Appendix 2
Ashdown Forest Medium Term Financial Plan
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2025/26 |
2026/27 |
2027/28 |
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INCOME SUMMARY |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Licences & Forest Rate |
209,147 |
214,444 |
220,005 |
|
Unrestricted funding (WDC,T/PCs) |
201,544 |
204,429 |
207,261 |
|
Car Parking |
360,000 |
360,000 |
365,760 |
|
Income generation and Donations |
24,027 |
23,910 |
23,963 |
|
Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses |
26,118 |
26,538 |
26,899 |
|
Visitors |
22,620 |
23,552 |
24,530 |
|
Financial |
15,000 |
5,000 |
4,000 |
|
CS Recharges |
163,815 |
171,664 |
179,148 |
|
Other Restricted Funding |
60,000 |
60,000 |
67,250 |
|
Total Core Income |
1,082,271 |
1,089,537 |
1,118,816 |
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|
|
|
|
|
Countryside Stewardship Funding from Natural England |
748,261 |
748,261 |
748,261 |
|
Total Countryside Stewardship Income |
748,261 |
748,261 |
748,261 |
|
TOTAL INCOME |
1,830,532 |
1,837,798 |
1,867,077 |
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|
|
|
|
2025/26 |
2026/27 |
2027/28 |
|
|
EXPENDITURE SUMMARY |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
Core Forest Staff Costs |
470,509 |
458,521 |
474,195 |
|
Operational expenses |
213,598 |
216,656 |
220,123 |
|
Administration Overheads |
131,543 |
134,043 |
136,187 |
|
Financial |
32,856 |
33,481 |
34,016 |
|
Visitors |
10,851 |
11,057 |
11,234 |
|
Capital purchases -Core |
41,866 |
42,662 |
43,344 |
|
Governance/charity set up |
1,642 |
100 |
102 |
|
Car Parking |
132,855 |
135,380 |
137,545 |
|
Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding |
37,445 |
38,294 |
46,273 |
|
Total Core Expenditure |
1,073,165 |
1,070,194 |
1,103,019 |
|
Staff Costs (Countryside Stewardship) |
429,734 |
450,739 |
470,763 |
|
CS Work Programme Project Expenditure |
343,253 |
349,636 |
355,115 |
|
Total CS Expenditure for Funded Projects |
772,987 |
800,375 |
825,878 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL EXPENDITURE |
1,846,152 |
1,870,569 |
1,928,897 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Core Budget Surplus/(Deficit) |
9,106 |
19,343 |
15,797 |
|
CS Budget Surplus/(Deficit) |
-24,726 |
-52,114 |
-77,617 |
|
Total Budget Surplus/(Deficit) |
-15,620 |
-32,771 |
-61,820 |
|
Movement in Reserve Balances |
Core £ |
HLS* £ |
CS £ |
|
Reserves at 01/04/2024 |
410,654 |
223,304 |
426,025 |
|
Forecast movement 2024/25 |
15,990 |
- |
(25,996) |
|
Forecast balance 31/3/2025 |
426,644 |
223,304 |
400,029 |
|
Forecast movement 2025/26 |
9,106 |
- |
(24,726) |
|
Forecast balance 31/3/2026 |
435,750 |
223,304 |
375,303 |
*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.