FOI Request Bank & Insurance providers
Dear Sir John Soane's Museum,
I am writing to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to request the following information:
1. The names of all banking providers that this institution has used in the past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).
2. The services that were used from the above banking providers in the past two financial years (1st April 2022 – 1st April 2024).
Banking provider refers to: an institution that deals in money and its substitutes which provides money-related services including but not limited to accepting deposits, making loans and providing credit card services.
3. The name of the insurance company or companies that currently provide [name of body] with the following types of insurance coverage:
a. Employers’ liability insurance
b. Public liability insurance
c. Professional indemnity insurance
d. Officials Indemnity
e. Business Interruption
f. Property Owners
g. Personal Accident
h. Casualty
j. Motor/Vehicle
k. Fine Art
l. Property
m. Event
n. Travel
o. Crime
p. Terrorism
q. Excess Liability
4. Any other type of insurance not listed above - please provide the name of the company together with the type of the insurance cover
3. The start and end dates of the current insurance contract(s) for each type of insurance coverage listed above
Please provide the requested information in the order listed above. If the cost of complying with this request exceeds the appropriate limit as stated in section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, please respond with as much information as possible within the limit, following the order of priority I have specified.
If any of this information is already publicly available, please provide a link or reference to where I can find it.
If you need any clarification or have any questions about my request, please don't hesitate to contact me. I would prefer to receive the information electronically, if possible.
Thank you for your assistance with this request. I look forward to your response within the statutory 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew John Taylor
Dear Mr Taylor
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act, the answers to which are as follows:
1. Nat West Bank Plc: current and reserve bank accounts, corporate credit card scheme; Allied Irish Bank: credit card donation facilities; Worldpay: credit card handling for income receipts; Eventbrite: processing of ticket sales
2. See 1. above
3. a) Gallagher
b) Gallagher
c)- j) n/a
k) Gallagher, for temporary incoming exhibition loans
l)-q) n/a
4. n/a
5. From 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024 for all coverage listed above
Yours sincerely
Susan Palmer FSA
Archivist and Head of Library Services and Freedom of Information contact
Sir John Soane's Museum
+44 (0)20 7440 4245
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