technical Facilities Management Limited Cleaning and Maintenance 60,000.00
NOTES
Legal Services - payments to solicitors working on our behalf providing specialist support during the administration of sequestration cases. 
 
Provider Fees - payments to agents to administer sequestration cases where AiB is appointed as the trustee but the case is not being administered in-house.  
 
Compensation Payment - a payment in relation to a sequestration case where a third party property suffered damage while no insurance was in place.  As the Trustee in this case, the Accountant in Bankruptcy was obligated to compensate the third party.  The payment has been recovered in full from our Agent who was administering the case on the Accountant in Bankruptcy's behalf and there has been no loss to the public purse as a result.  
 
Matrics Funding - Scottish Government sponsorship funding paid to Money Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland.  These payments are made by AiB but fully funded by the Scottish Government.   
 
7          Payments cumulatively in excess of £25,000
            (1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012)
These cumulative values will include individual payments listed in section 6:
 

 

Supplier
Description
Amount Paid (Including VAT)
KPMG
Provider Fees
1,984,059.13
Wylie & Bisset
Provider Fees
1,171,250.30
ISIS IT Support & Development 763,062.60
Armstrong Watson
Provider Fees
664,372.22
Anderson Strathern LLP
Legal Services
414,066.43
Harper Macleod LLP
Legal Services
377,878.21
North Ayrshire Ventures Limited Rent 370,168.48
Hastings Provider Fees 312,647.51
MMG Provider Fees 201,758.81
Real Time Engineering Limited
Computer Support & Development
193,911.75
Registers of Scotland Statutory Fees 140,965.36
Invocas
Provider Fees
108,652.52
Graham & Sibbald
Surveyors Fees
97,500.04
APS Group Limited
Printing
77,880.10
North Ayrshire Council
Rates
72,744.00
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Agency Staff
71,280.00
MITIE Technical Facilities Management Limited
Cleaning and Maintenance
61,780.76
Money Advice Scotland Matrics Funding 59,245.00
J&E Shepherd Surveyor Fees 56,080.78
Pertemps Agency Staff 52,654.23
Henderson Loggie Provider Fees 46,268.23
Scott & Co Sheriff Officers 45,838.69
Scottish Power plc Electricity 44,503.98
TNT Post Scotland Limited Postage 43,875.99
QAS Limited t/a Experian QAS Quick address Midas Function 34,013.80
Citizens Advice Scotland Matrics Funding 33,020.00
Iron Mountain Storage 31,058.81
Stirling Park LLP Sheriff Officers 30,215.08
CS Corporate Solutions Provider Fees 28,429.61
French Duncan Provider Fees 28,309.29
Whyte & Barrie Surveyors Fees 28,182.00
DM Hall Surveyors Fees 27,948.62
  
Notes
 
Surveyor Fees - payments to surveyors working on our behalf providing specialist support during the administration of sequestration cases.