First and last post....
I've been reading this debacle for the last 12 months...
The strike personally affected me as we were going on honeymoon in March 2010...
That said we got away and we're indebted to those indivduals who stepped up and stepped in... thank-you.
So, a small tip in return regarding the whereabouts of the Bassa Accounts;
Unite and Bassa are financially linked...
Unite are subject to a compulsory annual audit...
Unite by law must readily identify and support with documentation all significant income and expenses with regard to Bassa...
The auditors must conduct their audit (over several weeks) and follow very prescribed rules and regulations including substantive testing of the numbers.
So......
If you want to give the hornets nest a stir again, drop an "FYI" email to the Auditor Partner at whichever accounting practice(s) conducted the audit (it'll be on the Unite website)
Advise them you have asked Unite/Bassa for audited information that you are entitled to (per Mr Bernoulli's earlier post) for the period 2009 (or which ever year you choose) however you are encountering significant delays in receiving this information....and could they possibly help supply the same information.
In all probablilty they will redirect you back to Unite - however your email will without doubt instigate a call from the Audit Partner straight to Len himself.
Why?
Firstly it has to be Len, as he has overall responsbility for Unite and that is to whom the Audit Partner must speak...that's the law, Len has fidicuary duties.
And?...
Well, any delay from Unite supplying the requested information will cast an immediate shadow over the capability and intergity of the accounting practice and their audit and that is something they can not entertain.
For the audit partner it opens up a whole world of pain, investigations and fines if their clients are witholding / delaying /misfeeding you information -the same information his practice has seen, audited and signed off on months/years ago..
Expect results and answers within the week.
All the very best,
A fan of BA for many years (and a Chartered Accountant).