Our finances

Find out about how we are funded, and how we’re managing to deliver services while council budgets are being cut

Years of Government underfunding and the shock of COVID-19 means we now have a serious budget gap.

Find out how we manage our budgets to provide public services and meet our commitments and strategic priorities.

See our annual statement of accounts and latest public inspection notice.

The pension fund annual report explain how our pension fund is managed and the principles that govern it. 

See our annual audit of accounts.

Read our annual pay policy statement.

See our budgets for schools, strategic management, special education, access, youth and community and children's social care.

Information about school finances including the Schools Forum and agency spend by schools.

See reports published monthly showing council spending over £250. The reports show who we paid, how much we paid and what the payment was for.

Information about the Independent Executive Remuneration Panel (IERP), which advises on the pay framework for chief officer positions.

See the pay bands that we use for our senior officers.

Information covering all spend on the Government Procurement Card (GPC) for transactions approved on Smart Data On-Line (SDOL), the RBS card management system tool.

We regularly publish details on the value of our social housing assets.

​See how we performed in the last financial year on invoice payment to suppliers.