We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
I Give Up I Have Had Enough!!!!
Comments
- 
            [tt]
 Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
 Monthly Income Details
 Monthly income after tax................ 1415
 Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
 Benefits................................ 0
 Other income............................ 0
 Total monthly income.................... 1415
 Monthly Expense Details
 Mortgage................................ 0
 Secured loan repayments................. 0
 Rent.................................... 106
 Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
 Council tax............................. 0
 Electricity............................. 0
 Gas..................................... 0
 Oil..................................... 160
 Water rates............................. 0
 Telephone (land line)................... 22.49Reduce this. BT is only £10.50per month others could be cheaper
 Mobile phone............................ 100Reduce this or cancel. If landline is only for calls then why do you need both
 TV Licence.............................. 13
 Satellite/Cable TV...................... 0
 Internet Services....................... 0
 Groceries etc. ......................... 100For one person this is high you can reduce this by meal planning and going no frills labels
 Clothing................................ 0
 Petrol/diesel........................... 160See if this could be reduced slightly.
 Road tax................................ 10
 Car Insurance........................... 29
 Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 10
 Car parking............................. 0
 Other travel............................ 0
 Childcare/nursery....................... 0
 Other child related expenses............ 0
 Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 0
 Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
 Buildings insurance..................... 0
 Contents insurance...................... 0
 Life assurance ......................... 0
 Other insurance......................... 0
 Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 0
 Haircuts................................ 0
 Entertainment........................... 0
 Holiday................................. 0
 Emergency fund.......................... 0
 (Unnamed monthly expense)............... 0
 Total monthly expenses.................. 710.49
 Assets
 Cash.................................... 0
 House value (Gross)..................... 0
 Shares and bonds........................ 0
 Car(s).................................. 1000
 Other assets............................ 0
 Total Assets............................ 1000
 No Secured Debt
 Unsecured Debts
 Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
 B/F CC.........................2000......50........17.9
 dad............................2000......200.......0
 gas............................400.......100.......0
 laptops........................900.......0.........0
 sister ........................500.......0.........0
 tax............................2250.31...280.......0
 water2.........................135.......25........0
 water1.........................201.......25........0
 elec...........................538.......91.5......0
 Total unsecured debts..........8924.31...771.5.....-
 Monthly Budget Summary
 Total monthly income.................... 1,415
 Expenses (including secured debts)....... 710.49
 Available for debt repayments........... 704.51
 Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 771.5
 Surplus(deficit if negative)............ -66.99
 Personal Balance Sheet Summary
 Total assets (things you own)........... 1,000
 Total Secured debt...................... -0
 Total Unsecured debt.................... -8,924.31
 Net Assets.............................. -7,924.31
 Can you consider some overtime at work or some part time work elsewhere.
 If your figures are totally correct i.e. you spend no more then a minus of £67 is not too bad.
 Do a spending diary to make sure everything is 100%0
- 
            where did the council tax go to on your SOA ?Indecision is the key to flexibility 0 0
- 
            I guess I am not going to get out of the short term problems with regards to the laptops and dad:hello: 2006 = over £150002009 = £6000Target2011 = £0:j0
- 
            Em, do you live with your boyfriend? what does he contribute to things?Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00
- 
            YEs I live with him, but he has to pay for the children and he also has a tie with a caravan he bought when he left his wife - this is for anohter 2 years yet. Nothing can be done about giving it up early. he also has no money left after bills:hello: 2006 = over £150002009 = £6000Target2011 = £0:j0
- 
            You need to put the monthly amount for this years council tax in the outgoings and the arrears amount into unsecured debt.
 I can't see a way of you getting that money and soon. Apart from doing some extra work and selling everything you can. But you won't have the money for a while.
 I'm sorry I wish I could offer you some advice on raising the cash but I can't.0
- 
            which bills em, just the children and the caravan?, your SOA needs to be jointAug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00
- 
            Hi,
 I have been reading your thread & unless you have things you could sell on ebay, I cannot see an easy way out of your short term problem. There are things that can be done going forward to improve you situation in terms of reducing bills but that does not particularly help the situation now.
 some friends of mine got themselves in a pickle, when one lent the other money & then she couldnt pay it back. In the end, the borrower gave the lender some jewellry as 'collateral' till it could be paid back (at a rate of £15 per week). I know this isnt a very nice or easy thing to do as you will have to come clean, it might keep your friends onside?????
 anyway, i hope it works out for you.SOA = Statement of Affairs (to find a SOA Calculator, google 'make sense of cards' & click on calculators tab > Statement of Affairs)0
- 
            milliemonster wrote: »which bills em, just the children and the caravan?, your SOA needs to be joint
 Our finances are not joint so I cant really put his info down.
 He has the house mortgae where his children live and the rental at the caravan site then all the normall bills for his car etc etc:hello: 2006 = over £150002009 = £6000Target2011 = £0:j0
This discussion has been closed.
            Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
 
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.2K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.3K Spending & Discounts
- 245.3K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259.1K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards

 
          
          
          
         