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Berkshire Combined Fire Authority council debt

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

Total debt
£8.5m
£8,528,000
Net debt
£0
after £15.9m of investments
Change in a year
−4.4%
−£394k since Mar 2025
Debt to budget
0.2×
times net current spending, 2025-26

Berkshire Combined Fire Authority debt over time

£0£2.7m£5.5m£8.2m£10.9mJun 202620102012201420162018202020222024

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

What Berkshire 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£2.1m2019-20£4.0m2020-21£6.5m · borrowed £5.7m2021-22£3.5m · borrowed £1.6m2022-23£1.7m2023-24£1.1m2024-25£5.7m
Fire and rescue
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2024-25£5.7m–Fire and rescue £5.7m
2023-24£1.1m–Fire and rescue £1.1m
2022-23£1.7m–Fire and rescue £1.7m
2021-22£3.5m£1.6mFire and rescue £3.5m
2020-21£6.5m£5.7mFire and rescue £6.5m
2019-20£4.0m–Fire and rescue £4.0m
2018-19£2.1m–Fire and rescue £2.1m

"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 Berkshire 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£8.5m100%

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.

Berkshire Combined Fire Authority debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Jun 2026£8.5m£15.9m£0––£861k
Mar 2026£8.5m£11.7m£0––£861k
Dec 2025£8.5m£20.6m£0––£883k
Sep 2025£8.5m£23.1m£0––£883k
Jun 2025£8.5m£17.3m£0––£883k
Mar 2025£8.9m£16.2m£0––£883k
Dec 2024£8.9m£24.0m£0––£1.4m
Sep 2024£8.9m£24.6m£0––£1.4m
Jun 2024£8.9m£17.3m£0––£1.4m
Mar 2024£8.9m£14.7m£0––£1.4m
Dec 2023£8.9m£21.2m£0––£1.1m
Sep 2023£8.9m£16.9m£0––£1.1m
Jun 2023£8.9m£14.4m£0––£1.1m
Mar 2023£8.9m£11.1m£0––£1.1m
Dec 2022£10.9m£20.7m£0––£1.0m
Sep 2022£10.9m£21.2m£0––£1.0m
Jun 2022£10.9m£14.9m£0––£1.0m
Mar 2022£10.9m£6.8m£4.2m––£1.0m
Dec 2021£8.9m£10.3m£0––£804k
Sep 2021£9.4m£11.1m£0––£804k
Jun 2021£10.1m£8.2m£1.9m––£804k
Mar 2021£7.1m£4.3m£2.8m––£804k
Dec 2020£8.8m£13.5m£0––£1.7m
Sep 2020£8.8m£16.7m£0––£1.7m
Jun 2020£8.8m£13.0m£0––£1.7m
Mar 2020£8.8m£10.8m£0––£1.7m
Mar 2019£8.8m£14.5m£0––£710k
Mar 2018£8.8m£15.9m£0––£719k
Mar 2017£8.8m£12.7m£0–––
Mar 2016£8.8m£12.4m£0–––
Mar 2015£8.8m£11.8m£0–––
Mar 2014£8.8m£10.9m£0–––
Mar 2013£8.8m£11.8m£0–––
Mar 2012£8.8m£10.8m£0–––
Mar 2011£8.8m£7.9m£915k–––
Mar 2010£8.8m£6.9m£1.9m–––

See Berkshire Combined Fire Authority on the UK council debt map