A History of the Society of County Treasurers
Original: October 2014Update: January 2018
Establishment of the Society
The origins of the Society of County Treasurers date to 11 June 1903 when the County Accountant of Warwickshire called a meeting in Birmingham ‘to consider various matters in relation to the Education Act 1902’. The eight County Accountants present at the meeting passed a resolution to form the County Accountants’ Society. Membership was open to the County Accountants and Finance Clerks of the counties of England and Wales.
The Society held several meetings each year, usually in London, at which members discussed wide variety of issues connected with local government finance. From 1906 the Society collected statistics on county councils’ finances and activities, and the returns produced were made available for sale. Some of the returns were also published in the County Councils Association Gazette. In 1975 CIPFA’s Statistical Information Service was established and assumed responsibility for collecting much of this data
In September 1927 a constitution was adopted by the Society, which redefined membership to the Chief Financial Officers of English and Welsh counties. The membership of the Society, which was renamed the Society of County Treasurers in 1950, has survived successive reorganisations of local government and continues to successfully represent the collective voice of counties in local government finance issues.
President and Honorary Secretary
From 1926 a President and Vice-President were elected annually. The following table details those Society members who were appointed to the role of President. Information regarding the Honorary Secretary post holder is also given.
This information has been taken from the SCT’s ‘2002/03 Annual Report’ and updated using Team knowledge of the more recent appointments.
President
Year / President / Authority2017-18 / Sheila Little / Surrey
2016-17 / Pete Moore / Lincolnshire
2015-16 / Margaret Lee / Essex
2014-15 / Andy Burns / Staffordshire
2013-14 / Geoff Dobson / Suffolk
2012-13 / Sue Scane / Oxfordshire
2011-12 / Paul Kent / Dorset
2010-11 / Roger Kershaw / Somerset
2009-10 / Brian Roberts / Leicestershire
2008-09 / Mike Weaver / Worcestershire
2007-08 / Sean Nolan / East Sussex
2006-07 / Frank Twyning / Cornwall
2005-06 / Peter Swaby / Derbyshire
2004-05 / Bob Summers / Norfolk
2003-04 / Helen Kilpatrick / West Sussex
2002-03 / Jon Pittam / Hampshire
2001-02 / C Bilsland / Somerset
2000-01 / R A Latham / Nottinghamshire
1999-00 / J R Cockroft / Gloucestershire
1998-99 / K D Neale / Essex
1997-98 / J E H Whiteoak / Cheshire
1996-97 / P Martin / Kent
1995-96 / P B Atkinson / Suffolk
1994-95 / J Scotford / Hampshire
1993-94 / R Wolstenholme / Surrey
1992-93 / R G Tettenborn / Staffordshire
1991-92 / D G Barrett / Lincolnshire
1990-91 / B Stevenson / Cleveland
1989-90 / B M Tanner / Somerset
1988-89 / D G Morgan / Avon
1987-88 / J A Parkes / Humberside
1986-87 / E A Twelvetree / Essex
1985-86 / J E Barton / Cambridgeshire
1984-85 / G S Pollard / West Yorkshire
1983-84 / B Fieldhouse / West Sussex
1982-83 / M F Stonefrost / Greater London
1981-82 / M C Beasley / Berkshire
1980-81 / E T Cobb / Derbyshire
1979-80 / G E Daniel / Nottinghamshire
1978-79 / CC Jasper / Hertfordshire
1977-78 / E T Knott / Suffolk
1976-77 / K R Hounsome / North Yorkshire
1975-76 / R L W Moon / Wiltshire
1974-75 / B Dufton / Hampshire
1973-74 / K Hyde / Cornwall
1972-73 / W Hollinrake / Somerset
1971-72 / J S Blackburn / Leicestershire
1970-71 / J B Caddigan / Durham
1969-70 / B Hazel / Yorkshire (West Riding)
1968-69 / H C Bedwell / Oxfordshire
1967-68 / J C Alexander / Hertfordshire
1966-67 / R H A Chisholm / Cheshire
1965-66 / J Copplestone / Salop
1964-65 / J J olly / Lincoln (Lindsey)
1963-64 / W Burd / Denbighshire
1962-63 / W S Hardacre / Berkshire
1961-62 / S H Critchley / Westmorland
1960-61 / N Doodson / Lancashire
1959-60 / J Whittle / Nottinghamshire
1958-59 / J Whittle / Nottinghamshire
1957-58 / C Borries / Dorset
1956-57 / J L Hampshire / Kent
1955-56 / W H Wormald / Yorkshire (North Riding)
1954-55 / T Watson / Derbyshire
1953-54 / W H G Cocks / Glamorgan
1952-53 / R S McDougall / Hertfordshire
1951-52 / G R Clark / Isle of Ely
1950-51 / PH Stafford / Monmouthshire
1949-50 / A Abel / Durham
1948-49 / M T Hughes / West Sussex
1947-48 / L A Rothwell / Middlesex
1946-47 / G T Bailey / Devon
1945-46 / H W Collis / Essex
1944-45 / W F Serby / Buckinghamshire
1943-44 / R J Cross / Herefordshire
1942-43 / J Watson / Cumberland
1941-42 / F Steadman / Surrey
1940-41 / F Steadman / Surrey
1939-40 / W E Jones / Wiltshire
1938-39 / H F Kelland / Yorkshire (North Riding)
1937-38 / C A Wood / Staffordshire
1936-37 / H Jordan / Norfolk
1935-36 / J Durham / Yorkshire (West Riding)
1934-35 / J Hunt / Derbyshire
1933-34 / V Williams / Cheshire
1932-33 / V Williams / Cheshire
1931-32 / F W Rattenbury / Middlesex
1930-31 / R F Easterby / Lancashire
1929-30 / H Bottomley / Durham
1928-29 / G Wain / Staffordshire
1927-28 / J Goulding / Yorkshire (East Riding)
1926-27 / F H Owens / Essex
Honorary Secretary
Year / Honorary Secretary / Authority2017-18 / Gary Fielding / North Yorkshire
2016-17 / John Betts / Warwickshire
2015-16 / Sheila Little / Surrey
2014-15 / Pete Moore / Lincolnshire
2011-14 / Andy Burns / Staffordshire
2006-11 / David Clarke / Warwickshire
2005-06 / Mike Taylor / Surrey
2001-05 / Peter Swaby / Derbyshire
2000-01 / Sean Nolan / East Sussex
1997-00 / Roger Latham / Nottinghamshire
1992-97 / K D Neale / Essex
1990-92 / B Smith / Staffordshire
1986-90 / D G Barrett / Lincolnshire
1980-86 / J A Parkes / Humberside
1972-80 / M C Beasley / Berkshire
1965-72 / W Hollingrake / Somerset
1957-65 / R H A Chisholm / Cheshire
1955-57 / J Whittle / Nottinghamshire
1948-55 / L A Rothwell / Middlesex
1931-48 / M T Hughes / West Sussex
1926-31 / V Williams / Cheshire
1910-26 / F H Owens / Essex
1903-10 / A W Fox / Warwickshire
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