Annual Accounts 2007

Report from the Responsible Financial Officer for the Year ended March 2007

We contributed £5000 to BCC for the new lighting scheme in the High Street, West Wycombe and a further £3000 for the footway from the school; we paid £12407.76 for the new lights for the remainder of the Bradenham Road; we paid a total of £2000 for the purchase of Christmas tree lights, creating two permanent base fixings with covers, waterproof sockets and the hire of the cherry picker; the internal and external audits cost £300; Insurance increased by £30 to £796.84; we have our own telephone line for which we received refunding from Hambleden and Piddington & Wheeler End Parish Councils; salt for the salt bin; tree works to create visibility of the High Street lighting; we cleared existing and created new grips in Towerage Lane to stop the flooding occurring near the Cricket Meadow; we paid £300 for the Annual Report but won £200 to set against this; we made a donation to West Wycombe Brass Band and also one to the Thames Valley Air Ambulance and paid the Community Association £200 to allow us to use their waste bin for our Burial Ground rubbish; we have replaced some of the trees in the burial ground and made an easier pedestrian access. We have also received a refund on electricity used for the Air Quality Monitoring unit from Wycombe District Council and a refund from Piddington & Wheeler End Parish Council for the use of our office equipment.

The Section 137 figure includes all the preparatory work for the Christmas trees as well as the purchase of the lights and electricity consumed. Section 137 also includes the refreshments for the Annual Parish Meeting and a contribution to the Old People’s Party Fund.