Appendix 1 

Ashdown Forest Finances to 31 March 2023

Income and Expenditure Forecast and Budget Summary

Core Budget and Countryside Stewardship Budget Combined

 

2022/23 Original Budget

2022/23 Current Budget

2022/23 Forecast

CORE INCOME

£

£

£

Licences & Forest Rate

196,465

196,465

169,205

Unrestricted funding (WDC, AFT, T/PCs)

78,100

103,100

96,219

Income generation and Donations

4,100

20,980

21,080

Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses

23,980

17,100

20,881

Visitors

15,200

15,200

19,745

Financial

200

200

240

Car Parking

78,869

78,869

61,222

Recharges from Countryside Stewardship programme

123,814

123,814

150,136

Unrestricted Core Income

520,728

555,728

538,728

Other Restricted Core Funding/Grants (specific purpose)

45,250

10,250

59,239

 

 

 

TOTAL CORE INCOME

565,978

565,978

597,967

 

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

 

 

 

Grant funding for CS work programme

496,162

496,162

605,168

Income from changes to land pocket valuations

97,757

TOTAL CS INCOME

593,919

496,162

605,168

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

1,159,897

1,062,140

1,203,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022/23 Original Budget

2022/23 Current Budget

2022/23 Forecast

CORE EXPENDITURE

£

£

£

Core Forest Staff Costs

389,702

389,702

347,808

Operational expenses

137,691

137,691

144,324

Administration Overheads

98,305

98,305

130,589

Financial

18,160

18,160

22,992

Visitors

6,300

6,300

8,282

Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding (primarily education prog)

5,000

5,000 

55,141

Core capital expenditure

33,800

33,800

14,000 

TOTAL CORE EXPENDITURE

688,958

688,958

723,135

 

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

 

 

 

Countryside Stewardship Work Programme Project Expenditure

252,215

252,215

392,505

Staff Costs

231,947

231,947

290,723

TOTAL COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

484,162

484,162

683,228

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

1,173,120

1,173,120

1,406,362

 

SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE

(13,223)

(110,980)

(203,228)

 

 

 

 

Core Budget surplus/(deficit)

(122,980)

(122,980)

(125,168)

CS Budget surplus/(deficit)

109,757

12,000

(78,060)

Total Budget surplus/(deficit)

(13,223)

(110,980)

(203,228)