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Cheshire Combined Fire Authority council debt

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

Total debt
£11.0m
£11,000,000
Net debt
£0
after £16.2m of investments
Change in a year
+0.0%
+£0 since Mar 2025
Debt to budget
0.2×
times net current spending, 2024-25

Cheshire Combined Fire Authority debt over time

£0£3.0m£6.0m£9.0m£12.0mJun 202620102012201420162018202020222024

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

What Cheshire 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£1.3m · borrowed £353k2019-20£12.8m2020-21£12.1m · borrowed £6.4m2021-22£5.0m · borrowed £4.0m2022-23£7.8m · borrowed £6.4m2023-24£8.5m · borrowed £4.4m2024-25£8.5m · borrowed £824k
Fire and rescue
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2024-25£8.5m£824kFire and rescue £8.5m
2023-24£8.5m£4.4mFire and rescue £8.5m
2022-23£7.8m£6.4mFire and rescue £7.8m
2021-22£5.0m£4.0mFire and rescue £5.0m
2020-21£12.1m£6.4mFire and rescue £12.1m
2019-20£12.8m–Fire and rescue £12.8m
2018-19£1.3m£353kFire 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 Cheshire 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£11.0m100%

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.

Cheshire Combined Fire Authority debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Jun 2026£11.0m£16.2m£0––£1.3m
Mar 2026£11.1m£14.0m£0–––
Dec 2025£11.1m£15.9m£0––£1.3m
Sep 2025£11.1m£21.7m£0––£1.3m
Jun 2025£11.1m£12.3m£0––£1.3m
Mar 2025£11.1m£13.9m£0––£1.3m
Dec 2024£11.6m£14.1m£0––£980k
Sep 2024£11.6m£19.3m£0––£980k
Jun 2024£11.6m£11.9m£0––£980k
Mar 2024£12.0m£10.0m£2.0m––£980k
Dec 2023£12.0m£13.3m£0––£1.0m
Sep 2023£12.0m£16.8m£0––£1.0m
Jun 2023£12.0m£12.9m£0––£1.0m
Mar 2023£12.0m£12.9m£0––£1.0m
Dec 2022£12.0m£18.2m£0––£860k
Sep 2022£12.0m£22.6m£0––£860k
Jun 2022£12.0m£20.5m£0––£860k
Mar 2022£12.0m£18.6m£0––£860k
Dec 2021£12.0m£19.4m£0––£469k
Sep 2021£9.0m£21.3m£0––£469k
Jun 2021£5.0m£13.3m£0––£469k
Mar 2021£5.0m£13.8m£0––£469k
Dec 2020£1.0m£11.5m£0––£531k
Sep 2020£1.0m£16.8m£0––£531k
Jun 2020£1.0m£16.6m£0––£531k
Mar 2020£1.0m£18.8m£0––£531k
Mar 2019£1.9m£25.2m£0––£563k
Mar 2018£1.9m£24.0m£0––£597k
Mar 2017£1.9m£21.8m£0–––
Mar 2016£2.2m£29.3m£0–––
Mar 2015£2.3m£27.7m£0–––
Mar 2014£2.2m£20.5m£0–––
Mar 2013£3.3m£13.9m£0–––
Mar 2012£5.9m£10.9m£0–––
Mar 2011£6.5m£9.4m£0–––
Mar 2010£6.4m£6.4m£0–––

See Cheshire Combined Fire Authority on the UK council debt map