| Receipts and Payments Account - Year ended 31 March 2007 |
| Year ended 31.03.06 |
RECEIPTS |
Year ended 31.03.07 |
| 65000 |
Precept |
88830 |
| 860 |
Interest on Investments |
1139 |
| 5143 |
Rental Income |
5193 |
| 895 |
Allotment Rents |
1108 |
| 2771 |
Sundry other income |
3383 |
| 18447 |
Grants/Donations |
64130 |
| 11946 |
VAT |
5605 |
| 105062 |
TOTAL RECEIPTS |
169388 |
|
|
| 27967 |
General Administration |
28508 |
| 4376 |
S137 Payments |
3415 |
| 53885 |
Capital Schemes |
23532 |
| Essex Police PCSO |
14309 |
| Youth Worker |
5000 |
| 25757 |
Playing Fields |
24393 |
| 1517 |
Allotments |
2257 |
| 0 |
Development |
0 |
| 5176 |
Environment |
4568 |
| 8690 |
General Maintenance |
8192 |
| 2809 |
Sundry Expenditure |
3696 |
| 387 |
Youth and Training |
341 |
| 11797 |
VAT |
6663 |
| 142361 |
TOTAL PAYMENTS |
124874 |
| 37299 |
Excess of receipts over |
44514 |
| payments |
| Represented by:- |
| Bank Account and Petty Cash |
| 61041 |
Balance at 01.04.06 |
23742 |
| -37299 |
add surplus |
44514 |
| 23742 |
68256 |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2007 |
| Year ended 31.03.06 |
Year ended 31.03.07 |
| LONG TERM ASSETS |
| 0 |
Writtle Archives Loan |
Nil |
| CURRENT ASSETS |
| 886 |
VAT Recoverable |
1944 |
| 23742 |
Cash in Hand |
68256 |
| 25919 |
70200 |
| CURRENT LIABILITIES |
| 1395 |
Creditors |
Nil |
| Net Assets |
| 24524 |
General Fund Reserve |
70200 |
| 25919 |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Accounts for year ended 31 March 2007 |
| Supporting Statement |
| 1. ASSETS |
| a) Movements in the Year |
| During the year assets purchased and capital schemes were as follows:- |
| New field and ancillary schemes |
23532 |
| Youth Club Worker |
5000 |
| Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) |
14309 |
| 42841 |
| b) Assets disposed of during year |
0 |
| c) As at 31 March 2007 the following assets were held:- |
| Community Assets |
Value |
| Allotments - Oxney and The Chase |
0 |
| Playing Fields - Pleasure Bit and Paradise Road |
0 |
| Village Greens |
0 |
| Pavilion Paradise Road |
857220 |
| Storage Barn Paradise Road |
37149 |
| Bus shelters |
10083 |
| War Memorial |
7130 |
| Other Fixed Assets |
| Electrical Switch Gear |
5412 |
| Mowers and grinder |
482 |
| Village sign and noticeboard |
3561 |
| Playground equipment |
13903 |
| Van and trailer |
1120 |
| The basis of the valuation is community land nil; other assets insurance value except |
| van and trailer which decreases 20% per annum. |
| N.B. Grand total of all fixed assets including office equipment and handyman's |
| equipment as per our Auditor's Instructions is £943,735 |
| d) Loan to Writtle Archives |
Repaid |
| 2. LEASES |
| As at 31 March 2007 there were no financial leases in operation but see (7) below for |
| details of tenancies. |
| 3 BORROWINGS |
| As at 31 March 2007 there were no loans made to the Council. |
| 4. DEBTS OUTSTANDING TO PARISH COUNCIL |
| £1944 VAT refund due - less than 3 months old. |
| 5 DEBTS DUE TO BE PAID BY THE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Nil |
| 6 RESERVES |
| General Fund as at 1 April 2006 |
25919 |
| plus income over expenditure |
44281 |
| General Fund as at 1 April 2007 |
70200 |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Accounts for year ended 31 March 2007 |
| 7. TENANCIES |
| During the year the following tenancies were held: |
| Council as Landlord |
| Tenant |
Property |
Rent p.a. |
| 128 plot holders |
Allotments at Oxney Green & |
£13 (£6.50 OAPs) |
| The Chase |
| Sports & Social Club |
Pavilion and Playing Fields |
£3,100 |
| Tennis Club |
Courts |
Nil |
| Scouts* |
Hut |
£25 |
| Writtle College |
Chase Meadow |
£25 |
| * being redrafted to cover new Scout HQ |
| Council as Tenant |
| Lease from Diageo Pension Fund on land NE Paradise Road |
| (new playing field) £2500p.a. |
| Lease from Essex County council on Longmeads House - rent paid by |
| Writtle Community Association. |
| 8. S137 PAYMENTS |
| Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended by recent order enables |
| Parish Councils to spend up to the product of £5.30 per head of electorate for the benefit |
| of people in the area on activities or projects not specifically authorised by other powers. |
| The limit for this Council in the year ended 31 March 2007 was £22016 and the payments |
| made were as follows:- |
| Payee |
Nature of Payment |
Amount |
| Royal British Legion |
Donation |
£100 |
| D Coston |
Litter Collection |
£2,756 |
| Jarvis Bros |
Litter Collection |
£65 |
| Parish Plan |
Start Up Costs |
£494 |
| £3,415 |
| 9 AGENCY WORK |
| No work was undertaken on behalf of other authorities. |
| 10. ADVERTISING AND PUBLICITY |
| Writtle Flyer printing and distribution |
£512 |
| 11. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
| Nil |
| 12. PENSIONS |
| The Council made contribution to the Essex County Council Pension Fund in respect of the |
| Clerk and Handyman |
| 13. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS |
| New Playing Field and ancillary schemes still in |
| progress and fund raising being utilised to meet cost. |
| Signed Chairman of Council............................................................... |
| Date................................................................... |
| Signed Responsible Finance Officer.............................................. |
| Date.......................................... |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Notes to the Accounts |
| As at 31 March 2007 |
| 1 Principal Accounting Policies |
| Accounting Convention |
| The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Guidance |
| Notes for Local Councils (the Guide) issued by The Chartered Institute of Public Finance |
| and Accountancy (CIPFA) as applicable to a medium sized council. |
| As a consequence the latest accounting policies, as set out in the Guide and so far as they |
| apply to this Council, have been adopted for the Council's statements of account. |
| Debtors and Creditors |
| The revenue accounts of the Council are maintained on an accruals basis in accordance |
| with the guide. That is sums due to or from the Council during the year are included whether |
| or not the cash has actually been received or paid in the year. Exceptions to this are payment |
| of insurance premiums and regular quarterly accounts (e.g. telephones, electricity). This |
| policy is applied consistently each year. Therefore, it will not have a material effect on the |
| year's accounts or on the Council's annual budget. |
| Reserves |
| The Council maintains certain reserves to meet general and specific future expenditure. The |
| purpose of the Council's reserves is explained in note 6. |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Memoranda to Accounts |
| Year ended 31 March 2007 |
| Breakdown Rental Income (excluding Allotments) |
| Hard Play Area |
1681 |
| Sports & Social Club |
Rent + hall bookings less share of hard |
| play area rental |
3217 |
| Circus & Fair The Green |
270 |
| Scout Hut |
25 |
| 5193 |
| Breakdown Sundry other income |
| Writtle Archives |
1129 |
| Refund Water Charges |
55 |
| Insurance claim collected for Tennis Club |
842 |
| Sales of booklets |
66 |
| Repayment Writtle Archives loan |
1291 |
| 3383 |
| General Administration Breakdown |
Budget £29,000 |
| Audit Fees |
1050 |
| Computer services |
105 |
| Insurance |
1628 |
| Legal Fees/Official Notices |
851 |
| Postages |
125 |
| Publications |
512 |
| Room Hire |
3230 |
| Staff costs |
18699 |
| Stationery |
624 |
| Subscriptions |
897 |
| Sundry expenditure |
73 |
| Telephone/Broadband |
714 |
| 28508 |
| Playing Field Breakdown |
Budget £23500 |
| Grasscutting and hedging |
6127 |
| Insurance |
3465 |
| Sewage System and Alarm maintenance |
1626 |
| Playground repairs |
1381 |
| Pavilion repairs |
493 |
| Pitch maintenance |
6987 |
| Rent new field |
2600 |
| New bins |
218 |
| Sundries |
792 |
| Water leak - manhole covers |
704 |
| 24393 |
| WRITTLE PARISH COUNCIL |
| Memoranda to Accounts |
| Year ended 31 March 2007 |
| Allotments Breakdown |
Budget £2,000 |
| Water |
316 |
| Plot cutting |
*1901 |
| Best Kept Allotment |
40 |
| 2257 |
| * includes £1395 for last year. |
| Environment Breakdown |
| Budget £5000 |
| Mowing |
2187 |
| Pond maintenance and rats |
387 |
| Subscriptions |
61 |
| Christmas Tree |
373 |
| Electricity |
50 |
| Churchyard maintenance |
1510 |
| 4568 |
| Sundry Expenditure Breakdown |
| Hard Play Area share of rental |
249 |
| Writtle Archives |
1005 |
| Sundries - Tree £100 and 3 x £500 shirt sponsorship |
| all covered by donations and Insurance Claim |
| Tennis Club £842 |
2442 |
| 3696 |
| General Maintenance Breakdown |
Budget £9,000 |
| Staff costs |
6876 |
| Van costs including fuel |
716 |
| Materials |
283 |
| Electricity and water |
56 |
| Waste Bin & Collection |
261 |
| 8192 |
