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Richmondshire council debt

District council, England. This council no longer exists; its last figures are for Mar 2023.

Total debt
£12.6m
£12,641,000
Debt per person
£230
55,039 residents (estimated)
Net debt
£1.1m
after £11.6m of investments
Change in a year
−8.1%
−£1.1m since Mar 2022
Debt to budget
0.8×
times net current spending, 2022-23
Debt cost
£10
per person: £527k of interest and repayment in 2022-23 (£371k interest)

Richmondshire debt over time

£0£6.4m£12.8m£19.2m£25.6m20232010201220142016201820202022

Outstanding borrowing at each date, Mar 2010 to Mar 2023.

What Richmondshire 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 2022-23.

2018-19£2.4m2019-20£2.5m2020-21£2.6m2021-22£2.6m2022-23£5.5m
HousingCulture, leisure and sportCentral services and corporate propertyRoads and transportEnvironment and wasteCommercial property and companiesOther trading servicesSocial care
YearCapital spendingBorrowedBiggest items
2022-23£5.5m–Housing £2.6m, Culture, leisure and sport £1.9m, Roads and transport £287k
2021-22£2.6m–Housing £1.9m, Central services and corporate property £300k, Culture, leisure and sport £208k
2020-21£2.6m–Housing £2.2m, Central services and corporate property £197k, Culture, leisure and sport £183k
2019-20£2.5m–Housing £1.9m, Culture, leisure and sport £350k, Central services and corporate property £138k
2018-19£2.4m–Housing £1.9m, Central services and corporate property £256k, Environment and waste £163k

"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.

Richmondshire debt by year

DateDebtInvestmentsNet debtPer personPopulationDebt cost
Mar 2023£12.6m£11.6m£1.1m£23055,039*£527k
Dec 2022£13.8m£23.9m£0£25055,039*£217k
Sep 2022£13.8m£25.8m£0£25055,039*£217k
Jun 2022£13.8m£27.1m£0£25254,607*£217k
Mar 2022£13.8m£25.9m£0£25254,607*£217k
Dec 2021£15.0m£31.6m£0£27454,607*£223k
Sep 2021£15.0m£30.1m£0£27454,607*£223k
Jun 2021£15.0m£25.5m£0£27853,925*£223k
Mar 2021£15.0m£18.6m£0£27853,925*£223k
Dec 2020£16.2m£23.8m£0£30053,925*£229k
Sep 2020£16.2m£21.2m£0£30053,925*£229k
Jun 2020£16.2m£23.2m£0£30053,904*£229k
Mar 2020£16.2m£14.0m£2.2m£30053,904*£229k
Mar 2019£17.3m£11.6m£5.8m£32353,646*£237k
Mar 2018£19.5m£7.2m£12.3m£36453,606*£245k
Mar 2017£19.5m£7.2m£12.3m£36553,472*–
Mar 2016£21.7m£2.9m£18.7m£40653,290*–
Mar 2015£22.7m£2.2m£20.5m£42553,287*–
Mar 2014£22.7m£730k£21.9m£42553,329*–
Mar 2013£25.6m£1.7m£24.0m£48153,313*–
Mar 2012£25.6m£565k£25.1m£48353,069*–
Mar 2011£2.2m£290k£2.0m£4352,877–
Mar 2010£2.2m£0£2.2m£4352,440–

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

See Richmondshire on the UK council debt map