Rural Facts and Figures

Local Authority Finance

Local Authority Finance underpins all of the work of Local Authorities and effective management of these scarce resources is very important to all Councillors, Officers and Rural Communities.

We provide a range of services to help support Local Authority Finance Officers and Councillors.

Analysis of Local Authority Accounts

We carry out RO and RA analysis and provide comparisons for Councils so that they can see their spend or budgeted spend against other similar rural authorities. These analyses can be seen listed below.

We believe that every council should have the resources it requires to meet the needs of its residents.

Analysis of council spend can help us understand the ways in which rural councils financial management changes over time.

Local Government Finance Settlement Analysis

Full analysis of the Local Government Finance Settlement can also be found below.
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Local Government Finance Settlement Analysis
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RA model 2010/11 to 2024/25
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08 Jul 2024

RA model 2010/11 to 2024/25

This analysis is taken from the RA revenue estimate returns made by each authority to the Government.  It shows authority expenditiure per head divided into key areas of service and...

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RO trend and proportion analysis
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21 May 2024

RO trend and proportion analysis

This analysis is taken from the final outturn estimates of local authority revenue expenditure and financing, and provides the expenditure per head for each service area, the corresponding percentage of...

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