Yellow Bittern / 2 April 2026 / Ledger

Who Owes Who After Lunch.

The whole bill came to £520.00. Gildas fronted £380.00, Kelvin fronted £140.00, Nick and Joon fronted £0.00. Nick skipped the wine, everyone else did not. So the clean split is £60.85 for Nick and £153.05 each for Gildas, Kelvin, and Joon.

Default Outcome
3 Transfers

Everyone who still owes money pays Gildas directly.

Wine Penalty
£92.20

The wine portion per drinker after applying the service uplift.

Lunch at the Yellow Bittern on 2 April 2026.
Ate well. Settled later.

The Cast

Gildas, Nick, Joon, Kelvin

Settlement Engine

Same facts, different styles

Why These Numbers

The uplift hits everything
Before Service
£470.00
Wine £250.00 + non-wine £220.00

The base split starts here.

Service Multiplier
1.10638×
520 ÷ 470

Apply it proportionally to every category.

Non-Wine After Service
£243.40
220 × 1.10638 = 243.40

Shared by all four, so £60.85 each.

Wine After Service
£276.60
250 × 1.10638 = 276.60

Shared by the three drinkers, so £92.20 each.

Lunch Evidence

JPGs from the table
Meal photo from the Yellow Bittern lunch.
Main event
Meal photo from the Yellow Bittern lunch.
Early round
Meal photo from the Yellow Bittern lunch.
Table detail
Meal photo from the Yellow Bittern lunch.
Aftermath
Meal photo from the Yellow Bittern lunch.
Morning-after proof