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Gedling council debt

District council, England. Latest figures: Jun 2026.

Total debt
£10.8m
£10,812,000
Debt per person
£89
121,105 residents
Net debt
£0
after £22.3m of investments
Change in a year
+0.0%
+£0 since Mar 2025
Debt to budget
0.3×
times net current spending, 2025-26
Local economy
£20,643
GDP per person; debt is 0.4% of the area's £2.50bn GDP
Debt cost
£11
per person: £1.3m of interest and repayment in 2025-26 (£371k interest)

Gedling has the 115th highest debt per person of 164 district councils in the UK (Jun 2026).

Gedling debt over time

£0£2.9m£5.7m£8.6m£11.4mJun 202620102012201420162018202020222024

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

What Gedling 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£3.9m · borrowed £515k2019-20£3.1m · borrowed £662k2020-21£2.3m · borrowed £270k2021-22£6.3m · borrowed £2.2m2022-23£4.7m · borrowed £1.6m2023-24£10.6m · borrowed £3.8m2024-25£6.1m · borrowed £1.6m
HousingRoads and transportEnvironment and wasteCulture, leisure and sportPlanning and regenerationCommercial property and companiesOther trading servicesCentral services and corporate propertyDigital
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2024-25£6.1m£1.6mCommercial property and companies £2.5m, Housing £2.3m, Environment and waste £573k
2023-24£10.6m£3.8mRoads and transport £4.5m, Housing £4.2m, Culture, leisure and sport £892k
2022-23£4.7m£1.6mHousing £2.4m, Environment and waste £815k, Planning and regeneration £743k
2021-22£6.3m£2.2mPlanning and regeneration £2.4m, Housing £2.0m, Roads and transport £679k
2020-21£2.3m£270kHousing £882k, Culture, leisure and sport £728k, Environment and waste £346k
2019-20£3.1m£662kHousing £1.2m, Culture, leisure and sport £821k, Environment and waste £609k
2018-19£3.9m£515kOther trading services £1.4m, Housing £1.0m, Environment and waste £766k

"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 Gedling 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£10.8m100%

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.

Gedling debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Jun 2026£10.8m£22.3m£0£89121,105£1.3m
Mar 2026£10.8m£12.5m£0£89121,105£1.3m
Dec 2025£10.8m£26.4m£0£89121,105£1.4m
Sep 2025£10.8m£19.5m£0£89121,105£1.4m
Jun 2025£10.8m£18.7m£0£90119,996£1.4m
Mar 2025£10.8m£11.7m£0£90119,996£1.4m
Dec 2024£10.8m£26.6m£0£90119,996£1.1m
Sep 2024£10.8m£22.5m£0£90119,996£1.1m
Jun 2024£10.8m£25.7m£0£91118,981£1.1m
Mar 2024£10.8m£16.0m£0£91118,981£1.1m
Dec 2023£10.8m£33.1m£0£91118,981£1.0m
Sep 2023£10.8m£28.8m£0£91118,981£1.0m
Jun 2023£10.8m£31.5m£0£92117,703£1.0m
Mar 2023£10.8m£24.0m£0£92117,703£1.0m
Dec 2022£10.8m£36.3m£0£92117,703£938k
Sep 2022£10.8m£29.5m£0£92117,703£938k
Jun 2022£10.8m£30.3m£0£92117,291£938k
Mar 2022£10.8m£27.6m£0£92117,291£938k
Dec 2021£10.8m£36.9m£0£92117,291£920k
Sep 2021£10.8m£28.5m£0£92117,291£920k
Jun 2021£9.8m£28.8m£0£84117,141£920k
Mar 2021£9.8m£17.9m£0£84117,141£920k
Dec 2020£9.8m£28.6m£0£84117,141£914k
Sep 2020£9.8m£19.3m£0£84117,141£914k
Jun 2020£9.8m£26.3m£0£84117,129£914k
Mar 2020£9.8m£14.2m£0£84117,129£914k
Mar 2019£8.8m£13.5m£0£75117,092£852k
Mar 2018£6.8m£8.3m£0£58116,451£863k
Mar 2017£6.8m£8.8m£0£59116,418–
Mar 2016£7.8m£9.1m£0£67115,977–
Mar 2015£9.8m£8.8m£962k£85115,840–
Mar 2014£10.8m£8.9m£1.9m£94114,963–
Mar 2013£11.4m£8.3m£3.2m£100114,062–
Mar 2012£10.8m£8.5m£2.3m£95113,741–
Mar 2011£9.8m£7.0m£2.8m£87113,066–
Mar 2010£6.8m£3.5m£3.3m£60112,688–

Similar councils

CouncilDebtPer person
Hyndburn£9.5m£110
Swale£17.0m£106
Bromsgrove£10.0m£98
Gedling£10.8m£89
Three Rivers£8.0m£83
Reigate & Banstead£13.0m£82
Newcastle-under-Lyme£10.0m£78

District councils closest in debt per person, Jun 2026.

See Gedling on the UK council debt map