Decision details

General Fund Finance Update Report: Quarter 3 (April to December) 2025

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To present the Council’s forecast 2025/26 financial position as at end of December 2025 with specific regard to:
• General Fund Revenue Budget
• General Fund Capital Programme

Decision:

Decision

 

That Cabinet noted the forecast 2025/26 outturn position for the General Fund Revenue and Capital budgets as at the end of December 2025.

 

Reasons for the decision

 

Members should be kept updated on the financial position of the Authority, because effective budget management was critical to ensuring financial resources are targeted towards the Council’s priorities. Monitoring enables early identification of variations against the plan and timely corrective action.

 

Other options considered and rejected

 

Cabinet should have oversight of Council budgets, therefore, the option of not producing a monitoring report was discounted.

 

 

 

 

 

Report author: David Scott

Publication date: 10/03/2026

Date of decision: 10/03/2026

Decided at meeting: 10/03/2026 - Cabinet

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