Appendix 1 

Ashdown Forest Finances to 31 March 2025

Income and Expenditure Forecast and Budget Summary

Core Budget and Countryside Stewardship Budget Combined

 

2024/25 Original Budget

2024/25 Current Budget

2024/25 Forecast

CORE INCOME

£

£

£

Licences & Forest Rate

 204,485

 204,485

 207,025

Unrestricted funding (WDC, AFT, T/PCs)

 470,990

 470,990

 555,953

Income generation and Donations

 18,913

 18,913

 22,027

Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses

 27,250

 27,250

 23,040

Visitors

 16,792

 16,792

 20,768

Financial

 4,792

 4,792

15,000

Recharges from Countryside Stewardship programme

185,574

185,574

171,997

Unrestricted Core Income

928,796

928,796

1,015,810

Other Restricted Core Funding/Grants (specific purpose)

63,500

63,500

170,000

 

 

 

TOTAL CORE INCOME

992,296

992,296

1,185,810

 

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

 

 

 

Grant funding for CS work programme

654,589

654,589

748,281

TOTAL CS INCOME

654,589

654,589

748,281

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME

1,646,885

1,646,885

1,934,071

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024/25 Original Budget

2024/25 Current Budget

2024/25 Forecast

CORE EXPENDITURE

£

£

£

Core Forest Staff Costs

 430,231

 430,231

 459,176

Operational expenses

 335,769

 335,769

 334,974

Administration Overheads

104,084

104,084

108,483

Financial

32,445

32,445

        32,024

Visitors

22,650

22,650

        11,576

Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding (primarily education prog)

24,810

24,810

146,182

Core capital expenditure

40,805

40,805

75,805

Governance/Charity set-up

100

100

1,600

TOTAL CORE EXPENDITURE

990,894

990,894

1,169,820

 

COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

 

 

 

Countryside Stewardship Work Programme Project Expenditure

387,603

331,603

334,738

Staff Costs

398,517

398,517

347,527

Countryside Stewardship Staff Recharges              

 

56,000

40,000

TOTAL COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

786,119

786,120

722,265

TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE

1,777,014

1,777,014

1,892,085

 

SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE

(130,129)

(130,129)

(41,986)

 

 

 

 

Core Budget surplus/(deficit)

1,402

1,402

15,990

CS Budget surplus/(deficit)

(131,531)

(131,531)

(25,996)

Total Budget surplus/(deficit)

(130,129)

(130,129)

(41,986)