Pembroke Town Walls Trust

are recruiting a Trustee Treasurer

At their forthcoming AGM on 26th April 2018, the Pembroke Town Walls Trust are looking to appoint a new Trustee Treasurer. This will mean fulfilling the normal duties of a Trustee of the Charity but also the specific duties of the Treasurer.

The Pembroke Town Walls Trustexists to protect and conserve the unique archaeology of the walls, to promote understanding of and access to the heritage, and to realise the international importance of this historic site. The Trust is currently working in partnership with the Tabernacle United Reform Church in Pembroke and Pembroke 21C Community Association to deliver a pilot project that will be an exemplar for future restoration of the walls. This project is funded by HLF and others and will finish in September 2018.

The Role of Treasure will involve:

  • Guiding and advisingTrustees in the approval of budgets and financial statements
  • Ensuring that the internal systems and controls are adequate for the management of the charity’s activities
  • Ensuring that regular financial reports are received
  • GuidingTrustees on the adoption of appropriate financial policies.

The Treasurer will not make decisions alone, they are made collectively by the whole board. The role of the Treasurer is to help the board carry out its duties to provide financial oversight of the Charity by:

  • Supplying trustees with financial information in a form that enables them to understand the financial position of the charity
  • Ensuring that the financial systems are adequate to provide complete and accurate records of the charity’s transactions, and to provide sufficient internal controls
  • Ensuring that an annual budget is prepared and then monitored through management accounts
  • Overseeing the charity’s management of risk
  • Regularly meeting with the Finance and Fundraising Sub-Committee
  • Acting as a signatory on cheques and important documents
  • Ensuring that proper accounting records are kept
  • Reviewing bank reconciliations and ensure other key controls are maintained

PTWT is a small CIO and does not employ any staff, so ideally this is a role for someone with accounting knowledge and experience, especially in the Charity Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP). However, training can be given, and someone experienced in Charity accounting will be able to mentor the new Treasurer.

Interested volunteers should contact either:

Howard Rudge, Chair of Trustees -

Elizabeth Gossage, Vice Chair of Trustees –