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help needed! I would love to say i'm debt free but after a few wrong decisions its left me down and out!

This is my situation; :(


Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
Monthly Income Details
Income from Employment (after tax). . . .. . . . . . . . . 1,463.00
Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . .. . . . . . . 0.00
State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


Monthly Expense Details
In Your Home
Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Garden Maintenance. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Household Maintenance . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .0.00
Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Overdraft Cost.(£2995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00
Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.00
Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 0.00
Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00
Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00
Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00
Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


Motoring & Public Transport
Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 0.00
Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.00
Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


Debt Repayments
LloydsTSB Credit Card.(£1800) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
(wonga).(£1000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 97.00
(PayDay Express).(£600) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Vanquish (£900). . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 133.00
Loan Payments (£8412). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.00




Entertainment
Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


Clothes, Health & Beauty
Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
New Children's Clothes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 -


Odds & Sods
Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 10.00


Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,463.00


Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483.50

Bad i know but thats it!

My main concern is the Wonga, vanquish and payday express...oh my credit rating is shot! Poor:(

Comments

  • Niv
    Niv Posts: 2,566 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Do you live at home with parents? If not, you seem to have missed alot out of this SOA
    YNWA

    Target: Mortgage free by 58.
  • gg2011
    gg2011 Posts: 41 Forumite
    Sorry currently living at home
  • flutterbyuk25
    flutterbyuk25 Posts: 7,009 Forumite
    gg2011 wrote: »
    help needed! I would love to say i'm debt free but after a few wrong decisions its left me down and out!

    This is my situation; :(


    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet
    Monthly Income Details
    Income from Employment (after tax). . . .. . . . . . . . . 1,463.00
    Income from Self Employment (before tax). . . . .. . . . . . . 0.00
    State Pension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Pension / Annuity Payout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Income From Savings & Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Gifts From Family / Friends . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


    Monthly Expense Details
    In Your Home
    Mobile Phone(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.00
    TV Licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Home Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Cleaning Products/Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Garden Maintenance. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Household Maintenance . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .0.00
    Council Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Overdraft Cost.(£2995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Bank Account Fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 - £45 a month for a bank account :eek: is this correct?
    Home Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Mortgage/Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130.00
    Plumbing/Boiler Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 0.00
    Mortgage Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00
    Mortgage Payment Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00
    Life Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Food and Household Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.00 - this is very high considering you live at home, unless you buy all your own food. I live on my own and don't spend anywhere near this a month. Look on the OS board for inspiration.
    Drinks for Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


    Motoring & Public Transport
    Petrol/Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
    Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 0.00
    Car Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.50
    Car Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.00
    Car Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
    Rail/Bus/Taxi . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Breakdown Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


    Debt Repayments
    LloydsTSB Credit Card.(£1800) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150.00
    (wonga).(£1000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 97.00
    (PayDay Express).(£600) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00
    Vanquish (£900). . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 133.00
    Loan Payments (£8412). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242.00

    Your payments per month seem high (approx 10%) for these debts, especially the CC? If you are overpaying the CC then just pay the minimum and throw the leftover at the payday loans until they have been paid off then throw it at CC.

    Entertainment
    Satellite/Digital TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Family Days Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 - you can cut this out/down
    Eating Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00


    Clothes, Health & Beauty
    Complimentary Therapies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Optical Bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Haircuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 - £120 a year on haircuts? I'm assuming you are male (although please accept my apologies if I'm wrong!). I'm female and have my hair cut 3/4 times a year at £20 a go. So this can be cut.
    Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Beauty Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Healthcare Cashplans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Dental Insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Private Medical Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Fitness/Sports/Gym. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 - can this be reduced/cut?
    Work Clothes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Children's Clothes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    New Clothes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 - debts are your priority not new clothes
    Birthdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00
    Winter Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Summer Holiday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Christmas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 - do you need to spend £600/year on Xmas?! :eek: especially if you don't have children.


    Odds & Sods
    Newspapers & Magazines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Meals at work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 - take packed lunch
    Smokes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00
    Coffees/Sandwiches/Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 10.00


    Total monthly income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,463.00


    Total monthly expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,483.50

    Bad i know but thats it!

    My main concern is the Wonga, vanquish and payday express...oh my credit rating is shot! Poor:(

    My answers are in red above. Good luck
    * Rainbow baby boy born 9th August 2016 *

    * Slimming World follower (I breastfeed so get 6 hex's!) *
  • gg2011
    gg2011 Posts: 41 Forumite
    Thank you for your time!!! Suppose I could Defo reduce my credit card payments to reduce my payday loans (thanks for that) also I am male lol. The interest on my account (overdraft) is £45 but I'm currently payin off 50 a month.

    Once again your feedback to truly appreciated!!!
  • theoretica
    theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    It looks like you have entered the overdraft cost twice- once as a bank account fee (£45) and once as overdraft (£50). This will bring your outgoings below your incomings.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
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