Creating A Budget

Before creating a budget, it’s critical to see where you’re spending your money. If people have never created a budget before, they usually underestimate how much they spend in certain areas (& it’s usually well below what it really is!).

You can start by simply writing down what you spend on a daily basis but ideally you should do it over the period of a month. You can also get a quick idea of the big bills by looking at payments the previous 6 to 12 months (e.g. mortgage, rent, electricity, phone etc.)

Prior to beginning, you need to estimate the expected annual bills under several headings which are listed below and on the special form provided.

To the total estimated figure of bills a further contingency amount is added (Usually 5%) to allow for unforeseen extra expenses. We also add a small charge to cover our administration costs for managing the budget.

This overall figure is then divided by the number of wage payments the member receives in the year (52, 26 or 12 depending on the frequency of payment).

The resulting sum is deducted at source from wages, salary or pension or from your bank account as decided by you.

Click here to download the Budget Application Form
which is submitted when completed, to any of our Credit Union team. Or call us on any of the numbers below and we’ll help you to get it done.

Click here to use our Online Budget Calculator