| Reference Number | DSCAM/4/8/186-308 |
| Title | Loose board papers of Grainger and Smith Ltd |
| Description | Material includes various monthly sales and financial returns from subsidiaries and branches (esp. in 1938-40); agendas and minutes of some board meetings, and agendas of annual general meetings 1941 and 1945; reports received by the board concerning the trading of the group and of particular subsidiaries (Town Mills #192-195 of 1934, #231-232 and 242 of 1938; Hyam's #201 of 1935) or on general performance (#272 of Oct. 1940, #277 of Feb. 1941, #281 of Feb. 1942, #286 of May 1942, #288 of Feb. 1943, #290 of Mar. 1944, #296 of Feb. 1945, #302 of May 1945); memoranda concerning the salary of B.C. English, the managing director #190; reports on the general state of the wool market; shareholder restiveness in 1940 #269-70; terms of agreement for commissions payable to various staff #275 of 1940. |
| #220-221 are combined trading and profit and loss accounts for the woollen and trimming section and the clothing interest of Grainger and Smith for 1935 and 1936. |
| #224-228 are the interim and final report of B.C. English on reorganisation to achiev improved results, and notes on and responses to the reports from other directors (Dec. 1937-Jan. 1938). |
| #252-253 is a report and appendix by B.C. English surveying poor trading during 1938 and making recommendations for a fundamental rearrangement, curtailment of depots, expansion of clothing interests. |
| #255 comprises schedules of capital invested in various sections of Grainger and Smith's business and properties, and the income thereon, as at 31 Dec. 1938. |
| #304-308 are undated and include some bare financial figures for 1927-32, details of the shareholdings of the Grainger family (Grainger, Garratt, Cartwright etc. - 66990 preference and 25225 ordinary), and other notes. |
| Date | 1933-1945 |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Extent | 123 items |
| Level | Item |