Explanation of variances
Name of smaller authority: GITTISHAM PARISH COUNCIL
County area (local councils and parish meetings only: DEVON
Please provide full explanations, including numerical values, for the following:
• variances of more than 15% between totals for individual boxes (except variances of less than £200);
• a breakdown of approved reserves if the total reserves (Box 7) figure is more than twice the annual precept/rates & levies value (Box 2).
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Section 2 |
2017/18 £ |
2018/19 £ |
Variance £ |
Variance % |
Detailed explanation of variance (with amounts £) |
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Box 2 Precept or Rates and Levies
|
7997 |
8016 |
19 |
0.23 |
n/a
|
|
Box 3 Total other receipts
|
1903 |
8039 |
6136 |
322.4 |
Receipt of CIL money £2,100.93; receipt of HMRC tax rebate £1,154.76 (not claimed in 2017/18); receipt of DCC Locality Budget grant £2,000; receipt of Parishes Together grant £1,586.50 |
|
Box 4 Staff costs
|
2485 |
2583
|
98 |
|
n/a
|
|
Box 5 Loan interest/ capital repayments
|
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
n/a
|
|
Box 6 All other payments
|
6229 |
11052
|
4823 |
77.4 |
DCC locality budget grant spent improving play area facilities (swings). Parishes Together grant spent on defibrillator in Gittisham Vale; tax rebate for clerk
|
|
Box 9 Total fixed assets & long term investments & assets |
15,585 |
14,803
|
782 |
5 |
n/a
|
|
Box 10 Total borrowings
|
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
n/a
|
|
Explanation for ‘high’ reserves
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Box 7 is more than twice Box 2 because the authority held the following breakdown of reserves at the year end:
£7,013.35 Contingency & depreciation £2,100.93 CIL funds £1,000 S137 donations
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