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Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
Monthly Income Details
Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166.67
State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.33
Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Monthly Expense Details
In Your Home
Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.06
TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12
Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.00
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.00
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.00
Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.00
Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.67
Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.00
Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.67
Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.33
Motoring & Public Transport
Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.17
Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Debt Repayments
Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.00
Hire Purchase Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Personal Loan Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Loan Repayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Savings & Investments
Pension Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Buying Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Mini Cash ISAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Lump Sum Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Family
Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Entertainment
Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.00
Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.99
Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Clothes, Health & Beauty
Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.67
Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Education & Courses
University Tuition Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
School Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Your Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Big One Offs
Funeral Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Wedding Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Sofa/Kitchen/TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.33
Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.33
Odds & Sods
Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.33
Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.33
Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.00

Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,122.01

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    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166.67
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.33
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.06 go payg
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.00:eek:
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.00:eek:
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.00 is this over 10 or 12mths? if over 10 you can change to 12
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.67
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.00
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.67 for how many? reduce this
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.33:eek:
    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.17
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 can you look for cheaper?
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Debt Repayments
    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.00
    Hire Purchase Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Personal Loan Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Loan Repayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Savings & Investments
    Pension Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Buying Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Mini Cash ISAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Lump Sum Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Family
    Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 packed lunches?
    Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.00 :eek:cancel or at least lower package
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 stop for now
    Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.99 library do this for free
    Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.67
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 limit this to what they need
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00 use what you have for now
    Education & Courses
    University Tuition Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Your Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Big One Offs
    Funeral Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Wedding Expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Sofa/Kitchen/TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.33:eek: a month? reduce this
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.33:eek: too much!!
    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.33 use the free online papers/mags
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.33
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.00

    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,122.01


    I have highlighted some that could be stoped/reduced. would be easier to see the mse layout though to see a true calculation each month x
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  • Thank you. I thought that was what I'd done. Could you direct me to the button to convert it to MSE style? I used budgetbrain?

    Thank you
  • http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html

    This is the link they're talking about. Budget Brain is the one recommended on the main site, but the boards tend to use the one above - it has slightly more information and a better format.

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Hi npower

    We really need to know the balances and APRs on your debts as well as this info - and whether the amounts you have put in for repayments are just the minimum repayments.
    Also how many adults & kids in the household?
    npower2003 wrote: »
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,166.67
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 1,408.33
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.06
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.00 looks very high - does it include arrears? have you checked you are with the cheapest supplier and best tariff
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.00 as elec check you are on the best tariff
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132.00 is this over 10months or 12?
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.67 ? what is this?
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684.00 mortgage or rent? balance? equity?
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.67 how many for? looks pretty high.
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173.33 very high, need to cut down whilst you have such a large overspend
    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.17
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 how many cars?
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Debt Repayments
    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654.00 balances? Aprs? are these just the minimums?
    Hire Purchase Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Personal Loan Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Loan Repayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Savings & Investments

    Family
    Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67.00 looks very high on top of seperate landline cost -can you reduce package?
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 looks quite high - can you break it down? can you reduce for a while?
    DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.99
    Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.67
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Education & Courses
    Big One Offs
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.33 try to reduce your overall spend on this, or try earning free vouchers online to help buy gifts.
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.33 very high considering your overspend, look to reduce.
    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.33 do you need these? read online, at least reduce?
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208.33
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,675.00

    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,122.01

    You have quite a large overspend showing above each month. How have you been funding this? are you still spending on cards? you need to stop all spending on cards, overdrafts etc and cut right back on any expenses you can. That overspend equates to being another £5.5k in debt this time next year.

    Good luck.
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • I hope I did this right this time!! Yes I know its a disgraceful mess but any and all thoughts welcome :(

    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Household Information
    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household......... 2
    Number of cars owned.................... 2
    Monthly Income Details
    Monthly income after tax................ 100
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 935
    Benefits................................ 1300
    Other income............................ 0
    Total monthly income.................... 2335
    Monthly Expense Details
    Mortgage................................ 684
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
    Rent.................................... 0
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 132
    Electricity............................. 95
    Gas..................................... 65
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 38
    Telephone (land line)................... 15
    Mobile phone............................ 37.06
    TV Licence.............................. 12.12
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 67
    Internet Services....................... 0
    Groceries etc. ......................... 520
    Clothing................................ 40
    Petrol/diesel........................... 150
    Road tax................................ 29.16
    Car Insurance........................... 50
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 0
    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..................... 19.67
    Contents insurance...................... 0
    Life assurance ......................... 20
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 142
    Haircuts................................ 17
    Entertainment........................... 50
    Holiday................................. 0
    Emergency fund.......................... 0
    Total monthly expenses.................. 2183.01

    Assets
    Cash.................................... 0
    House value (Gross)..................... 220000
    Shares and bonds........................ 0
    Car(s).................................. 4500
    Other assets............................ 0
    Total Assets............................ 224500

    Secured & HP Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Mortgage...................... 165000...(684)......5.25
    Total secured & HP debts...... 165000....-.........-
    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Credit card....................7060......80........14.94
    Credit Card....................7178......161.......16.9
    Credit Card....................7436......167.......5.94
    Mail Order.....................741.......70........26.49
    Credit Card....................14615.....86........5.7
    Credit Card....................2176......49........4.9
    Credit Card....................3652......37........4.95
    Total unsecured debts..........42858.....650.......-

    Monthly Budget Summary
    Total monthly income.................... 2,335
    Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 2,183.01
    Available for debt repayments........... 151.99
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 650
    Amount short for making debt repayments. -498.01
    Personal Balance Sheet Summary
    Total assets (things you own)........... 224,500
    Total HP & Secured debt................. -165,000
    Total Unsecured debt.................... -42,858
    Net Assets.............................. 16,642

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  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    npower2003 wrote: »
    I hope I did this right this time!! Yes I know its a disgraceful mess but any and all thoughts welcome :(

    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Household Information
    Number of adults in household........... 2
    Number of children in household......... 2
    Number of cars owned.................... 2 do you need 2cars?
    Monthly Income Details
    Monthly income after tax................ 100 can you increase this?
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 935
    Benefits................................ 1300
    Other income............................ 0
    Total monthly income.................... 2335
    Monthly Expense Details
    Mortgage................................ 684
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 0
    Rent.................................... 0
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 132
    Electricity............................. 95 very high does it include arreas
    Gas..................................... 65 quite high
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 38
    Telephone (land line)................... 15
    Mobile phone............................ 37.06
    TV Licence.............................. 12.12
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 67 reduce package?
    Internet Services....................... 0
    Groceries etc. ......................... 520 should be able to reduce by at least £200 and still feed 4 of you decent, healthy, filling meals
    Clothing................................ 40
    Petrol/diesel........................... 150 any scope to reduce journeys? do your drive efficently to save money?
    Road tax................................ 29.16
    Car Insurance........................... 50
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 0
    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..................... 19.67
    Contents insurance...................... 0
    Life assurance ......................... 20
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 142 very high, try halving this, no one would want you to be getting into debts just so you can buy them/their children etc presents
    Haircuts................................ 17
    Entertainment........................... 50
    Holiday................................. 0
    Emergency fund.......................... 0
    Total monthly expenses.................. 2183.01

    Assets
    Cash.................................... 0
    House value (Gross)..................... 220000
    Shares and bonds........................ 0
    Car(s).................................. 4500
    Other assets............................ 0
    Total Assets............................ 224500

    Secured & HP Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Mortgage...................... 165000...(684)......5.25
    Total secured & HP debts...... 165000....-.........-
    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Credit card....................7060......80........14.94
    Credit Card....................7178......161.......16.9
    Credit Card....................7436......167.......5.94
    Mail Order.....................741.......70........26.49
    Credit Card....................14615.....86........5.7
    Credit Card....................2176......49........4.9
    Credit Card....................3652......37........4.95
    Total unsecured debts..........42858.....650.......-

    Monthly Budget Summary
    Total monthly income.................... 2,335
    Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 2,183.01
    Available for debt repayments........... 151.99
    Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 650
    Amount short for making debt repayments. -498.01
    Personal Balance Sheet Summary
    Total assets (things you own)........... 224,500
    Total HP & Secured debt................. -165,000
    Total Unsecured debt.................... -42,858
    Net Assets.............................. 16,642

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    Have your circumstances recently changed to mean you have such a big overspend? has your income recently reduced? can you increase this?

    Have you sought advice from one of the free debt advice organisations?
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
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