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B.3Year 1 – The Lighthouses Launch

Year One Ledger

TWO LIGHTHOUSES · FULL LOOP · TEKKA PREPARES
A · Operating budget – running the institution
Core team – 6.5 FTE incl. CPF: ED, programmes, documentation, liaison, two coordinators, part-time finance507,000
Centre staff – one more at Chinatown Complex; 1.5 FTE at Geylang Serai; Tekka's liaison officer, 6 months234,000
Office, legal, audit, insurance60,000
Communications & community events, with Geylang Serai's35,000
Independent evaluator – annual report, Geylang Serai's fieldwork and Tekka's baseline105,000
Hawker Council fees and elections; directors' stall-visit vouchers22,200
Taste Council & opt-in feedback platform, with tastings at Geylang Serai70,000
Digital repository – open-source build90,000
Buying Circles (Follow the Plate, D.16) – partnerships role, 0.5 FTE; price board and templates; twelve circle leads63,400
Regulars' List (the Plan, §3.6) – coordinator, 1 FTE; 300 listing visits and decals, nationally; Registry pages, booklets and maps; its listing132,750
Stall baseline at Tekka – 119 stalls, 357 interviewer hours at $50, tally sheets, a data assistant for 2 months (the Plan, §6.1)28,230
Contingency – 10%134,758
A · Operating budget$1,482,338
B.3 Year 1 – The Lighthouses Launch: table 2
B · Programme budget – reaching hawkersChinatown ComplexGeylang SeraiTekkaTotal
Master Fellowships – 10 × $90,750, three years each, CPF included726,000181,500–907,500
Apprentice wages – 20 apprentices at $50,684 each: the full 18-month cycle at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, employer CPF included, budgeted in the year the group starts810,944202,736–1,013,680
Documentation – 10 dishes written up well enough for a relief cook to cook from (the locum test)144,00036,000–180,000
Field equipment – a capture kit at each Lighthouse30,00030,000–60,000
Relief-Hawker Corps – 19 members at the PWM cook rate, overtime beyond 8 hours, ≈1,600 relief-days261,29599,012–360,307
Second-station grants – $3,000 each to 10 Fellows, for a second cooking station where the apprentice learns24,0006,000–30,000
Partner-kitchen sessions – 24 a centre × $3007,2007,200–14,400
Group critical-illness pool – renewed; year one at Tekka99,00027,75051,750178,500
Escrow set-up and first-loss reserve – $15,000 for each of 10 Fellowships: the escrow holds the successor's payments, and the reserve covers the ones he misses120,00030,000–150,000
Listening & co-design at Tekka – 10 sessions, 149 fees––57,35057,350
Contingency – 10%222,24462,02010,910295,174
Programme revenue – corps co-pays, masterclasses(80,000)(20,000)–(100,000)
B · Programme budget2,364,683662,218120,010$3,146,911

A · Operating budget1,482,338
B · Programme budget3,146,911
Year 1 net requirement, A + B$4,629,249

Reaching hawkers directly: 68.0% of the net requirement. Operating burn: $123,500 a month.

This is a working paper for public discussion. Every number in it is an invitation to improve it. Corrections and better data are welcome.