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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 budgetBudget adjust­mentsRevised budget
1234
Extend con­tract re Caper­cail­lie dog walk­ing internReal­loc­ate ori­gin­al budget for cod­ing Nature Res­tor­a­tion purposesAdvance of con­tri­bu­tion to C2030 Act­ive Travel projects
Staff costs5,625,6675,800(100,000)(200,000)5,331,467
Board fees191,990191,990
5,817,6575,8000(100,000)(200,000)5,523,457
Run­ning costs
Oth­er staff and board costs263,119263,119
Facil­it­ies costs373,140373,140
IT and pro­fes­sion­al costs345,510(10,000)335,510
981,7690(10,000)00971,769
Oper­a­tion­al plan (net)
Cli­mate Adapt­a­tion Fund370,000370,000
Peat­land restoration3,050,0003,050,000
Nature & climate811,000811,000
People288,000(13,000)275,000
Place860,000(5,800)(90,000)764,200
Com­mu­nic­a­tions227,500(68,879)158,621
Cor­por­ate391,50010,000(121,500)280,000
Con­tri­bu­tion to Cairngorms 2030450,000290,000740,000
6,448,000(5,800)10,000(203,379)200,0006,448,821
Total expendit­ure13,247,42600(303,379)012,944,047
Oth­er income(250,000)(250,000)
Cash expendit­ure12,997,42600(303,379)012,694,047
Grant-in-aid drawn down(13,058,000)300,000(12,758,000)
Net cash expenditure/​(income)(60,574)00(3,379)0(63,953)
  1. 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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  1. 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).

  2. £300,000 has been real­loc­ated to fill the Nature Res­tor­a­tion fund­ing gap.

SpendType of sav­ingIden­ti­fied savings £
RUN­NING COSTSPayrollVacancy sav­ings100,000
COR­POR­ATEShare ser­vices (LL&T)GIS post not replaced at LL&TNPA — plus VAT54,000
COR­POR­ATEBack-up heat­ing systemDelay until 202526; staff capa­city issue40,000
COR­POR­ATEGround­worksDelay until 20252627,500
COM­MU­NIC­A­TIONS71,500
B11 Volun­teer­ing and out­door learningVolun­teer recruit­ment and coordinationBudget over-estim­ate10,000
303,000
  1. £290,000 has been real­loc­ated to allow devel­op­ment of Stage 34 design costs for Act­ive Travel pro­ject with­in the Cairngorms 2030 programme:
£,000
Payroll budget – vacancy savings200
Planned vis­it­or infra­struc­ture pro­jects unlikely to go ahead in 2024 – 2590
Total real­loc­ated290
  1. These adjust­ments pro­duce no mater­i­al change in the over­all budget for the year.
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