Budget information
What you need to know
Monitoring our finances is a continuous process. Each month we look at:
- what we have spent to date
- what is due to be spent for the rest of the financial year
We then report this to ensure full transparency of our current financial position.
The monitoring includes:
- Revenue: our day to day costs of providing services
- Capital: expenditure on our assets
- HRA: Housing Revenue Account
- Reserves: funds we're holding for a specific purpose
- Debts: what is owed to us
Financial monitoring 2025/2026
Month 8 (to November 2025)
- Financial Monitoring Report 2025-26 (PDF, 202 KB)
- Appendix 1 Directorate Summary (PDF, 90 KB)
- Appendix 2 Variance Explanations (PDF, 115 KB)
- Appendix 3 Capital Period (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 4 Debt Period (PDF, 84 KB)
- Appendix 5 Reserves Period (PDF, 92 KB)
Month 7 (to October 2025)
- Financial Monitoring Report 2025-26 (PDF, 201 KB)
- Appendix 1 Directorate Summary (PDF, 90 KB)
- Appendix 2 Variance Explanations (PDF, 115 KB)
- Appendix 3 Capital Period (PDF, 111 KB)
- Appendix 4 Debt Period (PDF, 84 KB)
- Appendix 5 Reserves Period (PDF, 92 KB)
Month 6 (to September 2025)
- Financial Monitoring 2025-26 P6 (PDF, 201 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 90 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 115 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 79 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 107 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Reserves Period (PDF, 90 KB)
Month 5 (to August 2025)
- Financial Monitoring 2025-26 P5 (PDF, 201 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 90 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 116 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 79 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 107 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Reserves Period (PDF, 90 KB)
Month 4 (to July 2025)
- Financial Monitoring 2025-26 P4 (PDF, 200 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 89 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 114 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 80 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 145 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 92 KB)
Month 3 (to June 2025)
- Financial Monitoring 2025-26 P3 (PDF, 197 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 89 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 79 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 87 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 90 KB)
2024/2025
Month 11 (to February 2025)
Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P11 (PDF, 153 KB)
- Appendix 1 Directorate Summary (PDF, 89 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 113 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 83 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 156 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 95 KB)
Month 10 (to January 2025)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P10 (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 Variance Explanations (PDF, 113 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 93 KB)
Month 9 (to December 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P9 (PDF, 153 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 111 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 93 KB)
Month 8 (to November 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P8 (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 93 KB)
Month 7 (to October 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P7 (PDF, 150 KB)
- Appendix 1 -Directorate Summary (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 95 KB)
Month 6 (to September 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P6 v2 (PDF, 150 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Directorate Summary (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 113 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 86 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt (PDF, 87 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 93 KB)
Month 5 (to August 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P5 (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Capital (PDF, 83 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt Summary (PDF, 122 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 93 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 86 KB)
Month 4 (to July 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P4 (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 87 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 113 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Approved Capital Programme Movements (PDF, 86 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt Summary (PDF, 123 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 92 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 87 KB)
Month 3 (to June 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P3 (PDF, 156 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 2 - Variance Explanations (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Approved Capital Programme Movements (PDF, 82 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Debt Summary (PDF, 122 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Savings (PDF, 88 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Reserves (PDF, 86 KB)
Month 2 (to May 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2024-25 P2 (PDF, 395 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 101 KB)
- Appendix 2 - HRA Summary Variances (PDF, 158 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Approved Capital Programme Movements (PDF, 112 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Capital Schemes Monitoring Report Values (PDF, 511 KB)
2023/2024
Month 11 (to February 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2023-2024 P11 (PDF, 291 KB)
- Appendix 1 Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 155 KB)
- Appendix 2 HRA Summary Variances (PDF, 154 KB)
- Appendix 3 Approved Capital Programme Movements (PDF, 128 KB)
- Appendix 4 Capital Programmes (PDF, 507 KB)
Month 10 (to January 2024)
- Financial Monitoring 2023-2024 P10 (PDF, 240 KB)
- Appendix 1 Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 60 KB)
- Appendix 2 HRA Summary Variances (PDF, 97 KB)
- Appendix 3 Approved Capital Programme Movements (PDF, 57 KB)
- Appendix 4 Capital Programmes (PDF, 403 KB)
Month 9 (to December 2023)
- Financial Monitoring 2023-2024 P9 (Word doc, 107 KB)
- Appendix 1 Summary Directorate Variances (Word doc, 33 KB)
- Appendix 2 HRA Summary Variances (Word doc, 29 KB)
- Appendix 3 Approved Capital Programme Movements (Word doc, 31 KB)
- Appendix 4 Capital Programmes (Excel doc, 113 KB)
Month 8 (to November 2023)
- Financial Monitoring 2023-2024 P8 (PDF, 282 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 104 KB)
- Appendix 2 - HRA Summary variances (PDF, 134 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Approved Capital Movements (PDF, 118 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Capital Programme (PDF, 410 KB)
Month 7 (to October 2023)
- Financial monitoring 2023-2024 P7 (PDF, 382 KB)
- Appendix 1 - Summary Directorate Variances (PDF, 103 KB)
- Appendix 2 - HRA Summary variances (PDF, 131 KB)
- Appendix 3 - Approved Capital Movements (PDF, 119 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Capital Programme (PDF, 420 KB)
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Budget books
The council's budget books are available below. These documents contain information on the actual and estimate costs for the council's services.
We publish the budget book on the website each year.
General Fund budget books 2012-2024
2025-26 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 809 KB)
2024-25 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 448 KB)
2023-24 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 555 KB)
2019-20 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 4 MB)
2018-19 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 3 MB)
2017-18 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 2 MB)
2016-17 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 1 MB)
2015-16 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 2 MB)
2014-15 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 2 MB)
2013-14 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 3 MB)
2012-13 General Fund Budget Book (PDF, 1 MB)
Housing Revenue Account budget books 2012-2017
2016-17 Housing Revenue Account Budget Book (PDF, 368 KB)
2014-15 Housing Revenue Account Budget Book (PDF, 1 MB)
2013-14 Housing Revenue Account Budget Book (PDF, 1 MB)
2012-13 Housing Revenue Account Budget Book (PDF, 701 KB)