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Variances 2021

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Variances 2021

MILLOM TOWN COUNCIL – VARIANCES 20/21

2020 2021 Variance
1) Balance B/f £105,939.00 £117,562.00 £11,623.00
2) Precept £120,505.00 £131,680.00 £11,175.00
3) Other Receipts £51,152.00 £261,973.00 £210,821.00
4) Staff Costs £39,348.00 £42,776.00 £3,428.00
5) Loan £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
6) Other Payments £120,686.00 £344,913.00 £224,227.00
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9) Assets £345,583.00 £343,507.00 -£2,076.00
10) Borrowings

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
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