Our Expenses

Electricity Usage.

 

Monthly Costs.

The Unit itself = 269.583 units pm

Washing Machine = 106.306 pm units (Average of 3 runs a day)

Tumble Dryer = 71.175 units pm (Average of 3 runs a day)

Total Units = 447.064 units per month

Standing charges split 50:50 = £10.73 per month

Cost per month at current tariff rate = £111.54 per month

Total Cost = £122.27 per month


Of course doing this type of work has daily costs, as of the time of writing we are asking for help from our supplier, here are some examples broken down for costing into particular areas.

We will use this page to start to accumulate an average expenditure of what it costs to do the basics.

Between 24/04/2023 and 24/04/2024 our unit and all the electrical equipment within the rescue used (3235 Units in the rescue building), this includes the..

  • Microwave (2 hours a day at peak)
  • Incubators (6)
  • Radiator over winter (above 18 °C)
  • Air conditioner cooler over summer (below 24 °C)
  • Extractor fan, cooling fans if needed.
  • Microscope and phone charging (phone used as screen for microscope)
  • Inspection lamp
  • Bottle warmer for baby milk
  • Electric heat pads for warmth during inspection.
  • Unit Lighting

The washing and drying utilities are housed in our kitchen and therefore the units are not measured through the rescue meter, during peak times in the year we are housing and supplying clean bedding on a daily basis for 40+ hedgehogs, the fleece blankets are washed and dried daily (at 60 °C) as any lower than this problems like ringworm can survive the wash and contaminate future users, this can be 4 cycles per day. If it's possible to hang dry outside then we do...But we live in England!!

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