East Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

Bolsover

2026/27 view

Bolsover · ONS E07000033

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

36/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Under pressure

Compared only with non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 117 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover26

Debt burden28

Liquidity42

Debt direction70

YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.

Net debt £54.01m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£7.35m 12.0%

Service expenditure £15.51m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£3.30m 27.0%

Unallocated reserves £2.00m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

£0.00 0.0%

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25

Service expenditure £15.51m

29.2%

Net revenue expenditure £16.61m

16.6%

Council Tax requirement £9.28m

27.8%

Unallocated reserves £2.00m

8.3%

COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published

Score this council

Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified

Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified

Resident population83,7732024 estimate

Latest net debt£54.01m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Bolsover, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.

2024/25

35.6%recycled

Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

2.2 percentage points vs 2023/24

143 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste554.8 kgper household+16.3 kg year on year

Waste collected400.7 kgper resident−2.3 kg year on year

Household waste33,571tonnes collected11,966 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

11,966 t recycled, composted or reused 21,605 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

35.6%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Bolsover.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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43 Open schools

10,636 Pupils

11,410 School places

93.2% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Bolsover.

Attainment 8

42.8

East Midlands 45.0

England 46.1

3.3 points below England

English & maths grade 5+

38.3%

East Midlands 43.1%

England 45.4%

7.1 percentage points below England

EBacc entry

27.2%

East Midlands 36.9%

England 40.5%

13.3 percentage points below England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.43

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

45.4 18/19

47.9 19/20

47.4 20/21

45.1 21/22

41.1 22/23

41.1 23/24

42.8 24/25

Education context

Bolsover's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are below both East Midlands and England benchmarks across all three headline measures.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency

HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for Bolsover, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£180,000

+ 28.6% over five years

Median resident earnings

£32,897

+ 19.3% over five years

House price to earnings

5.47×

Higher from 5.08× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Bolsover.

£710 / month

+ 5.5% in the last year

July 2026

Bolsover

£710

+ 5.5%

East Midlands

£918

+ 3.6%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with East Midlands £208 less per month

Compared with England £741 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

Bolsover

5.47×

East Midlands

6.91×

England

7.64×

Compared with East Midlands More affordable

Compared with England More affordable

Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings

PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1

Applications received60this quarter−5 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided57this quarter−12 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

96.5%approved

Overall approval rate55 granted2 refused−2.1 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

98.3%

Rank 37 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

1.8 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major0—— Minor2095.0%95.0% Other3797.3%100.0%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

205%

Required622homes over three years

Delivered1,277homes over three years

100% requirement

No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Bolsover, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 5,691 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 67.9 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change + 23.6% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Bolsover Your council

67.9 + 23.6%

East Midlands Region

76.6 − 1.1%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Bolsover has a recorded crime rate 11.3% below East Midlands. It is 18.6% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Derbyshire

Violence 2,431

29.0 per 1,000 + 3.3%

Theft 1,393

16.6 per 1,000 + 101.0%

Public order 589

7.0 per 1,000 − 8.1%

Criminal damage 620

7.4 per 1,000 + 55.0%

Shoplifting 301

3.6 per 1,000 + 17.6%

Vehicle offences 330

3.9 per 1,000 + 64.2%

Burglary 262

3.1 per 1,000 + 97.0%

Drug offences 173

2.1 per 1,000 + 24.5%

ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data

SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for Bolsover.

43 schools

Open schools 43

Pupils 10,636

School places 11,410

Capacity used 93.2%

Primary 33 schools

6,127 pupils

Secondary 5 schools

4,310 pupils

Other / specialist 3 schools

53 pupils

Nursery 2 schools

146 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 5

11.6% of open schools

Previous full framework 26

60.5% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 7

16.3% of open schools

No Ofsted record 3

7.0% of open schools

No published outcome 2

4.7% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

5 schools assessed

Achievement 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Attendance & behaviour 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Curriculum & teaching 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Inclusion 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Leadership & governance 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Personal development 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Safeguarding 5 assessed

Met 5

PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 2

Good 16

Requires improvement 2

Not judged 6

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
Anthony Bek Community Primary School URN 112610 · NG19 7PG	Primary	234	210	Renewed framework
Barlborough Primary School URN 112505 · S43 4ET	Primary	191	210	Not judged
Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School URN 112506 · DE55 5JG	Primary	122	168	Renewed framework
Bolsover Church of England Junior School URN 145233 · S44 6XH	Primary	294	300	Good
Bolsover Infant School URN 112511 · S44 6DE	Primary	252	229	Ungraded inspection
Bramley Vale Primary & Nursery School URN 112503 · S44 5PF	Primary	137	175	Good
Brockley Primary School URN 112510 · S44 6AF	Primary	133	140	Not judged
Brookfield Primary School URN 112619 · NG20 9AD	Primary	143	210	Requires improvement

School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.

Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported

Revenue budget£0.00Not imported

Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn

Contracts00 active

Identified suppliers0Normalised entities

PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

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Population 83,773 2024

East Midlands region 5,063,164

Five-year population change

+4,595 residents ↑ 5.8%

Bolsover +5.8%

East Midlands +4.5%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Bolsover's population grew over five years. Its change was 1.3 percentage points above the East Midlands and 1.6 percentage points above England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates

Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile

BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Bolsover?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 11,312 13.5% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +10.8% +1,107 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +1.1% +119 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Bolsover LOCAL AUTHORITY

13.5%

East Midlands REGION

11.8%

England COUNTRY

12.3%

Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.

24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026

11,312 10,120 8,928

June 2024 May 2026

What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore

HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer

Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted

Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions

Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet

Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn

Total service expenditure

£15.51m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£16.61m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£9.28m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£2.00m 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £185

Median for councils of the same type £166 11.8% above peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £6.27m · Income £1.60m

£4.67m

Central services Gross £26.51m · Income £22.65m

£3.86m

Planning and development Gross £5.11m · Income £2.36m

£2.75m

Culture and related services Gross £4.95m · Income £3.21m

£1.74m

Housing Gross £2.62m · Income £1.19m

£1.43m

Other services Gross £693.0k · Income £0.00

£693.0k

Highways and transport Gross £479.0k · Income £150.0k

£329.0k

Public health Gross £96.0k · Income £64.0k

£32.0k

Adult social care Gross £1.0k · Income £0.00

£1.0k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£9.28m

Retained business rates£7.39m

Revenue Support Grant£1.57m

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £2.00m

Closing £2.00m

£0.00 increase during 2024/25

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset

BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return

Outstanding borrowing

£79.01m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£25.00m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£54.01m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£645 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £645

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 577.2% higher than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£7.35m quarterly reduction

2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1

Latest quarterly movement −£7.35m −12.0%

Change across the series −£5.27m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1

What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1

Public Works Loan Board£76.80m

Short-term borrowing£2.21m

MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset

COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26

Outstanding arrears

£6.07m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

97.07% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£419,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£56.57m Receipts relating to the financial year

FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26

OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26

£6.07m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 43.7%

+ £1.85m

ENGLAND CHANGE

+49.5%

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£6.07m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £1.82m

29.9% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £4.26m

70.1% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26

In-year collection rate 97.07%

England average: 95.60% · 1.47 percentage points above England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

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CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts

Contract	Supplier	Status	End date	Original value

SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions

Supplier	Payments	Published expenditure

PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported

Document	Dataset	Period	Status	Official source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Bolsover	mhclg housing delivery test	HDT 2025–HDT 2025	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Bolsover	mhclg planning ps2	1979 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Bolsover	mhclg planning ps1	1996 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
Defra local authority waste statistics — Bolsover District Council	defra local authority waste	2010/11–2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Bolsover	mhclg borrowing investment	2026/27 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Bolsover	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2024/25	imported	Open

How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.