Name of smaller authority:Denstone Parish Council
County area (local councils and parish meetings only:Staffordshire
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).
| Section 2 | 2016/17 £ | 2017/18 £ | Variance £ | Variance % | Detailed explanation of variance (with amounts £) |
| Box 2 Precept or Rates and Levies | 14204 | 15012 | 808 | 5.7% | N/A |
| Box 3 Total other receipts | 8485 | 25969 | 17484 | 206% | The Parish Council are in the process of purchasing some land and have been given donations from members of the public amounting to £11,350. The Parish also received £5,000 from a local project towards improving the road in the village and also £5000 grant towards re-surfacing the play area in the village. |
| Box 4 Staff costs | 4001 | 4341 | 340 | 8.5% | N/A |
| Box 5 Loan interest/ capital repayments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Box 6 All other payments | 20456 | 9522 | 10934 | 53% | In 2016/17 the parish paid out £4731.95 in consulting expenses for the Neighbourhood Plan. Plus the Parish paid for a tree sculpture for the village for the cost of £2500. The Parish also had to pay for the repair to some of the childrens play area equipment amounting to £651. The Parish paid for a lengthsman in the village amounting to £1559 where as nothing as been paid this year. The Parish Council purchased a second defibrillator for the village costing £1710. |
| Box 9 Total fixed assets & long term investments & assets | 55728 | 107161 | 51433 | 92% | Members of the Parish Council have recently purchased a few things a second defibrillator in the village amounting £1710, a notice board £400, a tree sculpture £2500, a leaf blower £103.98 and the Parish Council have re assessed the fixed assets and this is the total assets. |
| Box 10 Total borrowings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Explanation for ‘high’ reserves | Box 7 is more than twice Box 2 because the authority held the following breakdown of reserves at the year end: The Parish Council is in the process of buying some land amounting to £11350 This along with the £10,000 funding and grant already earmarked for various projects is why the bank balance is signifcantley higher than the precept. |