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Appendix 1

 

Third Quarter Financial Update 2021/22
Economic Regeneration & Leisure Committee
15th February 2022
Lead Officer:  Mark Green
Report Author: Paul Holland

 

 

Contents 

 

 


Part A: Executive Summary & Overview                                 Page 2     

 

Part B: Revenue Budget Q3 2021/22

B1)    Revenue Budget                                                             Page 5

 

Part C: Capital Budget Q3 2021/22

C1)     Capital Budget                                                                Page 9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Part APart B

Executive Summary & Overview

 


This report provides members with the financial position as at 31 December 2021, covering activity for both the Council as a whole and this committee’s revenue and capital accounts for the first three quarters of 2021/22.

Members will be aware of the significant uncertainty in the 2021/22 budget estimates arising from the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, both in relation to demands on the Council to respond and the speed of local economic recovery.  Financial support from central government received during 2020/21 continues to support specific activities, and the unringfenced Covid-19 grant of £860,000 will be used to support recovery and renewal activities.

The headlines for Quarter 3 are as follows:

Part B: Revenue budget – Q3 2021/22

·         Overall net expenditure at the end of Quarter 3 for the services reporting to this committee is   £1.158m, compared to the approved profiled budget of £1.147m, representing an underspend of £0.011m.

Part C: Capital budget – Q3 2021/22

·         Capital expenditure at the end of Quarter 3 was £2.068m against a total budget of £2.910m. Forecast spend for the year is £2.729m.

The budgets in this report are the revised estimates for 2021/22.

 


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Part B
Third Quarter Revenue Budget 2021/22
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


B2)  Revenue Budget 

B1.1  The table below provides a detailed summary on the budgeted net income position for ERL services at the end of Quarter 3. The financial figures are presented on an accruals basis (e.g. expenditure for goods and services received, but not yet paid for, is included). 

ERL Revenue Budget & Outturn – Quarter 3

 

B1.2  The table shows that at the end of the third quarter overall net expenditure for the services reporting to ERL is £1.158m, compared to the approved profiled budget of £1.147m, representing an underspend of £0.011m.

B1.3  The table indicates that in certain areas, significant variances to the budgeted income levels have emerged during the third quarter of the year. The reasons for the more significant variances are explored in section B2 below.

 

B2)  Variances

B2.1  The most significant variances for this Committee are as follows:                                  

 

 

Positive Variance

Q3

Adverse

Variance

Q3

Year End Forecast Variance

Economic Regeneration & Leisure Committee

£000

Leisure Centre - As part of the management contract with Serco the council receives annual income of £0.2m. This has been on hold whilst negotiations with Serco over losses incurred during the pandemic have been taking place, but at this stage we are not expecting to receive any of these payments.

 

-150

-200

Mote Park Adventure Zone - The variance is a provision that was raised in 2020/21 for the management fee the payment of which has been delayed due to Covid-19 issues.

57

 

0

Innovation Centre – this is a profiling issue with the budget for the new building which will be corrected. There is not expected to be any significant variance at the end of the year.

56

 

0

Market – Income continues to be down on the budget. A small growth bid and a forecast increase in demand is expected to correct the position for 2022/23.

 

-61

-65

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part C
Third Quarter Capital Budget 2021/22
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



B1)  Capital Budget: Economic Regeneration & Leisure Committee (ERL)

B1.1  The position of the 2021/22 ERL element of the Capital Programme at the Quarter 3 stage is presented in Table 3 below. The budget for 2021/22 includes resources brought forward from 2020/21.

ERL Capital Programme 2021/22 (@ Quarter 3)

B1.2  Comments on the variances in the table above are as follows:

Mote Park Lake Dam Works This scheme is now substantially complete, although some works to a sluice gate are yet to be completed. The figures in the appendix for these works are indicative pending an update on the actual costs of these works.                   

Mall Bus Station Redevelopment – Tender prices for the project came back higher than had been budgeted for. Rather than try and find a cost engineering solution that may have resulted in a reduced specification it was decided to use £0.3m additional funding from the Business Rates Pilot Projects Reserve to allow the project to proceed as planned.