GREAT MAPLESTEAD PARISH COUNCIL ACCOUNTS
	Financial year ended 31st March 2008													Financial year ended 31st March 2008													FIXED ASSETS as per insurance schedule:-
														INCOME:																Figures updated to conform with Schedule as at	1 June 2007
	The figures for the period ended 31st March 2008 are presented herewith.														General Income:
																Parish Precept:			3,800.00								1	Buildings, etc		0.00
	The excess of expenditure over income of £264.20, compared with a forecast surplus of circa. £300, arose because:-															Parish Support Grant:			1,312.00												0.00
																Agency Services:-											2	Lamp Posts, street furniture, etc.
	(a)	unanticipated expenditure on new goalposts was met only partially by a grant from the Football Foundation; the net charge to the Council's own funds was £367.															Street cleaning:		569.17										Two lamp posts	813.89
																	Verge cutting:		1,752.77										Village sign	1,212.50
	(b)	various capital expenditure - a new printer - and higher than expected salary and administration costs account for the diference.														Bank interest:			131.69										Seat	599.01
																													Notice board	214.38
																					7,565.63								Notice board	953.74
	Grants totalling ₤6,800 were received during the period from the Community Initiatives Fund, plus £333 from the Football Foundation. These were utilised as shown under Special Projects.														Donations & Grants:														Picnic tables	954.13
																Community Initatives Fund:			6,800.00										Litter bin	120.75
																Football Foundation:			333.00										Dog waste bin	92.40
	Last year, a figure of ₤210.87 was transferred from the General Reserve to the Special Reserve, being the surplus value held in respect of the then ongoing repairs to the village hall roof. These works having been completed and paid for during the current financial period, this value has been transferred back from the Special Reserve to the General Reserve.															Gt. Maplestead Village Hall:			240.13
																					7,373.13										4,960.80
															Other receipts												3	Gates and fences		0.00
																Cash (repair of noticeboard post)					20.00										0.00
																											4	War memorials		0.00
																	TOTAL INCOME:						14,958.76								0.00
																											5	Playground equipment
	Notes:													EXPENDITURE:															Compan Crazy Daisy	679.57
	1.	These accounts are prepared on a cash, rather than an accrual, basis.													General Expenditure:														Compan Scrambler	673.19
	2.	There are no outstanding Debtors or Creditors.														Clerk's salary and other administration:			3,429.57										Various Playdale equipment	4,909.24
	3.	Tangible assets are valued for insurance purposes only; a breakdown is appended.														Agency Services:			1,752.77										Junior Swing	685.30
																Repairs & maintenance:			52.73										Cradle swing	837.60
																Playing Field:															7,784.90
																Repairs & maintenance:											6	Office contents, machinery, etc.		0.00
																Street lighting:			108.81												0.00
																Extraordinary items			80.32								7	Mowers and similar machinery
																													Stihl model FS86 brush cutter	371.91
																					5,424.20								Stihl model SH85 vacuum/blower	218.29
															Donations & Grants:																590.20
																Village Hall:			750.00								8	Sports equipment
																P.C.C.:			400.00										Goal posts and supports	272.00
																Citizens' Advice Bureau:			50.00												272.00
																											9	Other property		0.00
																					1,200.00										0.00
																																13,607.90
															Special Projects:
																Village hall roof repairs:			2,951.00									Other surfaces				2,031.61
																Draining the playing field:			4,715.30
																Replacement goal posts:			700.00														15,639.51
																Election costs:			232.46
																					8,598.76
																	TOTAL EXPENDITURE:						15,222.96
														NET SURPLUS (DEFICIT):									(264.20)
														BALANCES & RESERVES					General Reserve:		Special Reserve:		Total:
															Balances brought forward:				528.39		4,210.87		4,739.26
															Excess of income over expenditure:				(264.20)
															Transfers between funds:				210.87		(210.87)
															Balances carried forward:				475.06		4,000.00		4,475.06
														Represented by:
															Current Account:						5.64
															Reserve Account:						4,469.42
																							4,475.06
														Approved at the meeting of the Great Maplestead Parish Council on 8th July 2008: