Council funding · Cotswold · district council · 2017–18 to 2025–26
Cotswold: where the money comes from and where it goes
From the council’s own returns to government. Figures are revenue only, in cash and in 2025–26 prices, and cover 2017–18 to 2025–26.
Evidence last reviewed 3 November 2026
Cotswold did not send a complete return for 2025–26, so no current figures are shown. Nothing is estimated in its place.
Where the money comes from
Where does Cotswold's money for services come from?
Cotswold: money for running services by source
Revenue funding by source, £ million in 2025–26 prices. Excludes housing benefit passed on to claimants, capital spending and council homes.
Cotswold (district council, E07000079) · 2017–18 to 2024–25; no return for 2025–26 · Outturn; 2025–26 is the first release and may be revised
Show the workings — Cotswold: money for running services by source
- Geography:
- Cotswold (district council, E07000079)
- Measure:
- £ million, 2025–26 prices (GDP deflator)
- Period:
- 2017–18 to 2024–25; no return for 2025–26
- Status:
- Outturn; 2025–26 is the first release and may be revised
- Calculation:
- Rebuilt from the council’s Revenue Outturn financing lines; real terms = cash × 100 ÷ GDP deflator (2025–26 = 100). Central government grants = Revenue Support Grant, grants inside Aggregate External Finance (including schools, social care and public health grants) and one-off Covid support.
- Not included / breaks:
- Revenue only. Councils of different types have different duties, so compare like with like. Education funding falls as schools become academies.
Source: MHCLG, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set (September 2026 edition, v4), RS financing lines 800 to 890; service lines 190 to 698 (released September 2026).
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| Source (£ thousand, cash) | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council tax | 7,651 | 8,023 | 8,547 | 8,975 | 9,335 | 9,934 | 10,372 | 11,222 | no return |
| Business rates kept locally | 2,916 | 1,830 | 1,149 | 1,069 | -0 | -0 | 4,683 | 6,585 | no return |
| Revenue Support Grant | 386 | -0 | -0 | -0 | -0 | -0 | 135 | 144 | no return |
| Other government grants (including schools, social care and public health) | 4,267 | 3,619 | 4,860 | 5,069 | 4,042 | 4,655 | 4,349 | 5,642 | no return |
| Grants passed on (mainly housing benefit) | 18,592 | 15,764 | 13,827 | 12,515 | 11,827 | 11,417 | 11,654 | 11,745 | no return |
| One-off Covid support | -0 | -0 | 2,492 | 18,895 | 837 | -0 | -0 | -0 | no return |
| Reserves used (+) or added to (−) | -2,592 | -840 | 230 | -5,559 | 2,257 | 4,740 | 762 | -2,923 | no return |
| Other items | 109 | -171 | 97 | -6,144 | 3,853 | -664 | 76 | -2,306 | no return |
| Money for running services (total less money passed on) | 12,737 | 12,461 | 17,375 | 22,305 | 20,324 | 18,665 | 20,377 | 18,364 | no return |
| Population (mid-year) | 87,540 | 88,814 | 89,632 | 89,824 | 91,076 | 91,403 | 91,686 | 91,728 | 91,563 |
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What each funding source means
- Council tax
- Council tax requirement (RS line 890): what the council raised from council tax for its own budget, including any parish precepts it collects.
- Business rates kept locally
- Business rates kept by the council under the rates retention scheme (RS line 870), after tariffs, top-ups and the central share.
- Revenue Support Grant
- Revenue Support Grant (RS line 851): the general grant from central government. Some councils received none in some years.
- Other government grants (including schools, social care and public health)
- Specific and special grants inside Aggregate External Finance, Local Services Support Grant and police grant (RS lines 803, 804, 856). Includes the Dedicated Schools Grant for maintained schools, social care grants and public health grant.
- Grants passed on (mainly housing benefit)
- Specific and special grants outside Aggregate External Finance (RS line 791), mainly housing benefit subsidy paid through councils.
- One-off Covid support
- Covid-19 emergency funding, income compensation and related one-off grants (RS lines 852 to 874), 2019-20 to 2021-22 only.
- Reserves used (+) or added to (−)
- Money drawn from (+) or added to (−) reserves (RS lines 811 to 816).
- Other items
- Remaining financing lines (transfers on reorganisation, investment income, collection-fund adjustments and other items), so the parts add up to the total.
Source: MHCLG, Local authority revenue expenditure and financing: Revenue Outturn multi-year data set (September 2026 edition, v4), retrieved 2026-11-03. Method and limits.