Variances 2021

Millom Town Council

Variances 2021

MILLOM TOWN COUNCIL – VARIANCES 20/21

Line 2 – Precept

Variance of £11,175.00 increase in precept figure asked for due to increase in services provided at town council level

Line 3 – Other Receipts

Variance of £210,821.00

• Beach café rent £5.98 – slight increase due to RPI
• Allotment rent -£5.00 – slight decrease in rent, overpaid last year
• Bank interest -£100.51 – decrease in interest
• Building society interest £189.31 – increase in interest
• VAT repayt £14,419.85 – more purchase VAT reclaimed/new park been built
• Xmas light donation -£248.00 – no payment/refund this year
• Insurance reclaim -£490.00 – no claim this year
• MRC loan repayment -£1,000.00 – final payment deferred due to COVID
• Petty cash £12.03 – cash reimbursed for stamps/light tube
• CCC 1/3 waste share -£241.43 – no contribution made this year
• Market income/Donation -£320.00 – less income due to COVID/events cancelled
• War memorial repayment -£14,971.66 – nothing this year
• CGP donation for new play equipment -£2,000.00 – no donations this year
• BSOG Bus grant -£1,350.00 – no grant this year
• Small bus rates relief Hav Toilets -£13,235.72 – no relief needed this year
• Armistice Day -£72.00 – no event held due to COVID
• Refund of salary from ACT £157.50 – refund of staff wages due to meeting attendance
• COVID-19 bus rates relief grant £10,000.00 – COVID grant
• Tesco COVID grant £500.00 – COVID grant
• CBC Accelerator Fund £198,664.59 – Copeland Borough Council grant monies received for new park
• FCC Communities £20,658.90 – FCC Communities grant for new park

Line 4 – Staff Costs

Variance of £3,428.00

Increase in NLW/clerk hourly rate/increase pension

Line 6 – Other Payments

Variance of £224,227.00

• VAT £32,543.50 – more VAT paid, new park been built
• Donations -£5,550.81 – no donation to disaster fund this year
• Subscriptions £1,253.92 – increase in CALC subs/new subs for SurveyMonkey for park questionnaires online
• Millom Park -£3,090.01 – less maintenance due to new park been built
• Park Toilets -£42.97 – less expenses incurred
• Haverigg Toilets £969.07 – more spent on maintenance
• Haverigg Playarea -£2,540.65 – decrease in expenditure/volunteer assistance
• Beach Café -£35.00 – less expenses incurred
• Solicitors £700.00 – re new office lease
• Civic Pride/Baskets £1,409.00 – new road sweeper purchased
• Audit £10.00 – slight increase in costs
• Wreaths £18.00 – more spent on wreaths
• Tourism/Xmas markets -£3,361.77 – less spend due to COVID
• Seats & Footpaths -£99.72 – less expenses incurred
• Office rent £586.70 – new premises moved into
• Telephone £15.69 – slight increase in costs
• Stationary £1,628.86 – now includes payments to Zoom for online meetings due to COVID
• Office Equipment £2,998.37 – new computers purchased
• Rates £773.01 – new premises moved into
• Petty Cash £194.76 – increase in costs
• Sundries £3,392.94 – includes expenses incurred for office move
• Insurance £153.50 – increase in fee
• Mayors Allowance -£72.00 – less expenses due to COVID
• Travel Allowance £21.80 – very little mileage claimed for
• Xmas Decs -£90.21 – new contract for Xmas lights agreed
• Wages service £23.00 – slight increase in costs
• Cenotaph -£15,382.11 – no works this year
• Elections -£240.00 – no elections
• Armistice Day -£354.00 – no event due to COVID
• Library papers -£480.00 – no costs due to COVID – library closed
• Bus Service -£1,393.20 – less costs as service stopped during COVID lockdowns
• Project costs £209,435.71 – new park been built

Assets -£2,076.00

• Office furniture disposed of due to move -£4,600.00
• Chamber furniture reduced due to move -£3,000.00
• Road sweeper £1,649.00
• Computers £3,090.00
• Notice Board £785.00