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'Statement of Affairs'

Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
Monthly Income Details
Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.00
Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Monthly Expense Details
In Your Home
Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.87
Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.00
Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00
Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00
Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Motoring & Public Transport
Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Debt Repayments
Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00
Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Family
Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00
Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Entertainment
Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00
Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Clothes, Health & Beauty
Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Odds & Sods
Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,450.00

Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,118.37

Comments

  • zarazara
    zarazara Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    Hi,welcome to the board. Try taking sandwiches to work and a flask. stop the charity donations. cancel holiday if its not booked yey. only buy presents for children,and make then small and cheap presents.cancel the gym.go jogging out doors instead.stop beauty treatments. stop shopping for fun and eating out.stop drinking out. cancel satalite tv. cut back on family days out.mobile phone use is very high. cut back drastically. cut back lump sum saving. etc etc . Lots of savings to be made. throw all savings thus made at debt.
    "The purpose of Life is to spread and create Happiness" :j
  • gonzo127
    gonzo127 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 5 May 2010 at 3:21PM
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - this is pretty shocking in all reality what do you use it for and how many mins and texks do you use? 95% of people i have come accross can cope on a £20 a month tarrif or less
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.87
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 - need to find out if you need to be paying quite this much, most good packages can be gotten for £20 or less, check out www.samknows.com in the broadband checker and see which LLU providers you could get and come back to us
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 - how many people in the house and how big is the house? find you annaul useage in KWH for both gas and elec and pop it in a comparison site to see if you are on the best deal, if not swap and use a cashback site like quidco
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.00
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
    Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - that is massive, normal insurance for buildings and contents tends to be around £30 or under, find when renewal is due and search around (might be worth while searching anyway and paying the exit fee if it is a lot cheaper)
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00 - interest only or repayment? you might have to swap onto interest only for the forseeable future until you have sorted other areas out
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 - this is also shockingly expensive, a normal mortgage life insurance quote (even for a high value) would be about £20-30 a month per person
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 - how many people are you feeding? this could probably be slashed beyond belief, try to bear in mind some people on these forums feed a family of 4 on £150 a month
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - sorry to say this but you are going to have to cut down here by at least half
    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Debt Repayments
    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 - most savings would be better going to paying off your debt other than a small emergency fund, could cut this by £200 a month and still have a reasonable amount of savings
    Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Family
    Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00
    Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00 - this will have to be cut to minimum
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - sorry to say this but you are going to have to cut down here by at least half
    Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 - this will have to stop
    Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
    Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 - sorry to say this but you are going to have to cut down here by at least half
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - sorry to say this but you are going to have to cut down here by at least half
    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 - sorry to say this but you are going to have to cut down here by at least half
    Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 - is this already booked?
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 - charity begins at home my friend
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 - take packed lunch
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,450.00

    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,118.37


    ok i have made some comments and although you will not like it you should with a change of life style be able to come back within budget.

    you current are overspending by £1668 EVERY MONTH (this is more than i earn by a healthy margin and i support a family of 5 so this can easily be cut, although not nesssary that people will like it in your house)

    savings that could be made
    £50 saving on mobile tarrif would not be too shocking
    £200 on life insurance i would expect you should be able to make this saving as that premium is scary
    £400 easily on food based on you having a family of 4
    £50 on drinks at home
    £200 from you lump sum savings a month
    £20 from the satalight TV
    £50 from family days out (plent of free activitys now weather is improving)
    £100 a month from fun shopping (how much more could you buy?)
    £125 from eating and drinking out
    £25 from beauty treatments (do more at home)
    £30 from charity donations
    £150 by taking packed lunch to work

    they give you £1400 savings just to start off with and still leaves some in everything and some could be cut down even further to find the remaining £270 (groceries is one that still has a lot which could be cut)

    anyways i hope this helps as a starting point
    Drop a brand challenge
    on a £100 shop you might on average get 70 items save
    10p per product = £7 a week ~ £28 a month
    20p per product = £14 a week ~ £56 a month
    30p per product = £21 a week ~ £84 a month (or in other words one weeks shoping at the new price)
  • Miss_Poohs
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    Hmmm I'm wondering if someone is extracting the Michael?!!

    Hopefully not.
    Don't try to keep up with the Joneses - Drag them down to your level - it's cheaper . :p:D
  • Tixy
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    Stu

    According to this if it is correct you are overspending by £1668 per month, so getting in to that much more debt each month. Assuming you want things to improve you need to drastically cut costs in many areas.

    how many people in the family? how many adults and how many kids? how many cars do you have?

    How much do you have in savings? how much do you have in unsecured debts? do you know all the respective APRs?

    Loads can be cut from your budget with very little effort.
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 what is this made up of?
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.00 what is this? what are the investments? can you sell to pay off debts?
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 £25 max per adult, £10 max per teenager
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.87
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 look for a cheaper deal
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 every month? are you paying someone to do this?
    Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.00
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 what is this? presumably not just overdraft fees? is this a repayment or what? what is the overdraft balance and APR?
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
    Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 should be able to get for less than half this
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00 mortgage balance? APR? house value?
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 highly unlikely this figure is correct based on your mortgage monthly repayment, if it is then you can easily reduce this
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 aim for £80 per person max
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 include in the £80 per head above
    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 what is this for?
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Debt Repayments
    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 what are the card balances, limits and APRs
    Savings & Investments
    Lump Sum Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 Why are you saving when you have a shortfall?
    Family
    Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00 is this necessary? if there are 2 adults and only 1 adult is working can they not do the childcare?
    Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00 cancel or halve package.
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 halve this
    Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 no such thing as shopping for fun, you must be buying something with the £150, what is it? Categorize it as clothes, food, assets etc.
    Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
    Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 halve
    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 never?
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 reduce/ do home treatments
    Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 is this used?
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Big One Offs
    Sofa/Kitchen/TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 what is this? are you putting this aside for a new purchase?
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 take from home out of the £80per head budget.
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 not necessary

    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,450.00

    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,118.37
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • louisemarie
    louisemarie Posts: 42 Forumite
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.87
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211.00
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.50
    Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00This seems very high
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300.00
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 is this correct? VERY high.
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 How many are you feeding? This CAN be cut down.
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 What is this?
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Debt Repayments
    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
    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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00an
    Lump Sum Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 Can you cancel this?
    Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Family
    Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Pocket Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Nappies/Baby Extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Laundry/Dry Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Children's Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Baby Sitting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Childcare/Play Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.00
    Pet Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Travel Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Big Days Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Shopping for Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00?
    Pet Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
    Hobbies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    IT/Computing (eg Anti-virus etc). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    DVD Rental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 Make your own meals and take them with you.
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,450.00

    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,118.37
    You are spending far too much. However, you can very easily do something about it by making some easy changes.
  • Burlesque_Babe
    Burlesque_Babe Posts: 17,547 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    there has to be a number of errors on this or it is someone trolling.
    :D"Stay Wonky":D

    :j:jBecome Mrs Pepe 9 October 2012 :j:j
  • BLT_2
    BLT_2 Posts: 1,307 Forumite
    I can't even be bothered reading this SOA, I got to the point where he states he earning 4500 a month after tax and then, ie around the same as a pension gets to live on in a year.

    He then goes on to state he is paying 800 pounds a month on food, 400 pounds a month on life insurance etc etc. This SOA is such a pile of poo I can't believe the guy even bothered typing it.

    If it is actually factual (and I doubt it) - tough luck pal, can't feel sorry for you
  • BLT_2
    BLT_2 Posts: 1,307 Forumite
    there has to be a number of errors on this or it is someone trolling.

    It's a troll, but a pretty weak minded one, he couldn't even make a half way believable one, I can't believe people have actually analysed it and made recommendations
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