Appendix 2

Ashdown Forest Medium Term Financial Plan

	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26	2026/27
INCOME SUMMARY	£	£	£	£
Licences & Forest Rate	188,670	202,518	211,955	216,195
Unrestricted funding (WDC,T/PCs)	97,600	99,402	101,240	103,115
Income generation and Donations	226,748	226,748	286,961	286,961
Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses	23,280	25,099	25,601	26,113
Visitors	20,881	21,299	21,725	22,159
Education	38,745	39,520	40,310	41,117
Car Parking	240	240	240	240
CS Recharges	177,243	182,974	186,791	188,480
Other Restricted Funding	31,419	31,419	32,403	32,980
Total Core Income	804,826	829,219	907,226	917,360
Countryside Stewardship Funding from Natural England	605,168	605,168	597,918	597,918
Total Countryside Stewardship Income	605,168	605,168	597,918	597,918
TOTAL INCOME	1,409,994	1,434,388	1,505,143	1,515,278
	2023/24	2024/25	2025/26	2026/27
EXPENDITURE SUMMARY	£	£	£	£
Core Forest Staff Costs	370,726	388,849	400,917	406,257
Operational expenses	138,584	148,756	155,688	158,801
Administration Overheads	115,642	124,130	129,915	132,513
Financial	22,988	23,678	24,152	24,635
Visitors	23,032	24,183	39,078	40,026
Capital purchases -Core	-	-	-	-
Car Parking	92,154	92,154	116,625	116,625
Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding	16,603	19,432	7,250	7,250
Total Core Expenditure	779,729	821,182	873,625	886,107
Staff Costs (Countryside Stewardship)	332,261	348,503	359,319	364,106
CS Work Programme Project Expenditure	412,510	441,532	238,599	233,812
Total CS Expenditure for Funded Projects	744,771	790,035	597,918	597,918
TOTAL EXPENDITURE	1,524,500	1,611,217	1,471,543	1,484,025
Core Budget Surplus/(Deficit)	25,097	8,037	33,601	31,253
CS Budget Surplus/(Deficit)	(139,603)	(184,867)	0	0
Total Budget Surplus/(Deficit)	(114,506)	(176,830)	33,601	31,253