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ING Annual Report 1995/96
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Financial Statement
Annex 1 sets out the financial outturns for ING Operations in financial years 1994/95 and 1995/96. The baseline budget for the first of these two years was originally approved at the level of £422k and 286,446 kptas. However, additional revenue, from repayment work plus an additional receipt against the technology programme, increased the total budget to £1,996.8k at the exchange rate for the year of 198.469 ptas/£. These figures also included compensation for the shortfall in staff effort from the partner countries, and an adjustment for the overspend carried forward from financial year 1993/94. The main features of expenditure during the year was an overspend of £31.5k against Common Services, resulting from an operating loss at the Residencia, being offset by an underspend of £31.2k for Local Staff costs as social security payments were lower than expected. Overall the Joint Operations budget was £4.3k underspent against allocation, and this sum was carried forward to the following financial year.For 1995/96, the approved budgets comprised £429.3k plus 311,800 kptas, which at the exchange rate for the year, 202.882 ptas/£ provided a total of £1,966.2k for operations. In addition, however, PPARC provided a loan of a further £100k as partial funding for the start up of the new sea-level base in the edificio Mayantigo in Santa Cruz de La Palma. Although requiring an initial injection of capital funds, it is anticipated that the sea level base will lead to increases in efficiency and economy for the ING, particularly through the reduction of time and costs associated with staff travelling each day to the mountain top. Slippage of expenditure on the Enhancements lines also provided some additional funds for the equipping of the sea-level base. The year concluded with an overall underspend of £17k against the Joint budgets, due to slippage of expenditure on the Enhancements lines.
Outturns of expenditure for ING Joint Operations
Expenditure 1994/95 Expenditure 1995/96 Cost centres kPtas £k kPtas £kLocal staff costs 123,103 0.7 152,100 0.0 UK/NL shared staff costs 3,405 4.2 3,100 6.9 Common Services 16,591 0.0 11,000 0.0 Site Services 41,500 2.7 30,100 4.9 Site works 4,487 40.0 4,600 35.6 Sea level office services 15,364 10.2 10,700 10.9 Communications 27,614 16.4 16,100 13.6 Residencia costs 29,599 0.0 26,200 0.0 Transport fleet maintenance 16,025 0.5 11,600 0.0 Transport fleet replacement 7,145 0 - 0.0 Safety 2,958 22.2 1,000 21.0 Electrical services 3,135 70.2 6,800 49.0 Mechanical engineering 2,455 57.5 3,300 63.4 Electronics 5,630 71.1 4,500 106 Computing 4,226 92.4 6,400 87.9 Astronomy support 3,498 10.9 3,400 21.7 Library 1,349 24.3 700 28.1 UK/NL support 223 15.6 200 24.0 SLB start up costs - 0 10,400 176.3 Totals 308,307 438.9 302,200 649.3
Annex 1. Joint UK-NL Budget: Enhancements and MaintenanceFinancial year 1994/95
The following table shows the expenditure on the Joint UK-NL enhancements and maintenance programme for 1994/95. At its May 1994 meeting, the Joint Steering Committee approved an overall allocation of £454k to the joint technology programme, consisting of the on-going new instrumentation projects and the enhancement and maintenance programme. This budget was derived from a baseline budget of £400k plus a carry forward from the previous year of £54k. A shortfall in the NL contribution of £20k was then subsequently agreed by the funding agencies, reducing the overall budget to £434. PPARC also provided funding to the level of £179k for other enhancement work, as detailed in the tables.
The underspend on the INT dome resulted from delayed completion of this work, whilst the underspend in the 'Pulse' programme was aided by actual costs being lower than estimated for the INT prime focus filter wheel improvements and the TV tube replacement. To cope with the overall underspend under the budget, £15.9k of expenditure was brought forward from the following year against the computer enhancements budget in the form of a SparcStation for an improved data acquisition system for the JKT. Similarly, expenditure for the INT and JKT CCD controllers was brought forward from the following year.
Enhancements and Maintenance Programme - Expenditure Outturn 1994/95
Description Approved Financial Allocations Outturn £k £k NEW INSTRUMENTS Autofib 33.0 25.6 WHT PF Instrument Platform 2.0 3.0 WYFFOS 37.0 39.9 Holographic Spectrometer (HHS) 2.0 2.5 INT PF Camera 60.0 22.7 Seeing Sources Design Study 12.0 - Seeing Measurement Design Study 2.0 3.0 SUB TOTAL 148.0 96.7 INSTRUMENT ENHANCEMENTS ISIS Enhancements 6.0 0.00 Optical components 10.0 7.40 DMS and Instrument Control 15.0 16.00 UES Enhancements 20.0 15.40 WHT software 8.0 5.80 INT/JKT CCD controllers 0.0 22.00 SUB TOTAL 59.0 66.60 TELESCOPE ENHANCEMENTS WHT PF Infrastructure 5.0 6.2 WHT Performance 5.0 11.5 INT/JKT Performance 5.0 8.3 SUB TOTAL 15.0 26.0 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENTS Computers 35.0 50.9 SUB TOTAL 35.0 50.9 MAJOR MAINTENANCE Domes 85.0 60.0 'Pulse' 112.0 95.5 SUB TOTAL 197.0 155.5 ENHANCEMENT AND MAINTENANCE TOTAL 306.0 299.0 OVERALL PROGRAMME TOTAL 454.0 395.7
Note: the following projects were funded solely by the UK PPARC in 1994/95, in accordance with the agreement between the UK and NL funding agencies.
Expenditure £k Detector Enhancements Half Arcsecond Programme Other Enhancements Total
Financial year 1995/96
Set out below, are the allocations and outturn for the enhancements and maintenance budget for 1995/96. The JSC approved a budget of £387k for this programme in 1995/96, derived from a baseline of £400k less a £20k shortfall in the NL contribution and a carry forward of a £7k underspend from the previous financial year. PPARC also made available an additional £179k for the procurement of CCDs and other enhancement items for the ING.
In the event, the budget underspent by £51.1k in 1995/96 as a result of late delivery of major capital items, insufficient staff effort to carry out all parts of the programme and non-payment of bills at the end of the financial year. This underspend was therefore re-allocated to La Palma to help equip the new sea level base in Santa Cruz de La Palma.
Major items to note were:
- Telescope Enhancements underspent by £20.4k because the INT primary mirror supports cost less than expected;
- Delays in purchasing equipment for the WYFFOS enhancement and hardware for INTEGRAL, resulted in an underspend of £14.9k;
- Computer enhancements overspent by £10.8k due to unexpected but necessary expenditure on improvements to the WHT control systems, including development of the real-time system and maintenance charges on the development Micro-Vax;
Capital spend on the Re-engineering programme was £31.9k under allocation due to a delay in placing a contract to provide a replacement for the utility network, and due to the decision made at the June 1995 JSC meeting to delay any investment in a stand-alone IPCS/DMS until its future had been clearly defined. Despite this low capital expenditure on Re-engineering, the programme did make a significant advance during the year in question.
Enhancements and Maintenance Programme - Expenditure Outturn 1995/96
Description Approved Financial Allocations Outturn £k £k INSTRUMENT ENHANCEMENTS CCDs and Cryostats 45.0 43.8 INT/JKT CCD controllers 38.0 34.4 Optical components 10.0 6.4 ISIS Polarisation Unit 14.0 17.1 INTEGRAL 8.0 2.2 WYFFOS Enhancements 8.0 1.7 UES Derotator 0.0 2.5 SUB TOTAL 123.0 108.1 HALF ARCSECOND PROGRAMME 46.0 54.6 TELESCOPE ENHANCEMENTS WHT Performance 28.0 23.2 INT Performance 53.0 44.8 JKT Performance 28.0 20.6 SUB TOTAL 109.0 88.6 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENTS INT/JKT Data Acquisition Systems 10.0 2.1 WHT Control Systems 6.0 24.7 SUB TOTAL 16.0 26.8 SYSTEM RE-ENGINEERING INT/JKT Telescope Control Systems 4.0 6.7 Autoguider/TV systems 9.0 1.4 Utility network 20.0 0.0 Stand-alone IPCS/DMS 10.0 0.0 JKT Design Study 2.0 2.2 Other design studies/management 4.0 1.1 EPICS systems 0.0 5.7 SUB TOTAL 49.0 17.1 MAJOR MAINTENANCE INT Dome 10.0 4.5 'Pulse' 25.0 24.4 ISIS/IDS Overhaul 5.0 7.2 SUB TOTAL 40.0 36.1 PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT 4.0 4.6 OVERALL PROGRAMME TOTAL 387.0 335.9
Note: the following projects were funded solely by the UK PPARC during1995/96.
Allocation £k Outturn £k EEV and Loral Detectors Half Arcsecond Programme Total
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