When I first started doing Interesting I had no idea how much stuff cost. So I thought it might be useful to share all the economics from last time, in case anyone fancies doing something similar. It's pretty straightforward:
We sold 380 tickets at £15 each so gross revenue was £5700
Eventbrite took a fee of £767.60
The Conway Hall including PA, sound person and extra mics was £1389
There were a few misc costs: bunting, pencils, wine, a taxi, some carer time, which came to about £350.*
Which left, roughly, £3200
So, thanks to the generosity of the speakers (and to everyone who came) we donated £3200 to the Equal Community Foundation (the organisation Rujuta spoke about) and other speakers donated money to their own good causes too.
*Though, thinking about it, that doesn't include all that wine, which I also need to pay for. Which means that I've made a small loss. Ah well, it was worth it.