Midland Bank No. 1 account cash book, 14 Jan 1974-24 Oct 1975

Cash book detailing transactions in Sainsbury's No. 1 account at Midland Bank. Each transaction is placed under one particular ledger account code. The debits (money paid into the account by debtors) appear to be listed on the left hand side and the credits (money paid out of the account to creditors) appear to be listed on the right hand side.

The left hand columns are: (date), (description), (financial period), Total, Canteen Basingstoke, Canteen Blackfriars, Canteen Clapham, Canteen Streatham, Contra, Estate, Loans, Rebanked Cheques, Sales, Write Offs, Sundries, and Sundries Code.

The right hand columns are: (date), (description), (financial period), (reference number), Total, Bank Cheques, Bought Ledger, Contra, Loans, Salaries, Unpaid Cheques, Wages Basingstoke, Wages Blackfriars, Wages Buntingford, Wages Charlton, Write Offs, Sundries and Sundries Code.

Examples of debit transactions include:
Money from canteens and Stamford House restaurant
Transfers from other accounts (National Giro, National Westminster)
Ministry of Social Security payments relating to named individuals
Official lunches, sale of stamps
Wages refunds
Transfers from S.G. Warburg (investment bank)
Court costs
Money market principal and interest payments
Griffin Athletic Club (G.A.C.) related payments
Branch bankings (total payments on a particular day, no information about individual branches)
Income from depots (eg canteen, cloakroom, sales, public telephones, vending)

Examples of credit transactions include:
Branch unpaid cheques
Transfers to other accounts (National Giro, National Westminster)
Petty cash at Basingstoke depot, Blackfriars (head office/depot complex), Buntingford depot, Streatham offices, area offices
Wage payments
Wages adjustments
Overseas travel expenses
Payments to named individuals
Transfers to S.G. Warburg (investment bank)
'Secretary's list' payments to various organisations
Bank charges