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Havant council debt

District council, England. Latest figures: Jun 2026.

Total debt
£7.7m
£7,705,000
Debt per person
£60
127,362 residents
Net debt
£0
after £34.1m of investments
Change in a year
+278.4%
+£7.9m since Mar 2025
Debt to budget
0.2×
times net current spending, 2025-26
Local economy
£29,797
GDP per person; debt is 0.2% of the area's £3.79bn GDP
Debt cost
£8
per person: £956k of interest and repayment in 2025-26 (£956k interest)

Havant has the 121st highest debt per person of 164 district councils in the UK (Jun 2026).

Havant debt over time

£0£2.7m£5.4m£8.0m£10.7mJun 202620102012201420162018202020222024

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

What Havant 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£1.5m2019-20£7.3m · borrowed £4.4m2020-21£2.2m2021-22£2.9m2022-23£3.3m2023-24£4.2m · borrowed £780k2024-25£14.5m · borrowed £7.0m
HousingEnvironment and wasteOther trading servicesCulture, leisure and sportPlanning and regenerationCentral services and corporate propertyCommercial property and companiesRoads and transport
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2024-25£14.5m£7.0mHousing £9.8m, Environment and waste £1.6m, Planning and regeneration £1.4m
2023-24£4.2m£780kEnvironment and waste £1.5m, Culture, leisure and sport £1.3m, Housing £833k
2022-23£3.3m–Housing £1.1m, Environment and waste £985k, Culture, leisure and sport £584k
2021-22£2.9m–Environment and waste £1.3m, Housing £838k, Culture, leisure and sport £534k
2020-21£2.2m–Environment and waste £847k, Housing £508k, Planning and regeneration £415k
2019-20£7.3m£4.4mOther trading services £4.4m, Environment and waste £952k, Housing £714k
2018-19£1.5m–Housing £967k, Culture, leisure and sport £417k, Environment and waste £91k

"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 Havant borrows from

LenderAmountShare
Other councilsloans from other local authorities, usually short term£5.0m65%
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£2.7m35%

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.

Havant debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Jun 2026£7.7m£34.1m£0£60127,362£956k
Mar 2026£10.7m£32.2m£0£84127,362£956k
Dec 2025£2.7m£38.4m£0£21127,362£293k
Sep 2025£7.8m£41.7m£0£61127,362£293k
Jun 2025£7.8m£51.0m£0£61126,794£293k
Mar 2025£2.8m£34.1m£0£22126,794£293k
Dec 2024£2.9m£54.2m£0£23126,794−£115k
Sep 2024£2.9m£52.8m£0£23126,794−£115k
Jun 2024£2.9m£53.5m£0£23125,911−£115k
Mar 2024£2.9m£52.3m£0£23125,911−£115k
Dec 2023£3.0m£62.1m£0£24125,911£126k
Sep 2023£3.0m£60.8m£0£24125,911£126k
Jun 2023£3.0m£56.9m£0£24124,713£126k
Mar 2023£3.0m£48.2m£0£24124,713£126k
Dec 2022£3.1m£65.4m£0£25124,713£130k
Sep 2022£3.1m£58.5m£0£25124,713£130k
Jun 2022£3.2m£55.2m£0£25124,467£130k
Mar 2022£3.2m£54.1m£0£25124,467£130k
Dec 2021£3.2m£61.8m£0£26124,467£134k
Sep 2021£3.2m£61.5m£0£26124,467£134k
Jun 2021£3.3m£55.2m£0£26124,018£134k
Mar 2021£3.3m£45.3m£0£27124,018£134k
Dec 2020£3.4m£49.0m£0£27124,018£214k
Sep 2020£3.3m£40.8m£0£27124,018£214k
Jun 2020£3.4m£33.1m£0£27124,099£214k
Mar 2020£3.4m£24.1m£0£27124,099£214k
Mar 2019£3.4m£21.8m£0£28124,100£1.6m
Mar 2018£3.5m£18.2m£0£29123,836£143k
Mar 2017£3.6m£17.0m£0£29123,043–
Mar 2016£3.7m£13.3m£0£30122,189–
Mar 2015£3.8m£12.9m£0£31121,514–
Mar 2014£3.9m£9.5m£0£32121,105–
Mar 2013£3.9m£6.2m£0£32120,964–
Mar 2012£4.0m£8.2m£0£33120,783–
Mar 2011£0£6.0m£0£0120,105–
Mar 2010£0£3.7m£0£0119,394–

Similar councils

CouncilDebtPer person
Newcastle-under-Lyme£10.0m£78
Derbyshire Dales£5.5m£76
Preston£12.3m£75
Havant£7.7m£60
West Suffolk£8.9m£47
Test Valley£5.8m£42
Rossendale£3.0m£41

District councils closest in debt per person, Jun 2026.

See Havant on the UK council debt map