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Cairngorms National Park Authority Ughdarras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhonaidh Ruaidh Annex 2, Paper 1 Resources Committee 24 January 2025
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Annex 2, Paper 1 Log of budget changes
Annual budget | Budget adjustments | Revised budget | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Extend contract re Capercaillie dog walking intern | Reallocate original budget for coding Nature Restoration purposes | Advance of contribution to C2030 Active Travel projects | ||||
Staff costs | 5,625,667 | 5,800 | (100,000) | (200,000) | 5,331,467 | |
Board fees | 191,990 | 191,990 | ||||
5,817,657 | 5,800 | 0 | (100,000) | (200,000) | 5,523,457 | |
Running costs | ||||||
Other staff and board costs | 263,119 | 263,119 | ||||
Facilities costs | 373,140 | 373,140 | ||||
IT and professional costs | 345,510 | (10,000) | 335,510 | |||
981,769 | 0 | (10,000) | 0 | 0 | 971,769 | |
Operational plan (net) | ||||||
Climate Adaptation Fund | 370,000 | 370,000 | ||||
Peatland restoration | 3,050,000 | 3,050,000 | ||||
Nature & climate | 811,000 | 811,000 | ||||
People | 288,000 | (13,000) | 275,000 | |||
Place | 860,000 | (5,800) | (90,000) | 764,200 | ||
Communications | 227,500 | (68,879) | 158,621 | |||
Corporate | 391,500 | 10,000 | (121,500) | 280,000 | ||
Contribution to Cairngorms 2030 | 450,000 | 290,000 | 740,000 | |||
6,448,000 | (5,800) | 10,000 | (203,379) | 200,000 | 6,448,821 | |
Total expenditure | 13,247,426 | 0 | 0 | (303,379) | 0 | 12,944,047 |
Other income | (250,000) | (250,000) | ||||
Cash expenditure | 12,997,426 | 0 | 0 | (303,379) | 0 | 12,694,047 |
Grant-in-aid drawn down | (13,058,000) | 300,000 | (12,758,000) | |||
Net cash expenditure/(income) | (60,574) | 0 | 0 | (3,379) | 0 | (63,953) |
- The contract of the intern taken on by the Capercaillie project to engage with dog-walkers was extended. Budget of £5,800 has been transferred from Place (Outdoor Access Statutory Responsibilities) to Staff Costs.
Cairngorms National Park Authority Ughdarras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhonaidh Ruaidh Annex 2, Paper 1 Resources Committee 24 January 2025
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Legal and professional costs: a) An allocation of legal fees has been transferred from running costs to the planning budget (£30,000). b) Software costs in respect of the new finance system have been transferred from the Operational Plan corporate budget to the IT budget (running costs) (£20,000).
£300,000 has been reallocated to fill the Nature Restoration funding gap.
Spend | Type of saving | Identified savings £ | |
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RUNNING COSTS | Payroll | Vacancy savings | 100,000 |
CORPORATE | Share services (LL&T) | GIS post not replaced at LL&TNPA — plus VAT | 54,000 |
CORPORATE | Back-up heating system | Delay until 2025⁄26; staff capacity issue | 40,000 |
CORPORATE | Groundworks | Delay until 2025⁄26 | 27,500 |
COMMUNICATIONS | 71,500 | ||
B11 Volunteering and outdoor learning | Volunteer recruitment and coordination | Budget over-estimate | 10,000 |
303,000 |
- £290,000 has been reallocated to allow development of Stage 3⁄4 design costs for Active Travel project within the Cairngorms 2030 programme:
£,000 | |
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Payroll budget – vacancy savings | 200 |
Planned visitor infrastructure projects unlikely to go ahead in 2024 – 25 | 90 |
Total reallocated | 290 |
- These adjustments produce no material change in the overall budget for the year.