To give a well-written account on the expenses of Sletten 2024 one would typically start by covering the types of expenses from the largest to smallest, while giving the amount the appropriate perspective, for instance by providing the amount to something fixed – like the ticket income. And that is what we are going to do now.

The largest expense – by far – is none other than the rent charged by the Scouts for each overnight staying guest. The Scouts could not give us a favourable discount this year, so the charge was raised from 63 dkk to 75 dkk per head per night. With 1.187 heads on Full Week, Half Week, Horses 1½ Week or OneNight tickets the calculation was a whopping 6.705 overnight stays. This impressive amount of overnight stays translates into a bill of 502.875 dkk which includes the facilities of the Little House On The Prairy (water, electricity and waste removal) – necessities a modern viking surely cannot live without(?). The bill on the overnight stay rent is what eats up around 2 thirds (66%) of the Ticket Income.

The next big item on the list is surprisingly hygienic as it is our Sanitation wagons. Without this expense the area of Sletten would simply not be as idyllic as they were. This year more Sanitation stations was located around the camp, so this made for more expenses. Toilet wagons and Washing stations account for a total of 17% of the Ticket income or 132.760 dkk.

Moving further down the list the next expense is warming our hearts – quite literally as it is the Firewood used for all camps. A good deal was made and 82 cubic meters of wood was sent to the Sletten campsite this summer for 10% of the ticket income or a total expense of 76.670 dkk.

And now we move on to the last items on the expense sheets and it becomes smaller and smaller purchases. Overall a 5.742 dkk was spent on various big and small practical Campsite items like discussion closers, cleaning utilities, signage and many other things. All items necessary for making the gears of the Sletten week working well.

Behind-the-scenes expenses are some of those that we – from the Orga team – would like to reduce as much as possible, but Administration expenses are hard to eliminate totally. These expenses include travel expenses (yes, Orga needs to drive around), storage space, bank fees, website bills, transaction fees on tickets and more for 2% of Ticket income or a total of 14.535 dkk.

Lastly, we did want to express gratitude towards the volunteers behind the Sletten 2024. Gifting red-glazed cups – 10 in total – as well as the opportunity to buy a Sletten-logoed hoodie was the smallest of expense items for a total of 4.347 dkk. We want to be transparent on these numbers as well, as we feel it necessary to appreciate the tonnes and tonnes of working hours the volunteers put into the event.

Now, when taking the difference between the total income and the total expenditures, one would get the Surplus of Sletten 2024. This amounts to 170.063 dkk, where the main surplus comes from the unused investment / extra income of 147.182 dkk.

This leaves 22.880 dkk – the unspent part of the Buffer –  to be explained by various “healthy” financial decisions, where the Orga team did not spend unnecessary money. Of course one could argue that the money could have been spent on necessary or nice items as well.

As this is the second year of the individual organization, Sletten Vikings, we take these numbers seriously and would like to be much better on enriching the scene and the event for the years to come. 

We would like to be smart about using this money, as the event and the organization is still new.

As such, a buffer of 70.000 dkk is transferred to an account for “seriously hard times” and the rest of the surplus 100.063 dkk is planned for real investments into gear and improvements on the Campsite of Sletten.