## **BREWOOD AND DISTRICT VOLUNTARY CAR SCHEME INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT 1 APRIL 2020 TO 31 MARCH 2021** 

|**Income**<br>Lapley, Stretton & Wheaton Aston Parish Council Grant<br>Blymhill & Weston-under-Lizard Parish Council Grant<br>Client receipts for passenger journeys<br>Donations -<br>direct from client journeys<br>direct to ofce<br>Interest on Business Instant Access Account<br>Total Income<br>**Expenditure**<br>Mileage payments to drivers<br>Insurance/DBS<br>Telephone calls<br>Brewood Parish Council for salaries<br>Defcient of expenditure over income|£110.10|£1,000.00<br>£200.00<br>£473.40<br>£110.10<br>£1,783.50<br>£531.75<br>£567.48<br>£234.86<br>£1,200.00|£2.86|
|---|---|---|---|
||||£1,786.36|
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||||£2,534.09|
||||-£747.73|



## **GRANTS FOR SALARIES** 

## **Accountability:** 

Salary grants are transferred from the Brewood Voluntary Car Scheme account to the Brewood Parish Council account, for the payment of the Car Scheme Co-ordinator salary, which is paid via the Brewood Parish Council's payroll.  This process ensures that Brewood Parish Council oversee the finances of the Voluntary Car Scheme, safeguarding the accountability of the Car Scheme. 

## **Breakdown of Grants given:** 

|Lapley, Stretton & Wheaton Aston Parish Council 2020/21<br>Blymhill & Weston-under-Lizard Parish Council 2020/21|£1,000.00<br>£200.00|
|---|---|
||£1,200.00|





## **BREWOOD AND DISTRICT VOLUNTARY CAR SCHEME 1 APRIL 2020 TO 31 MARCH 2021 BALANCE SHEET** 

|**Opening balance (01.04.2020)**<br>Bank - Current Account<br>£20,531.74<br>Less unpaid cheques<br>£20,531.74<br>Business Instant Access a/c<br>£10,979.54<br>Defcit of income over<br>expenditure for year|£31,511.28<br>-£747.73<br>£30,763.55|**Closing balance (31.03.2021)**<br>Bank - Current Account<br>Less unpaid cheques<br>Business Instant Access a/c|£19,781.15|
|---|---|---|---|
|<br>Bank - Current Account<br>Less unpaid cheques<br>Business Instant Access a/c<br>Defcit of income over<br>expenditure for year||||
||||£19,781.15<br>£10,982.40|
||||£30,763.55|
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Accounts checked, amended and completed by Mrs Sofena Phillips (sign): 



## **Brewood & District Voluntary Car Scheme Annual Report for Financial Year 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021** 

Brewood & District Voluntary Car Scheme provides passenger travel to three  local  parishes,  covering  the  villages  of  Coven  Heath,  Coven, Brewood, Bishop’s Wood, Lapley, Stretton, Wheaton Aston, Blymhill, Calf Heath and Weston-under-Lizard. 

A  total  of  only  84  passenger  journeys  were  undertaken  during  the 2020/2021 financial year, covering a total of 1068 fare miles, due to covid restrictions. 

The majority of the journeys were for elderly / disabled people (who find public transport inaccessible) to attend mainly medical appointments, at an affordable cost. 

There are currently 21 Voluntary Drivers registered to drive for the Car Scheme. Twelve of the drivers are from Brewood, 5 from Coven, and 2 from Bishops Wood, 1 from Calf Heath and one from Gailey. We still need drivers from Wheaton Aston, Weston-under-Lizard and Blymhill to meet the demands of passengers in these areas and reduced the amount paid in light miles to drivers. 

Brewood  &  District  Voluntary  Car  Scheme  can  report  that  for  the 2020/2021 financial year there has been a deficit in income of £747.73 

_Funds received from donations form a financial buffer that greatly assist any cash flow problems  the  car scheme may incur during the period between applying for and receiving grants, they unfortunately cannot be relied  upon,  and  therefore  cannot  be  taken  into  consideration  when budgeting for the car schemes financial future._ 

Donations and bank account interest, are receipts that are not guaranteed annually, therefore should not be included in financial forecasts. 

Without these receipts the surplus of income over expenditure for the financial period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, would total: 

Deficit of income over expenditure 2020/21 £747.73 

Less: Donations £110.10 

Deficit £637.63 

## **Hospital Parking and Disabled Badges:** 



The Car Scheme still now on own 4 Disabled Parking Badges.  The drivers are allowed to use the Badges at their discretion when providing transport to  passengers  with  disabilities,  making  the  drivers’  role  a  lot  easier, especially where car parking is restricted. This is a major issue for the scheme with the amount of drivers that we have that do daily journeys and the parking restrictions enforced at the main Hospitals that we travel to. Where we can, we do try and get our users to bring their own disabled badges but this isn’t always possible. 

## **Grants:** 

Staffordshire  County  Council  has  been  discontinued.  The  Car  Scheme depends upon grants from local Parish Councils to finance the Car Scheme Co-ordinator Salary. 

The following grants were received during the financial period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021: 

Lapley, Stretton & Wheaton Aston Parish Council £1000 Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard Parish Council £  200 


We  did  not  receive  a  grant  this  financial  year  from  Hatherton  Parish Council. 

The deficit between grants received from the Parish Councils and the coordinator’s salary paid is absorbed by Brewood & Coven Parish Council, who provide grant assistance to the Car Scheme to cover this deficit. 

End of year accounts finalised by Mrs S Phillips. Brewood & District Voluntary Car Scheme 

End of year accounts audited by Mrs Valerie Turner