Where our budget comes from - 2025 to 2026
Our annual Business Plan describes how we use our resources to achieve our priorities.
The chart below shows how the 2025 to 2026 budget is made up.
The percentage breakdown of how the budget is made up is:
- 35% Council tax
- 30% Schools grants
- 16% Government grants
- 13% Fees and charges
- 6% Business rates
Where our budget is spent - 2025 to 2026
The chart below shows how the 2025 to 2026 budget will be spent.
The percentage breakdown of how the budget is spent is:
- 30% Services for vulnerable adults
- 19% Education services
- 15% Services for vulnerable children
- 11% Grants to schools
- 10% Place and sustainability services, including highways, infrastructure and waste
- 5% Corporate services that keep the council operating, including customer services, IT, finance, member committees and property
- 4% Cost of capital investment, including borrowing costs
- 3% Public health
- 2% Community services
- 1% Levy paid to the Environment Agency and Combined Authority for transport
More information about the funding we receive, and how we spend money, is published in our business plan.
Much of the funding that we receive comes from Council Tax. You can find more information about Council tax, and how to pay it on our Council Tax page.
During each year, we provide monitoring reports on our budgets. Visit our finance monitoring reports page to find out more.
