Coldridge Parish Council
Clerk to the Council: K Richardson, Church Cottage, Coldridge. 01363 83251
To Members of Coldridge Parish Council Nov 14th
You are duly summoned to attend the next meeting of Coldridge Parish Council to be held at 7.30pm on Thursday November 20h 2025 in Coldridge Village Hall
7.30 Open Forum followed by Parish Council Meeting
Agenda
- Welcome by
- Recording of meetings
- Apologies: To receive apologies and to approve reasons for absence.
- Declarations of Interest
- Register of Interests: Councillors are reminded of the need to update their register of interests.
- To declare any personal interests in items on the agenda and their nature.
- To declare any prejudicial interests in items on the agenda and their nature (Councillors with prejudicial interests must leave the room for the relevant items)
- Minutes: To approve the minutes of the last meeting of the Council September 18th 2025
- Matters arising not on the agenda
- To approve the following revised policies.
Standing orders, Code of Conduct, Recording meetings, Publications Scheme, Financial regulation, Data Protection Policy, Risk management and risk assessments, Code of Practice in Handling Complaints, Equality and Diversity Policy, Grant Awarding Policy, Training and Development Policy, Staffing Committee, Health and Safety Policy, Risk assessment for normal activities, Powers pf Coldridge Parish Council, Disciplinary and Grievance Policy
- To set a budget for 2026/27, draft budget attached below – Hard copies available at the meeting
- Planning Finance – to agree payments to
- Village hall invoices 1120 £12.00
- DALC Conference Fee £60.00
- Clerks’ wages gross £510.84
- NIC on the above £67.00
- Clerk’s expenses postage £2.80
- Parish on-line £378.00
- Luke Ridge clock repair £100.00
- To agree to spend up to £400 on a replacement laptop
- Highways
- Planning
- Councillors concerns and reports.
- Date of next meetings. To agree the following dates for 2026
Jan 15 Mar 19 May 14 July 16 Sept 17 Nov 19
Signed
Keyth Richardson
Clerk to Coldridge Parish Council 13th November 2025
| Coldridge Parish Council Budget 2026/27 | |||||||
| 2024/25 | Variance | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | ||||
| Income | Budget | Actual | Budget | to date | forecast | Budget | |
| Precept | 5000 | 5000 | 6000 | 6000 | 6000 | 6000 | |
| VAT refund | 0 | 198 | 198.00 | 50 | 0 | 60 | 50 |
| Interest on bank account | 4 | 4 | 0.00 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| unpresented cheque from 2023/24 | 39 | 39.00 | |||||
| Total | 5004 | 5241 | 237.00 | 6055 | 6003 | 6065 | 6054 |
| Administration costs | |||||||
| Insurance | 240 | 286 | 46.00 | 300 | 277 | 277 | 300 |
| Clerks wages | 1700 | 2229 | 529.00 | 1700 | 1250 | 2300 | 2300 |
| Clerks National Insurance | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 100 | 150 | 150 |
| Clerk/parish expenses | 60 | 400 | 340.00 | 250 | 50 | 150 | 250 |
| DALC annual fee | 130 | 131 | 1.00 | 180 | 156 | 156 | 180 |
| Hall hire | 73 | 96 | 23.00 | 84 | 72 | 108 | 108 |
| Parish online | 0 | 215 | 215.00 | 315 | 0 | 315 | 315 |
| DALC conference & training fees | 300 | 100 | 200.00 | 120 | 60 | 120 | 120 |
| Total | 2503 | 3457 | 954.00 | 2949 | 1965 | 3576 | 3723 |
| Parish costs | |||||||
| Grass cutting H Smith | 220 | 220 | 0.00 | 250 | 0 | 250 | 250 |
| Mower service | 140 | 153 | 13.00 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 140 |
| Clock winding | 60 | 0 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clock Service Cumbria Clock Co. | 200 | 198 | 2.00 | 200 | 195 | 195 | 200 |
| Christmas tree & lights | 0 | 25 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| asset maintenace | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 80 |
| Total | 620 | 596 | 24.00 | 590 | 251 | 641 | 695 |
| Grants | |||||||
| St Matthews graveyard | 450 | 200 | 250.00 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allerbridge chapel graveyard | 350 | 350 | 0.00 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 350 |
| Crediton Community Transport | 200 | 200 | 0.00 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 200 |
| Jays Aim | 25 | 0 | 25.00 | 25 | 50 | 50 | 25 |
| Total | 1025 | 750 | 275.00 | 775 | 50 | 250 | 575 |
| Total of normal expenditure | 4148 | 4803 | 655.00 | 4314 | 2266 | 4467 | 4993 |
| Excess of income over normal expenditure | 856 | 438 | 418.00 | 1741 | 3737 | 1598 | 1061 |
| Exceptional expenditure | |||||||
| election costs | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| defib pads | 0 | 270 | 270.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| light in East leigh phonebox | 0 | 85 | 85.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VE Day and/or VJ Day | 190 | 190.00 | 200 | 109 | 109 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 545 | 545.00 | 200 | 109 | 109 | 0 |
| Total Surplus | 856 | -107 | 963.00 | 1541 | 3628 | 1489 | 1061 |
| 2024/25 | 2025/26 | 2026/27 | |||||
| Bank balances at end of year | Budget | Actual | Budget | to date | forecast | Budget | |
| current account | 3018 | 2267 | 751.25 | 3808 | 5777 | 2500 | 3889 |
| saving account | 325 | 324.73 | 0.27 | 325 | 327 | 328 | 330 |
| Total | 3343 | 2591.48 | 751.52 | 4132.75 | 6104 | 2828 | 4219 |
| Assets | |||||||
| computer and software | 290 | 290 | 0.00 | 290 | 290 | 290 | 290 |
| printer | 208 | 208 | 0.00 | 208 | 208 | 208 | 208 |
| ride on mower | 1500 | 1500 | 0.00 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500 |
| 3 Noticeboards | 1010 | 1010 | 0.00 | 1010 | 1010 | 1010 | 1010 |
| East leigh phonebox | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Village phonebox | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Defibrillators | 2194 | 2194 | 0.00 | 2194 | 2194 | 2194 | 2194 |
| Total | 5203 | 5203 | 0.00 | 5203 | 5204 | 5204 | 5204 |