Funding sources: Heavily dependent upon government grants for the two projects, government contracts for bird surveys, membership subscriptions and donations, services (birdwatching tours and services), rental, product sales.
A part-time accountant is hired who does the books about once a week. The accountant can work from home or comes to the office, usually on a Saturday. This approach works at the moment for the scale of funds, and hiring a full-time accountant would be too expensive.
Since most of the projects are government funded accountancy standards need to be high. HKBWS has a good reputation for its accountancy standards, which makes it easier to secure funding. The quality of the work part-time accountant is an important factor.