General fund revenue

Our budget setting report provides an integrated view of the whole of our finances and outlook. It is produced each year.

It includes both general fund revenue and overall capital expenditure. The general fund is the account within which the majority of our services are provided and funded – it’s the account into which the proceeds of council tax are credited.

View our general budget fund report for 2025/2026 [PDF, 0.4MB]. The Capital budget can be found in Appendix I of the report.

Housing revenue account 

The housing revenue account (HRA) records income and expenditure relating to the management and maintenance of council housing. We are not allowed to subsidise the HRA by making contributions from the general fund.

View our housing revenue account revenue report for 2025/2026 [PDF, 0.4MB]. The Capital budget can be found in Appendix C of the report.

Council Tax

The council tax leaflet is a statutory document distributed with council tax and business rate bills every March.

The leaflet summarises how the city council, county council, police and fire authorities each spend their share of council tax.

We collect the tax on behalf of the other authorities and then redistribute it to them.

Read more about how council tax is spent.

Further information can be found by viewing the Council budget meeting which took place on 25 February 2025.