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Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority council debt

Other public body, England. Latest figures: Jun 2026.

Total debt
£10.0m
£9,987,000
Net debt
£0
after £19.8m of investments
Change in a year
+6.9%
+£690k since Mar 2025
Debt to budget
0.3×
times net current spending, 2025-26

Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority debt over time

£0£2.7m£5.3m£8.0m£10.7mJun 202620102012201420162018202020222024

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Jun 2026.

What Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority spent capital money on

Councils borrow to pay for capital spending: buildings, roads, housing, loans to their own companies, commercial property. Capital spending by service in each financial year, and how much of it was paid for by new borrowing, 2018-19 to 2024-25.

2018-19£1.3m2019-20£662k2020-21£1.1m2021-22£747k2022-23£1.5m · borrowed £345k2023-24£2.0m2024-25£974k
Fire and rescue
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2024-25£974k–Fire and rescue £974k
2023-24£2.0m–Fire and rescue £2.0m
2022-23£1.5m£345kFire and rescue £1.5m
2021-22£747k–Fire and rescue £747k
2020-21£1.1m–Fire and rescue £1.1m
2019-20£662k–Fire and rescue £662k
2018-19£1.3m–Fire and rescue £1.3m

"Borrowed" is new borrowing and credit used to finance that year's spending; it can exceed the spending when a council borrows to cover earlier costs or, with government permission, day-to-day losses. Source: MHCLG capital outturn (England, from 2018-19); StatsWales capital outturn (Wales). Not yet available for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Who Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority borrows from

LenderAmountShare
Public Works Loan Board (PWLB)the government's lending facility for councils, run by the UK Debt Management Office; most council borrowing comes from it£10.0m100%

Outstanding loans by type of lender as reported by the council to MHCLG, short and long term together, as at Jun 2026. The return groups lenders by sector, not by name.

Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Jun 2026£10.0m£19.8m£0––£662k
Mar 2026£10.7m£18.3m£0––£662k
Dec 2025£10.0m£20.0m£0––£857k
Sep 2025£10.0m£21.0m£0––£857k
Jun 2025£10.0m£19.3m£0––£857k
Mar 2025£10.0m£19.4m£0––£857k
Dec 2024£10.0m£18.5m£0––£651k
Sep 2024£10.0m£22.3m£0––£651k
Jun 2024£10.0m£18.7m£0––£651k
Mar 2024£10.0m£16.5m£0––£651k
Dec 2023£10.0m£18.2m£0––£655k
Sep 2023£10.0m£20.4m£0––£655k
Jun 2023£10.0m£20.6m£0––£655k
Mar 2023£10.0m£19.4m£0––£655k
Dec 2022£10.0m£24.0m£0––£698k
Sep 2022£10.0m£24.3m£0––£698k
Jun 2022£10.0m£20.8m£0––£698k
Mar 2022£10.0m£18.0m£0––£698k
Dec 2021£10.0m£20.3m£0––£841k
Sep 2021£10.0m£23.2m£0––£841k
Jun 2021£10.0m£20.3m£0––£841k
Mar 2021£10.0m£18.0m£0––£841k
Dec 2020£10.0m£21.3m£0––£845k
Sep 2020£10.0m£23.8m£0––£845k
Jun 2020£10.0m£19.4m£0––£845k
Mar 2020£10.0m£17.4m£0––£845k
Mar 2019£10.0m£16.8m£0––£850k
Mar 2018£10.0m£15.5m£0––£856k
Mar 2017£10.0m£15.3m£0–––
Mar 2016£10.1m£14.1m£0–––
Mar 2015£10.1m£12.4m£0–––
Mar 2014£10.1m£12.0m£0–––
Mar 2013£10.1m£10.5m£0–––
Mar 2012£10.0m£8.4m£1.6m–––
Mar 2011£10.0m£5.8m£4.2m–––
Mar 2010£10.0m£7.0m£3.0m–––

See Bedfordshire Combined Fire Authority on the UK council debt map