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Kettering council debt

District council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2021.

Total debt
£131m
£130,631,000
Debt per person
£1,241
105,281 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£64.7m
after £65.9m of investments
Change in a year
−3.3%
−£4.5m since Mar 2020
Debt to budget
5.2×
times net current spending, 2020-21
Debt cost
£39
per person: £4.1m of interest and repayment in 2020-21 (£1.7m interest)

Kettering debt over time

£0£33.8m£67.6m£101m£135m2021201020122014201620182020

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2021.

What Kettering 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 2020-21.

2018-19£22.8m · borrowed £18.2m2019-20£18.3m · borrowed £13.3m2020-21£10.1m · borrowed £4.6m
Commercial property and companiesHousingEnvironment and wasteCulture, leisure and sportCentral services and corporate propertyRoads and transport
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2020-21£10.1m£4.6mHousing £5.4m, Environment and waste £3.0m, Culture, leisure and sport £848k
2019-20£18.3m£13.3mCommercial property and companies £10.1m, Housing £7.0m, Culture, leisure and sport £489k
2018-19£22.8m£18.2mCommercial property and companies £11.3m, Housing £8.1m, Environment and waste £2.6m

"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.

Kettering debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2021£131m£65.9m£64.7m£1,241105,281*£4.1m
Dec 2020£134m£77.7m£56.5m£1,274105,281*£3.9m
Sep 2020£135m£77.1m£58.1m£1,284105,281*£3.9m
Jun 2020£135m£67.5m£67.7m£1,289104,811*£3.9m
Mar 2020£135m£68.7m£66.5m£1,289104,811*£3.9m
Mar 2019£106m£25.7m£80.3m£1,019103,970*£1.8m
Mar 2018£114m£0£114m£1,106102,701*£942k
Mar 2017£58.9m£16.0m£42.9m£584100,912*–
Mar 2016£62.4m£13.9m£48.5m£63099,023*–
Mar 2015£68.9m£11.4m£57.5m£70697,664*–
Mar 2014£71.9m£4.8m£67.1m£74796,228*–
Mar 2013£71.9m£66k£71.8m£75595,202*–
Mar 2012£80.9m£4.1m£76.8m£86193,915*–
Mar 2011£6.0m£1.2m£4.8m£6592,910–
Mar 2010£7.0m£5k£7.0m£7692,123–

* Population estimated: ONS no longer publishes it for this council.

See Kettering on the UK council debt map