To fund our budget we receive income from many sources.
This includes:
- Central Government grants
- business rates
- income from fees and charges on services that we provide
The remainder of the budget is the amount of Council Tax we collect.
Our gross expenditure is: £1,621.306m
Income
- Other income (grants, fees and charges): £781.116m
- Central Government funding: £126.672m
- Business rates: £271.522m
- Council tax requirement: £441.379m
- Estimate on Collection Fund: £0.617m
Council Tax for Band D property is £1,987.20
This is calculated by dividing the amount required by the tax base (the tax base is the estimated number of Band D equivalent properties. These have been adjusted for some non-collection). The tax base is 222,111.20
Compare these figures with 2024-25 in our Council tax leaflet