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Record: Private ledgers (FRAS 52)

Title: Private ledgers
Date: 1937-1947
Reference: FRAS 52
Former reference: HF 7/3/1   HF 37/2  
Physical description: 2 volumes  
Origination Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd

Scope and content:

The private ledgers include accounts for share capital, capital reserve, capital revaluation reserve, subscriptions, loans, ordinary dividend, heritable bonds, bond interest, interest, book debts suspense, cash, banks, investments, shares in associated companies, property, motor vehicles, depreciation, stock, Marks & Spencer (compensation), purchases, purchase ledger control, creditors, sales, sales ledger, debtors, Dallas's Ltd sundry debtors, Dallas's Colosseum Ltd sundry debtors, Peter Allan Ltd sundry debtors, bad debts, discount, Empire Exhibition, marionette show, advertising, directors' fees, salaries, wages, commissions, rent, rates, feu duty and teinds, tax, services, insurance, legal espenses, architects' fees, audit fees, National Defence contribution, war damage contribution, war reserve certificates, despatch, postage, stationery, travelling expenses, sundry expenses, charges accrued and unexpired, general charges, realisation, general ledger, general reserve, trading, profit and loss, profit and loss (appropriation), balance sheet.

There is an index to the accounts in the front of the volume.

Additional information:

Entries were posted to these ledgers from the journal (ref: FRAS 53/2).

Record type: Ledgers

Function: Financial accounting

Records held within this series:

Title: Private ledger
Date: 1937-1945
Reference: FRAS 52/1
Former reference: HF 7/3/1/1   HF 37/2/1  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd

Additional information:

Entries were posted to this private ledger from the beginning of the journal (ref: FRAS 53/2) up to 27 January 1945 (p100).

Records linked to this file:

Title: Journal
Date: 1937-1948
Reference: FRAS 53/2
Company: Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Private ledger
Date: 1945-1947
Reference: FRAS 52/2
Former reference: HF 7/3/1/2   HF 37/2/2  
Physical description: 1 volume  
Origination Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd

Additional information:

Entries were posted to this private ledger from p101 (year ending 26 January 1946) of the journal (ref: FRAS 53/2) to the end of the volume.

Records linked to this file:

Title: Journal
Date: 1937-1948
Reference: FRAS 53/2
Company: Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd    
Connection:

Records related to this series:

Title: Journal
Date: 1937-1948
Reference: FRAS 53/2
Company: Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd    
Connection: Entries from the journal were posted to the private ledgers.

Title: Salaries book
Date: 1937-1956
Reference: FRAS 316
Company: Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd    
Connection:

Title: Minutes of meetings of board of directors and shareholders
Date: 1923-1947
Reference: FRAS 51
Company: Thomas Muirhead & Co (Glasgow) Ltd    
Connection: The minutes include details of banking and other financial arrangements.

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