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            pencakes26 wrote: »As promised, my SOA....I haven't entered bills because they are included in the £525 rent.
 Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
 Monthly Income Details
 Monthly income after tax................ 1811
 Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
 Benefits................................ 0
 Other income............................ 0
 Total monthly income.................... 1811
 Monthly Expense Details
 Mobile phone............................ 40
 Groceries etc. ......................... 190
 Clothing................................ 60
 Other travel............................ 45
 Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 40
 Haircuts................................ 20
 Entertainment........................... 50
 Emergency fund.......................... 0
 Secured & HP Debts
 Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
 Mortgage...................... 0........(0)........0
 Hire Purchase (HP) debt ...... 140......(10).......19
 Total secured & HP debts...... 140.......-.........-
 Unsecured Debts
 Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
 Vanquis cc.....................1502......73........39.9
 Capital One cc.................668.85....27........30.3
 Barclaycard cc.................758.46....24.21.....29.9
 Wage repayment.................4994......250.......0
 Lloyds TSB cc..................1170......30........11.9
 Lloyds TSB loan 2..............1422.38...198.......9.8
 Lloyds TSB loan 1..............766.85....91........19
 Total unsecured debts..........11282.54..693.21....-
 Monthly Budget Summary
 Total monthly income.................... 1,811
 Expenses (including HP & secured debts). 1,006
 Available for debt repayments........... 805
 Monthly UNsecured debt repayments....... 693.21
 Amount left after debt repayments....... 111.79
 Personal Balance Sheet Summary
 Total assets (things you own)........... 0
 Total HP & Secured debt................. -140
 Total Unsecured debt.................... -11,282.54
 Net Assets.............................. -11,422.54
 Clothing to zero
 Presents to 20
 Entertainment to 30
 Groceries to 150
 Mobile phone to 30 (if possible)
 That gives you £150 extra per month
 thats enough to pay off the HP debt in one month, thats one less payment going out
 that then gives you £160 per month to pay against other debts0
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