4.

Financial Resources

Introduction

This section covers information on the institution’s strategy and management of financial resources. The Finance Division provides accounting, procurement and contracting
services, helping to make best use of resources and fulfilling statutory responsibilities. Information that may substantially prejudice the commercial interests of any person,
personal information, or information which would disrupt the effective conduct of public affairs will be excluded from publication.

Class Name Class Definition Examples/Comments Web link to Information Fee Withheld
/ Format of Information Information
Examples Include:

• Financial statements approved by

the governing body
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
Financial statements The institution's annual accounts Free
• Annual Reports inancial-services

Please note that our Financial

Budgetary processes
statements are published on our Web
site in January each year.
Policies and procedures for making
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
budgetary allocations to major Free
inancial-services
budgetary units

http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
Summary of budgetary allocations to
Budgets overview Finalised budgetary allocations inancial-services Free
major budgetary units
 Web link to Information Withheld
Class Name Class Definition Examples/Comments Fee
/ Format of Information Information
Hard copy or Electronic
Information on purchasing goods and
services and on reclaiming expenses.

Examples Include:
Where an
• Financial Regulations abridged
version is
• Expenses Forms e.g. travel claims published, no
exemptions
• Mileage and Subsistence rates apply. The full
version contains
Institution's financial administration • Staff Travel Policy & Procedures information
Financial regulations Free
manual http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f where
• Year End Instructions inancial-services disclosure
would
• Cash Security & Transportation substantially
(Abridged Version) prejudice our
commercial
• Policy for Fraud Prevention, interests under
Detection & Investigation s.33 of the Act.
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/
• Fraud Policy Statement about/planning-and-
policy/policies/planning
-finance-and-estates

Examples Include:
Available on request
Summary information on the
Insurance • Names and addresses of the Free
institution's major insurance policies http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
University's insurers, and broad
inancial-services
information on the range of risks
 covered

• Insurance procedures

• Frequently Asked Questions

 Web link to Information Withheld
Class Name Class Definition Examples/Comments Fee
/ Format of Information Information
Information can be found within our
Principal's remuneration and statistical Annual Reports and Financial
information on remuneration of other Statements.
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
Senior staff remuneration senior staff required to be published Free
inancial-services
under the Scottish Funding Council’s Details of expenses for the principal
Financial Memorandum officers of the University can be found
on the Financial Services Web pages.
Information can be found within our
Summary information on institutional http://www.rgu.ac.uk/f
Investments Annual Reports and Financial Free
endowments and investments inancial-services
Statements