WOOLAVINGTON ACCOUNTS

 

2004/2005
£

 

2005/2006
£

 

Receipts

 

8,238.34

Balance brought forward

28,930.15

18,995.00

Precept

19,125.00

68,777.69

Grants

5,198.32

926.00

Cemetery fees

728.00

276.07

Bank interest

478.25

10,748.98

Repayment of VAT

3,696.90

0

Insurance claim

0

403.00

Hire of Pavilion

600.00

39,654.40

Children’s Fund

0

10.00

Sales

0

327.67

Allotments

264.08

148,357.15

 

59,020.70

 

Payments

 

1,680.00

Clerk’s salary

1,780.00

346.15

Clerk’s expenses

523.74

369.53

SALC subscription

379.01

323.13

Audit fee

763.75

0

Uncontested election fees

0

1,014.70

Insurance

1,279.79

1,500.00

Village Hall Committee Revenue Grant

1,500.00

0

Village Hall Committee Project Grant

1,000.00

43,242.34

Play equipment

0

84.01

Play equipment maintenance

5,179.79

190.00

Playing field lease

190.00

2,047.44

Grass/hedge cutting etc

4,040.20

15,687.13

Pavilion/sports field project

4,244.68

765.93

Pavilion running costs

1,466.71

9,627.81

Sports field fencing

0

0

Works to bus shelters

393.63

1,716.88

Burial ground maintenance

1,285.00

685.82

Britain in Bloom

721.56

0

Works to fencing/gates

10,080.61

0

Traffic calming Village Hall entrance

716.75

180.00

Communication projects

189.91

0

W.R.A.P. grant

2,000.00

295.00

Community Grants

150.00

38,655.46

Children’s Fund

0

0

Youth issues

920.63

206.37

Allotments

495.05

808.94

Debt charges

808.94

0

Bank charges

0

119,427.00

Totals

40,109.75

 

Summary

£

Balance brought forward 1st April, 2005

28,930.15

Add total receipts

30,090.55

 

Less total payments

40,109.75

 

Balance to carry forward 31st March, 2006

18,910.95

 

These funds are represented by:-

 

 

Current account

1,950.91

 

Reserve account

15,757.39

 

Allotments current account

141.65

 

Allotments reserve account

1,111.00

 

 

18,960.95

 

Less un-presented cheques

50.00

 

 

18,910.95

 

 

SUPPORTING STATEMENT/NOTES ATTACHED TO RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR 2005/06

1.    Fixed Assets

The Council owns and manages land in the parish as follows:-

Cemetery, Church Road - land purchased and cemetery established in 1989, at a cost of £17,000.

Allotments - 2.2 acres of land at Sedgemoor Road, leased from Sedgemoor District Council for renewable terms of 7 years.

Playing Field - 6.9 acres of land at Sedgemoor Way, leased from Sedgemoor District Council for 28 years term from 1981, extended in 1997 until 27th March, 2022.

Play area - land at Higher Road, managed on behalf of Sedgemoor District Council.

The Council also own two 'bus shelters at Lockswell and at Higher Road, estimated value £1,200 each, valued at replacement cost.

A pavilion was constructed in the Higher Playing Field during 2001, at an estimated value of £95,000.

The Council also holds freehold land as Custodian Trustee for Woolavington Village Hall, which is a registered, unincorporated charity.

The deeds and title documents of the cemetery are held by Clarke, Willmott & Clarke, Solicitors, in Taunton.

2.    Section 137 Payment

Section 137 of the Local Government Act, 1972 enables Parish Councils to spend up to the product of £5.30 per elector. The limit for this Council in 2005/06 was £8,866.

Local Government Act, 1972, Section 137, Expenditure -

Britain in Bloom activities

 

£721.56

Grant to Citizen’s Advice Bureau

£100.00

Grant to W.R.A.P.

£2,000.00

Grant to Woolavington Neighbourhood Watch

 £50.00

 

3.    Borrowings

At the close of business on 31st March, 2006, the following loan to the Council was outstanding:-

Public Works Loan Board

£1,753.35

The rate of interest on the loan is fixed at 9%. The final payment is due in 2009.

4.    Debts Outstanding

At the year end there were no outstanding debts.

5.    Agency Work

The Council arranged for grass cutting in Woolavington Churchyard, on behalf of the District Council.

6.    Advertising and Publicity

The Council produced a newsletter in August 2005, at a cost of £143.00.

7.    Superannuation

The Parish Council made no contributions on the year of account.

 

 

Signed

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman

Signed

 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clerk

 

 

 

 

Date

2nd May, 2006

Date:

2nd May, 2006