Longparish Parish Council

Accounts for the year ended 31^st March 2000

Note: These accounts were approved by the Council at its meeting
on 10^th July 2000 and have been audited.

Income:		99/00 (£.p)		98/99 (£)
	Precept	11000.00		8000
	Interest	439.33		265
	Allotment rents received	36.00		32
	Cemetery fees	580.00		358
	Grants	0.00		676
	Parish Paths Partnership	317.00		123
	Handbook sales	74.00		0
	Extra VAT rebate re 98/99	192.57		0
	Total income for year	12638.90		9454
Expenditure:
	General administration	2520.31		1700
	S137 (VDS)	0.00		38
	Capital expenditure	481.76		1593
	Open spaces	2174.03		3208
	Allotment rents paid	36.00		36
	Village Hall	460.00		750
	Village handbook	766.11		40
	Total expenditure for year	6438.21		7365
	Net operating income	6200.69		2089
General fund
	Balance at beginning of year	9740.14		7651
	Add net operating income	6200.69		2089
	Less transfer to Village hall Fund	10308.67		0
	Balance at end of year	5632.16		9740
Balance sheet as at 31 March		2000		1999
Current assets
	Debtors (VAT)	42.36		139
	Bank balances	6089.80		9910
	Deposit with HCC (Village Hall fund)	10308.67		0
	Total	16440.83		10050
Current liabilities
	Creditors (98/99 audit fee)	500.00		309
Net assets		15940.83		9740
Represented by
	General fund balance	5632.16		9740
	Village hall fund balance	10308.67
Total reserves		15940.83		9740

Longparish Parish Council

Supporting statements relating to the Council's accounts for the year 1999/2000

1.1.   Assets

a.  During the year the following assets were purchased:

            Millennium picnic table in playground                181

            Special photograph albums                          266

            Filing cabinet                                                   35

b.  No assets were disposed of.

c.  At 31st March 2000 the following assets were held:

            Recreation ground (council is tenant - no rent)

            Cemetery

            Village hall (council is tenant - no rent)

            Village hall car park (council is tenant - no rent)

            Common land at Gravel Pit, The Common, Southside Road

            Common land, former sandpit at Larkwhistle, Nun's Walk

            Common land, chalk pit by Vale Farm, Nun's Walk

Playground equipment (insurance value)

            Swings                                                             1055

            Slide                                                                 1861

            Whirling platform                                             2171

            Tyre climber                                                   310

            Play frame                                                    1241

            Bouncy elephant                                               1024

            Other assets (insurance value at June 2000)

                        3 bus shelters (Forton, Plough, Shop)               5500

                        3 seats (Forton, church, playground)                  1117

                        Picnic table (playground)                               181

                        Ashburn rest                                                    3474

                        Notice boards (Forton, shop, cemetery)            371

                        Cemetery and recreation ground fencing            2836

                        Stone cross B3048 near church                   1613

                        War memorial in cemetery                                  2481

                        Grindstone near Ashburn Rest                  143

                        Office equipment filing cabinets                          150

                        Horticultural tools (Parish Paths Partnership)  900

                        Special photograph albums                            266

                        Stocks outside church

(estimated replacement cost)                               500

2.2.   Borrowings

At close of business on 31st March 2000 the Council had no outstanding loans.

3.3.   Debts outstanding

At the end of the year £42.36 was due to the Council in respect of unclaimed VAT repayments.  The age of this debt was:

Less than 3 months             42.36

Total                                        42.36

4.4.   Creditors

At the end of the year the council had not yet been invoiced for the 1999 audit fee of £500.

4.5.   Leases

During the year the following tenancies were held:

Council as landlord:  none

Council as tenant  

Landlord	Property	Annual rent	Repairing
Middleton Estate	Allotments	£36	No
Middleton Estate	Playground	Nil	No
Middleton Estate	Village Hall Car Park	Nil	No
Church	Village Hall	Nil	Yes

5.6.   Advertising and Publicity

During the year the Council spent the following sums on advertising and publicity

            Donation to Barton Stacey PCC re Village News      200

            Donation to Hill and Valley                                         150

            Village handbook                                                           766

            Total                                                                            1116

6.7.   S137 Payments

The Council's limit during the year ended 31 March was £2072.  No payments were made:

8.8.   Village hall fund £10308.67

The council is saving towards replacement or major refurbishment of the village hall.

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