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Working report of the Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The working report starts with an introduction by the chairman of the directors, Laurence Prestwich Scott which starts with a tribute to his late father 'It is with great regret that I find myself in the position of writing this introduction. The death of Mr JR Scott on April 5th, 1949, not only robbed me of an exceptionally kind and understanding father but robbed the firm of a wise and experienced chief...'.

The report also features a review of the financial year; balance sheet; profit and loss account; appropriation account; an explanation of the accounts - part one, taxation; a historical view of the Guardian's circulation with a chart for circulation 1937-49 and map showing sales distribution throughout England; figures for circulation, sales and advertising (with advertising/editorial ratios and display/classified advertising revenue) for the Guardian, the Manchester Evening News and the Guardian Weekly; issues concerning the staff including headcount and gender breakdown by department, pensioners, working days lost and sick leave; a report on the Scott Trust with a photograph of trustees (R Ebbage, William Haley, LP Scott, the solicitor to the trustees, AP Wadsworth, RF Scott, CP Scott and L Montague) taken November 1948; and details of the materials used by the company.

An advertisement for the company's pension scheme features on the back cover.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Folder containing different accounting records produced by MGEN, 1924-1960 and also circulation and [editorial/advertising] contents, 1830-1844.

The first part of the folder contains MGEN annual reports and accounts with balance sheet, profit and loss account and auditors report, March 1924 - March 1960, signed by the MGEN directors and secretary (except 1934 where there are no signatures and 1935 where only the secretary has signed) and also by the auditors (except 1934 and 1935). The accounts are six-monthly, September 1923 - March 1929, and for the earlier years only the March accounts are signed. Only a balance sheet exists for September 1923. The report and accounts are in typescript format until 1930 when they are printed. The signatories are CP Scott, EA Montague, James Bone, WP Crozier, WJ Haley, JR Scott, AP Wadsworth, Robert Ebbage, TE Henry and Laurence Scott.

The second part of the folder contains typescript profit and loss account and balance sheets for the six months preceeding September 1929 and March 1930.

The third and fourth parts of the folder contains six-monthly profit and loss accounts for the Guardian Weekly and then the Guardian Commercial, March 1924 - March 1930. These are predominately typescript with some manuscript records. Three pages of manuscript calculations comparing the profit and loss of the Guardian Weekly and the Guardian Commercial, 1924-1928, are loose following the Guardian Weekly profit and loss account pages.

After the Guardian Commercial accounts are manuscript figures 1830-1845 used for accounting purposes. The contemporary records have been glued to the reverse of typescript receipt and expenditure accounts (crossed through) for the Guardian, Guardian Commercial, Guardian Weekly and Evening News comparing figures for May/June 1940 and 1941. The exact purpose of the figures is unknown as few titles exist but they generally relate to sales/circulation, editorial columns or advertising content. Page 1 contains quarterly total and average circulation figures for the Guardian, 1830-1844, with some indication of Wednesday and Saturday variations from 1836. Page 2 contains quarterly total and average figures, possibly for editorial lines or advertising content, 1830-1844. Page 3 indicates the number of stamps from Parliamentary returns, for the Guardian, Advertiser, Chronicle, Courier (from 1836) and Times newspapers, 1835-1841. Pages 4 and 5 contain weekly figures, 1830-1840 possibly for editorial lines and/or advertising content. Page 6 has a manuscript note on the increase in editorial columns, 1821-1945 and an untitled and undated chart of Wednesday and Saturday figures. Page 7 has a chart of Wednesday and Saturday figures, 1843-1844. Page 8 identifies the quantity of advertisements carried in the Guardian. Advertiser, Courier, Times, Chronicle, Herald, Aris' Gazette, Leeds Mercury, Gores' Advertiser, Myers' Advertiser and Liverpool Mercury, 1832-1835.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Accounting procedure summaries for the MGEN from October 1953. Summarises various internal procedures such as overdue accounts, dealing with debts, dealing with cash as well as dealing with Guardian and Evening News financial accounts separately. Also includes staff names associated with each procedure within their department.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Three memoirs relating to the Scott Trust, two of which have titles: 'The creation of the Scott Trust' (1998) and 'The Scott Trust' (2001). The memoirs give an account of the reasons for the creation of the Scott Trust and the processes this involved. The ideology behind The Scott Trust is explained as well as the role that the Trust plays at present. References are made to Charles Prestwich Scott, John Russell Scott, Edward Taylor Scott, Arthur Ransome, Paul Patterson and Robert Ebbage.