Six of One refuse to publish their bank balance and accounts.

Can you think of any Society, or fan-club, that does not allow any of its members to see any aspect of the accounts or bank balance? Or a Society where people who enquire about the finances are refused membership? Or a Society in which the membership has absolutely no say in the way in which the Society is run?

On their own website, Six of One publicly announce:

"As the society operates on no other formal basis, it has no annual general meeting or formal accounts and should be regarded as carried on upon a basis of trust and for the mutual benefit of members and the society's co-ordination."........""Subscriptions paid online or by post are sent to Box 66 and used mainly for the production and posting of mailings, which are usually
sent out quarterly."

Therefore, members are not allowed to know what their money is being spent on.

In 2001, long-standing member Lew Stringer wrote to Six of One to enquire about the bank balance. He, like many others, had become concerned about the handling of the Society's finances and had found that simply asking politely at Society events was not getting anyone anywhere. He received the following reply:

Lew Stringer kindly wrote to us to tell us more:

"In my dealings with the current Six of One team I found them to be evasive and, quite frankly, an insult to my intelligence. When
I expressed my unease about what I'd heard regarding Six of One's financial condition to Dave Barrie, the society founder, he asked me to go through the proper channels and write to Bill Faupel, who had returned to the Six of One team to deal with such queries. After six weeks, I received a reply which totally avoided the question, saying that divulging the bank balance would only be "a snapshot in time" as the bank balance changed "from week to week". Maybe I'll try using that excuse next time the Inland Revenue wants my tax returns. ;-)"

The Six of One coordination team also lie to members regarding any financial problems within the Society. Click HERE to read more details.

At the time of going to press, we understand that membership of Six of One is over £20 per year. For this, you receive 4 mailings (each contains a black and white magazine, and some small additional leaflets). Based on the running costs of former Society magazine, "In The Village" (which was, on the whole, a larger publication with colour), each magazine costs £1.50 to produce. Plus postage of around £1 per mailing. This adds up to a total of £10 per year. Where does the other 50% of members money go? Perhaps it is due to the economies of scale (IE it costs more to produce because the print-run is smaller). If this is the case, it is yet another example of the Society's dwindling membership. - as is forcing members to pay for an additional year's membership on top of their current subscription or be barred from events - click HERE for more on this.

The Langley's handling of Society finances have always been questionable. Due to their arrogance, however, no-one else, even other coordinators, are permitted any responsibility into this, as confirmed by the following letter from another coordinator to the rest of the team as early as 1996!

Not only this, but the Langleys often seem to be spending Society members' money on totally frivolous expenses, without the consent or knowledge of other coordinators, as noted by another excerpt from the above mentioned letter:

Another letter from this period also shows the Langley's total ineptitude at handling members' money. Here are 2 excerpts:

In addition to all of the above, in 2005 and 2006 Karen Langley has been purchasing items from ebay, and then selling them on at a profit to members via advertising/sales flyers accompanying the magazine. If this is merely private enterprise, then she is totally entitled to do so. However, who is paying for the printing of these flyers? Why are back issues, owned by the Society, also included on these flyers, with any monies sent to be paid to the Langley's private "Escape" bank account?

In addition to these flyers, another was sent out to members in 2005 outlining sales of original Prisoner costumes at Bonham's auction house in London. Perhaps this could be viewed as Prisoner news which members would want to know about, and thus justifying the expense of an additional flyer. Perhaps, until one realises that the seller of these items is a Mr Roger Langley of Ipswich.

It is almost unbelievable that a Society dedicated to the TV series "The Prisoner" should behave in such a fashion. But behave in this way they do - as their own website confirms!

Click HERE to return to the main page, where details of many other dirty deeds can be found.

This page updated 5/3/06