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: £1,752.672m
Income
- Other income (grants, fees and charges): £858.587m
- Central Government funding: £155.490m
- Business rates: £269.795m
- Council tax requirement: £468.800m
Council Tax for Band D property is £2,086.36
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 224,697.68
Compare these figures with 2025-26 in our Council tax leaflet