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Budget and Precept 2025/26
The Council considers its budget and precept in December each year, for the following financial year. The precept is the sum of money that the Council receives from Council tax payers.
The following report identifies how the Budget and Precept were calculated:
At its meeting held on 12 December, the Council resolved –
RESOLVED – that:
The Council’s budget be approved as agreed by the Committee in the sum of £87,222.
The Council’s precept be in the sum of £59,682.
| Line No. | Items | Budget 25/26 |
| £ | ||
| 1 | Clerk’s Salary | 28,500.00 |
| 2 | Clerk’s Office expenses | 1,500.00 |
| 3 | Chairman’s Allowance | 1,100.00 |
| 4 | External Audit | 315.00 |
| 5 | Internal Audit | 285.00 |
| 6 | Insurance (Parish Council) | 650.00 |
| 7 | Insurance (Village Hall) | 900.00 |
| 8 | Affiliations | 50.00 |
| 9 | Hall Hire | 600.00 |
| 10 | Cheshire Association of Local Councils | 850.00 |
| 11 | Stationery and Copying | 500.00 |
| 12 | General Village Upkeep | 3,000.00 |
| 13 | Travel Expenses | 250.00 |
| 14 | General Maintenance | 2,750.00 |
| 15 | Lengthsman | 5,250.00 |
| 16 | Neighbourhood Plan | 6,000.00 |
| 17 | Community Resilience Plan | 1,500.00 |
| 18 | Playing Field Maintenance | 1,250.00 |
| 19 | Planning consultation | 4,100.00 |
| 20 | Legal Fees | 4,000.00 |
| 21 | Village Hall Maintenance | 1,000.00 |
| 22 | Vice-Chairman’s allowance | 300.00 |
| 23 | Planning Chairman’s allowance | 1,100.00 |
| 24 | Communications | 2,000.00 |
| 25 | Shires Payroll | 400.00 |
| 26 | Weston Cemetery extension | 3,000.00 |
| 27 | Vice-Chairman’s expenses – Planning | 300.00 |
| 28 | Publications | 2,500.00 |
| 29 | Defibrillators | 1,500.00 |
| 30 | Banking | 72.00 |
| 31 | Allotments | 2,000.00 |
| 32 | Community Garden | 500.00 |
| 33 | Street Lighting – electricity | 2,200.00 |
| 34 | Contingency | 2,000.00 |
| 35 | Election reserve | 5,000.00 |
| TOTALS | 87,222.00 |