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Paydayloan Struggle

RJc
RJc Posts: 11 Forumite
edited 2 October 2018 at 9:11PM in Debt-free wannabe
Was advised to post in this forum for some advice/help with my current finical situation. Not sure if I filled the form out correctly, I put the debt amounts at what they stand at today, then the monthly repayments and APR.

Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

Household Information

Number of adults in household........... 4
Number of children in household......... 0
Number of cars owned.................... 3

Monthly Income Details

Monthly income after tax................ 910
Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
Benefits................................ 0
Other income............................ 0
Total monthly income.................... 910


Monthly Expense Details

Mortgage................................ 0
Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 320
Rent.................................... 0
Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
Council tax............................. 0
Electricity............................. 0
Gas..................................... 0
Oil..................................... 0
Water rates............................. 0
Telephone (land line)................... 0
Mobile phone............................ 50
TV Licence.............................. 0
Satellite/Cable TV...................... 0
Internet Services....................... 9.99
Groceries etc. ......................... 0
Clothing................................ 0
Petrol/diesel........................... 0
Road tax................................ 0
Car Insurance........................... 0
Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 0
Car parking............................. 0
Other travel............................ 0
Childcare/nursery....................... 0
Other child related expenses............ 0
Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 9
Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
Buildings insurance..................... 0
Contents insurance...................... 0
Life assurance ......................... 0
Other insurance......................... 0
Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 0
Haircuts................................ 0
Entertainment........................... 0
Holiday................................. 0
Emergency fund.......................... 0
(Unnamed monthly expense)............... 0
Total monthly expenses.................. 388.99



Assets

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



Secured & HP Debts

Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
Mortgage...................... 0........(0)........0
Hire Purchase (HP) debt ...... 0........(320)......0
Total secured & HP debts...... 0.........-.........-


Unsecured Debts
Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
Sunny..........................336.42....134.......292
Lending Stream.................614.62....249.......1333
Satsuma........................147.6.....49.2......1575
CreditCard.....................345.89....37.21.....0
Myjar..........................1100......164.......237
Loans2go.......................250.......56.64.....990
Unclebuck......................200.......66.58.....1011
MrLender.......................250.......91.46.....1256
WageDay........................252.8.....253.......0
Swift Sterling.................500.......249.......1273
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Comments

  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 30,186 Ambassador
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    edited 2 October 2018 at 9:52PM
    Hi,
    Four adults and 3 cars yet no tax, insurance, Petrol or servicing costs, and only £910.00 income between you ?

    You need to fill in all your monthly expenses honestly, so something in most categories, you need to be totally honest to get a realistic picture of your situation.

    According to this SOA you don’t eat, pay council tax, have electric or gas, pay rent or mortgage, go out, or have a hair cut etc etc.
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter
  • tlc678910
    tlc678910 Posts: 983 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I'm guessing this is someone that lives with their family and doesn't contribute to most expenses?
  • W&R
    W&R Posts: 14 Forumite
    My son is in a similar situation - living at home, has a motorbike on HP, insurance, pays us a bit of rent - very little else in terms of outgoings monthly. Got himself in a right mess with payday loans. Step Change (or any of the other debt charities I guess) can help you to sort this out. I suggest you make contact with them.
    Good luck getting it sorted.
  • RJc
    RJc Posts: 11 Forumite
    sourcrates wrote: »
    Hi,
    Four adults and 3 cars yet no tax, insurance, Petrol or servicing costs, and only £910.00 income between you ?

    You need to fill in all your monthly expenses honestly, so something in most categories, you need to be totally honest to get a realistic picture of your situation.

    According to this SOA you don’t eat, pay council tax, have electric or gas, pay rent or mortgage, go out, or have a hair cut etc etc.

    The adults include myself, my mother, her partner and a lodger. One car is mine which I decided to sorn to save money to help pay for these loans. As for the income me and my mum both work where we live as its a convenience store she owns, odd weeks she will be able to help but business is tight so she can't help much, and I wouldn't expect her to.

    Going out, haircuts, new clothing etc I don't mine putting on the back burner to have these paid off as soon as possible.
  • fatrab
    fatrab Posts: 1,231 Forumite
    edited 4 October 2018 at 1:26PM
    In that case, do an SOA based solely on you. 1 person 1 car.

    Format it for MSE and copy the whole SOA so we can see the full calculations. Some of those smaller debts with eye-watering interest rates should be easily clearable but you need to get on to Step Change for advice to hopefully freeze the interest.

    https://www.stepchange.org/debt-info/your-rights/freezing-interest-and-charges.aspx
    You can have results or excuses, but not both.
    Challenge - be 14 Stone BY XMAS!

  • RJc
    RJc Posts: 11 Forumite
    edited 4 October 2018 at 1:49PM
    Updated to 1 person, also added a few bits and bobs like haircut, entertainment etc just so I have something left over.

    Statement of Affairs and Personal Balance Sheet

    Household Information

    Number of adults in household........... 1
    Number of children in household......... 0
    Number of cars owned.................... 1

    Monthly Income Details

    Monthly income after tax................ 910
    Partners monthly income after tax....... 0
    Benefits................................ 0
    Other income............................ 0
    Total monthly income.................... 910


    Monthly Expense Details

    Mortgage................................ 0
    Secured/HP loan repayments.............. 320
    Rent.................................... 0
    Management charge (leasehold property).. 0
    Council tax............................. 0
    Electricity............................. 0
    Gas..................................... 0
    Oil..................................... 0
    Water rates............................. 0
    Telephone (land line)................... 0
    Mobile phone............................ 50
    TV Licence.............................. 0
    Satellite/Cable TV...................... 0
    Internet Services....................... 9.99
    Groceries etc. ......................... 0
    Clothing................................ 0
    Petrol/diesel........................... 0
    Road tax................................ 0
    Car Insurance........................... 0
    Car maintenance (including MOT)......... 0
    Car parking............................. 0
    Other travel............................ 0
    Childcare/nursery....................... 0
    Other child related expenses............ 0
    Medical (prescriptions, dentist etc).... 9
    Pet insurance/vet bills................. 0
    Buildings insurance..................... 0
    Contents insurance...................... 0
    Life assurance ......................... 0
    Other insurance......................... 0
    Presents (birthday, christmas etc)...... 30
    Haircuts................................ 20
    Entertainment........................... 50
    Holiday................................. 0
    Emergency fund.......................... 0
    (Unnamed monthly expense)............... 0
    Total monthly expenses.................. 488.99



    Assets

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



    Secured & HP Debts

    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Mortgage...................... 0........(0)........0
    Hire Purchase (HP) debt ...... 0........(320)......0
    Total secured & HP debts...... 0.........-.........-


    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Sunny..........................336.42....134.......292
    Lending Stream.................614.62....249.......1333
    Satsuma........................147.6.....49.2......1575
    CreditCard.....................345.89....37.21.....0
    Myjar..........................1100......163.......237
    Loans2go.......................250.......56.64.....990
    Unclebuck......................200.......66.58.....1011
    MrLender.......................250.......91.46.....1256
    WageDay........................252.8.....253.......0
    Swift Sterling.................500.......249.......1273
  • NelliePie
    NelliePie Posts: 280 Forumite
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    Is your phone on contract - you can get decent SIM only deals for a tenner. I pay £9 per month for mine with unlimited texts, calls and 4gb data (from plusnet)
    Little One born 19/12/18
    5/5/18 I became Mrs Pie
    FTB June '17 - £144k mortgage, £134k remaining
  • fatrab
    fatrab Posts: 1,231 Forumite
    Are you going to contact Step Change or go it alone?
    You can have results or excuses, but not both.
    Challenge - be 14 Stone BY XMAS!

  • MallyGirl
    MallyGirl Posts: 6,990 Senior Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    RJc wrote: »
    Monthly income after tax................ 910

    Total monthly expenses.................. 488.99

    Unsecured Debts
    Description....................Debt......Monthly...APR
    Sunny..........................336.42....134.......292
    Lending Stream.................614.62....249.......1333
    Satsuma........................147.6.....49.2......1575
    CreditCard.....................345.89....37.21.....0
    Myjar..........................1100......163.......237
    Loans2go.......................250.......56.64.....990
    Unclebuck......................200.......66.58.....1011
    MrLender.......................250.......91.46.....1256
    WageDay........................252.8.....253.......0
    Swift Sterling.................500.......249.......1273

    Total unsecured debt repayments = £1,349.99

    No amount of cutting back is going to address the fact that you have debt repayments that are 50% more than your takehome pay.
    I’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Pensions, Annuities & Retirement Planning, Loans
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  • fatrab
    fatrab Posts: 1,231 Forumite
    I'm assuming the £320 under HP is for the car? Can you sell the car? How much is it worth compared to what you owe?
    You can have results or excuses, but not both.
    Challenge - be 14 Stone BY XMAS!

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