Appendix 1
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Ashdown Forest Finances to 31 March 2026 |
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Income and Expenditure Forecast and Budget Summary |
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Core Budget and Countryside Stewardship Budget Combined |
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2025/26 Original Budget |
2025/26 Current Budget |
2025/26 Forecast |
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CORE INCOME |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Licences & Forest Rate |
209,147 |
209,147 |
203,131 |
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Unrestricted funding (WDC, AFT, T/PCs) |
561,544 |
561,544 |
1,044,302 |
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Income generation and Donations |
24,027 |
24,027 |
12,303 |
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Forest Products incl. Meat and Deer Carcasses |
26,118 |
26,118 |
20,502 |
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Visitors |
22,620 |
22,620 |
22,612 |
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Financial |
15,000 |
15,000 |
15,000 |
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Recharges from Countryside Stewardship programme |
163815 |
163815 |
109,198 |
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Unrestricted Core Income |
1,022,271 |
1,022,271 |
1,427,048 |
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Other Restricted Core Funding/Grants (specific purpose) |
60,000 |
60,000 |
174,435 |
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TOTAL CORE INCOME |
1,082,271 |
1082,271 |
1,601,483 |
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COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME |
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Grant funding for CS work programme |
748,261 |
748,261 |
562,565 |
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TOTAL CS INCOME |
748,261 |
748,261 |
562,565 |
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TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP INCOME |
1,830,532 |
1,830,532 |
2,164,048 |
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2025/26 Original Budget |
2025/26 Current Budget |
2025/26 Forecast |
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CORE EXPENDITURE |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Core Forest Staff Costs |
470,509 |
470,509 |
555,706 |
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Operational expenses |
346453 |
346,453 |
306,765 |
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Administration Overheads |
131,543 |
131,543 |
157,312 |
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Financial |
32,856 |
32,856 |
23,305 |
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Visitors |
10,851 |
10,851 |
6,500 |
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Expenditure from Ringfenced Funding (primarily education prog) |
37,445 |
37,445 |
367,728 |
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Core capital expenditure |
41,866 |
41,866 |
8,100 |
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Governance/Charity set-up |
1,642 |
1,642 |
64 |
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TOTAL CORE EXPENDITURE |
1,035,720 |
1,035,720 |
1,425,480 |
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COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE |
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Countryside Stewardship Work Programme Project Expenditure |
343,253 |
343,253 |
351,479 |
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Staff Costs |
429,734 |
429,734 |
269,674 |
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Countryside Stewardship Staff Recharges |
0 |
0 |
30,000 |
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TOTAL COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE |
772,987 |
772,987 |
651,153 |
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TOTAL CORE AND COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP EXPENDITURE |
1,846,152 |
1,846,152 |
1,599,707 |
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SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE |
(15,620) |
(15,620) |
652,929 |
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Core Budget surplus/(deficit) |
9,106 |
9,106 |
176,003 |
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CS Budget surplus/(deficit) |
(24,726) |
(24,726) |
(88,589) |
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Total Budget surplus/(deficit) |
(15,620) |
(15,620) |
87,414 |