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February 15, 2022
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managing sub accounts of bank accounts

  • February 15, 2022
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We are a UK charity and want to setup a designated fund. We already have restricted funds, which are managed using a mixture of donors, projects and classes. Our single bank account - connected to Lloyds - has sub-accounts for each of the restricted funds. This works well. I can see the balances in the sub-accounts but the parent account shows the true bank balance. The only downside is that I can't easily see our general funds - I have subtract the restricted fund balances from the parent account, so I would like to set up another sub-account for "general".

I can create the sub-account and record transactions in it. The problem is setting the opening balance. I've chosen to start the new general sub-account from 01/1/2022. If I give it an opening balance, it affects the balance of the parent account and the bank no longer reconciles. How do I give it a balance that represents our general funds without it affecting the parent?

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February 15, 2022

Hi garethhowell, thanks for your post - did you transfer the funds in real life from your Lloyds account to a Lloyds sub-account? 

February 15, 2022

@GeorgiaC wrote:

Hi garethhowell, thanks for your post - did you transfer the funds in real life from your Lloyds account to a Lloyds sub-account? 


As far as I know, Lloyds doesn't support the concept of sub-accounts. This is just a local thing.