Your day as a collector
What a collector does each day in SocietyLedger: see who you collect from, record cash as you take it, and hand over at the end of the day.
A collector goes to the savers, takes their daily amount, and brings it to the circle. SocietyLedger replaces the notebook: each payment is recorded the moment you take it, the saver is told, and at the end of the day you hand the cash over and an officer counts it.
This page is the whole day in one place. The two pages after it cover the details of recording cash and handing over.
Before you start
- You need the collector role, and the circle's officers must have assigned savers to you. You can only record cash from people assigned to you.
- You need internet. Cash is recorded straight away and nothing is saved on your phone for later, so a payment is never in the app twice or missing. When your phone is offline, the screen says so and the buttons wait.
- Your Ajo tier must include collector thrift (Growth and above).
Your day, step by step
What the four figures mean
- Expected today: what your savers' daily targets add up to.
- Collected today: what you have recorded so far today.
- Carried over: cash from an earlier day that you have not yet handed in. For example, a saver's ₦1,000.00 you were short on yesterday.
- Cash in your hand: what you have recorded and not yet handed over. At the end of the day, this is what you should have to give the office.
What savers see
As soon as you record a payment, the saver sees it in their own savings as Cash received, awaiting confirmation, and is told. It becomes Confirmed, and counts towards their savings, only after an officer counts your handover. Savers can always see where their cash is: with you, handed to the office, or confirmed.
Good habits
- Record cash straight away, in front of the saver, not at the end of the day from memory.
- Never let a saver's payment go unrecorded. If it is not in the app, the saver cannot prove they paid.
- Hand over every day. A handover covers one day, and you cannot record cash for a day after you have handed it over.
- Keep carried-over cash separate. It shows up in your handover so the count can match it.
You cannot confirm your own cash
Someone else counts your handover. That is not a sign of distrust. It protects you: when the count matches, the record shows you handed in everything.
Related
Recording cash
Record cash from a saver the moment you take it, what the saver sees, and what to do if you record the wrong amount.
Handing over at the end of the day
Record how much cash you handed to the office, what the difference means, and what happens if you are short.
Cash reconciliation
How cash a collector takes in becomes confirmed money: recorded, handed over, counted, then confirmed, and what happens when the count is short.
Last updated 30 October 2026