Ashdown Forest Finances to 31 March 2023

 

Combined Income and Expenditure Forecast and Budget Summary

 

 

INCOME SUMMARY

2022/23 Original Budget

2022/23 Final Budget

2022/23 Outturn

CORE INCOME

£

£

£

Licences & Forest Rate

196,465

196,465

163,999

Recharges from Countryside Stewardship programme

202,683

123,815

171,546

Unrestricted funding (WDC, AFT, T/PCs)

78,100

292,056

245,111

Income generation and Donations

4,100

20,980

22,254

Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses

23,980

16,600

31,615

Visitors

15,200

15,700

19,088

Financial

200

200

2,036

Unrestricted Core Income

520,728

665,816

655,649

Other Restricted Core Funding/Grants

(designated for a specific purpose)

45,250

10,250

193,011

 

TOTAL CORE INCOME

565,978

676,066

848,660

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

 

 

 

Grant funding for CS work programme

496,162

496,162

617,999

Income from changes to land pocket valuations

97,757

 

-

 

-

Total CS Income

593,919

 

-

 

-

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

1,159,897

 

1,172,228

 

1,466,659

EXPENDITURE SUMMARY

2022/23 Original Budget

2022/23

Current Budget

2022/23 Outturn

CORE EXPENDITURE

£

£

£

Core Forest Staff Costs

389,702

389,702

385,649

Operational expenses

137,691

241,638

238,675

Administration Overheads

98,305

98,305

107,905

Financial

18,160

18,160

10,841

Visitors

6,300

6,300

4,255

Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding (primarily education prog)

5,000

5,000

87,414

Governance/Charity set up

-

 

-

 

733

Core capital expenditure

33,800

33,800

96,049

TOTAL CORE EXPENDITURE

688,958

792,905

931,521


 

 

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

 

 

 

Countryside Stewardship Work Programme Project Expenditure

252,215

252,215

329,350

Staff Costs

231,947

 

231,947

 

281,059

TOTAL COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

484,162

484,162

610,409

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

1,173,120

1,277,067

1,541,930

 

 

SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE

(13,223)

(104,839)

(75,271)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Allocation of surplus

£

£

£

Surplus / (Deficit) attributable to Core Budget

(122,980)

 

(116,839)

 

(82,861)

Surplus / (Deficit) attributable to Countryside Stewardship

109,757

 

12,000

 

7,590

 

(13,223)

 

(104,839)

 

(75,271)

 

 

Movement in Reserve Balances

Core

£

HLS*

£

CS

£

Reserves at 01/04/2022

346,411

223,304

418,991

Movement in year

(82,861)

-

7,590

Reserve balance at 31/03/2023

263,580

223,304

426,581

 

* The Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) programme ceased in 2016 the balance of funds will be spent in the spirit of the original agreement under the guidance of Natural England