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How can I get back in the green

Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

Monthly Income Details
Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020.00
Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.00
State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 105.00
Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Monthly Expense Details

In Your Home

Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00
TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.00
Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.00
Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Garden Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Household Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00
Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00
Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00
Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.00
Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.00
Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00
Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Motoring & Public Transport

Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.00
Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Debt Repayments

Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Hire Purchase Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Personal Loan Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00
Car Loan Repayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Savings & Investments

Pension Payments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Buying Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.00
Mini Cash ISAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Lump Sum Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Regular Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Family

Pet Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
School Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
School Meals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Cinema/Theatre Trips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Books/Music/Films/Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Drinking Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00

Clothes, Health & Beauty

Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Odds & Sods

Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,405.00


Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,729.00


Comments

  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    Hi

    How many people is this for? how many adults, how many kids?
    You are showing as overspending by over £300 per month so really need to cut out all non-essentials - I've put some suggestions in.
    imtiaz2212 wrote: »
    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,020.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280.00 if this is a second person can this not be increased? or could this person get a part time employed job as well?
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Benefits (Inc. Child Benefit/Tax Credits & Income Support). . . . . . . . . . . 105.00
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

    Monthly Expense Details

    In Your Home

    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 very high, is this 2 people, can you downgrade both packages?
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.00 usually £13, except in first 6months when its around £26 - do you have arrears to make yours so high?
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 every month? try using own brands or cheap store like pound shops and wilkos etc.
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00 have you checked you are with the cheapest supplier for gas & elec? have you tried cutting your usage?
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.00
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
    Overdraft Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 is this a fee or interest?
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 consider switching to a free account unless this gives you an interest free overdraft that is cost effective to keep.
    Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 shop around for a cheaper deal (hard to say if competative without knowing house value
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590.00 interest only or repayment? how much is balance? what is APR? what is house worth?
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.00 look for a cheaper deal
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400.00 how many for? aim for no more than £80pp (as you have already accounted for cleaning products elsewhere)
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

    Motoring & Public Transport

    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 is this all essential mileage? do you drive efficently? how many cars do you have?
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 need to budget for this (unless you have classic cars)
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.00 how many cars? have you shopped around for the best deal?
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 need to budget 1/12 of the annual cost for maint, MOT, tyres etc


    Debt Repayments

    Credit Card Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00 what balances? what APRs? are these just the minimum repayments?
    Personal Loan Repayments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 balance? APR? time remaining?

    Savings & Investments
    Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105.00 cannot afford whilst you have a deficit. How much are you investments worth? have you considered cashing them in to repay your debts?
    Family

    Entertainment

    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 do you use it?
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 try cutting back, what sort of things do you do?
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 try cutting down

    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 need to budget here
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 may need to budget for this
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 cannot afford this much right now.

    Big One Offs

    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 budget something
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 budget something

    Odds & Sods

    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Tax & NI Provisions (self-employed only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 do you not need to budget for this?
    Regular Charity Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 take packed lunch (from within the £80 pp cost)
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,405.00


    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,729.00


    There is definitely scope to cut down and you need to to prevent your debts from spiralling further. How have you managed so far? have you missed payments or are you still using cards/overdrafts to continue spending?
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • No not missed any payments looking into all this now never thought I would have too!! cutting back and taking stock of things now. Will revise everything over next few days such as looking at ALL areas. Your response has helped.
  • Tixy
    Tixy Posts: 31,455 Forumite
    You might find it will help you see the full picture if you also look at this calculation http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html
    - whilst it seems to be repeating what you have done above it also includes your debts and shows a full financial position, and once completed you can also use the same site 'snowball' calculator to see how long it will take to become debt free and how much you will pay in interest in that time (which can be scary but motivating at the same time) http://www.makesenseofcards.com/snowcalc.html
    A smile enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give
    or "It costs nowt to be nice"
  • slummymummyof3
    slummymummyof3 Posts: 1,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Use the cash back sites as well when purchasing insurance, changing bank account etc (topcashback.co.uk, quidco.com, cashbackkings.co.uk)

    I suggest you keep a spending diary for a month as well for all those other little spends that you probably haven't taken into account - they all add up.

    Do you have an Aldi or Lidl nearby - even if only for your fruit/veg and milk, it will take a lot off your shopping bill.

    Do you have any bits and bobs you could sell on ebay - good to have a clear out and motivational to free up a bit of cash!
  • Gee thanks, have started today, but will take stock over the weekend!! thanks all
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