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Overview

East of England · Non-metropolitan district

Huntingdonshire

2026/27 view

Huntingdonshire · ONS E07000011

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

62/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Mixed

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

164 councils in peer group Rank 58 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover61
Debt burden69
Liquidity80
Debt direction25
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £-36.97m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
+£928.0k 2.4%
Service expenditure £30.59m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£5.93m 24.0%
Unallocated reserves £8.74m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£168.0k 2.0%
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 £30.59m
27.5%
2020/21: £23.99m 2021/22: £24.08m 2022/23: £25.23m 2023/24: £24.66m 2024/25: £30.59m
Net revenue expenditure £28.60m
2.7%
2020/21: £27.84m 2021/22: £27.13m 2022/23: £26.89m 2023/24: £26.47m 2024/25: £28.60m
Council Tax requirement £19.69m
19.9%
2020/21: £16.42m 2021/22: £16.78m 2022/23: £17.63m 2023/24: £18.73m 2024/25: £19.69m
Unallocated reserves £8.74m
61.1%
2020/21: £5.43m 2021/22: £7.15m 2022/23: £7.07m 2023/24: £8.57m 2024/25: £8.74m
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 population190,6192024 estimate
Latest net debt£-36.97m2026/27 Q1 quarter end
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

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

2024/25
46.0%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

7.9 percentage points vs 2023/24
60 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%
Residual waste429.3 kgper household+44.0 kg year on year
Waste collected386.0 kgper resident+13.0 kg year on year
Household waste66,612tonnes collected30,616 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

30,616 t recycled, composted or reused 35,996 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

46.0%
2015/16: 56.4%2016/17: 50.8%2017/18: 55.8%2018/19: 54.6%2019/20: 56.0%2020/21: 55.2%2021/22: 55.5%2022/23: 53.3%2023/24: 53.9%2024/25: 46.0%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Huntingdonshire.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

Explore schools
77 Open schools
25,478 Pupils
30,468 School places
83.6% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Huntingdonshire.

Attainment 8
45.7
East of England 46.2
England 46.1
0.4 points below England
English & maths grade 5+
46.5%
East of England 45.9%
England 45.4%
1.1 percentage points above England
EBacc entry
52.8%
East of England 40.0%
England 40.5%
12.3 percentage points above England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

0.08

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

46.5 18/19
48.7 19/20
49.9 20/21
49.7 21/22
46.1 22/23
45.8 23/24
45.7 24/25
Education context

Huntingdonshire's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with East of England and England.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency
HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

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

2025
Median house price
£321,172
+ 12.7% over five years
Median resident earnings
£38,019
+ 22.1% over five years
House price to earnings
8.45×
Improved from 9.15× five years ago
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Huntingdonshire.

£1,050 / month
+ 3.4% in the last year
July 2026
Huntingdonshire
£1,050
+ 3.4%
East of England
£1,285
+ 3.7%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with East of England £235 less per month
Compared with England £401 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Huntingdonshire
8.45×
East of England
8.52×
England
7.64×
Compared with East of England More affordable
Compared with England Less 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 received294this quarter+20 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided240this quarter−41 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
84.2%approved
Overall approval rate202 granted38 refused−2.0 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

88.8%
Rank 206 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

2.3 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major785.7%85.7% Minor7268.1%84.7% Other16191.3%90.7%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 2842024 Q3: 2792024 Q4: 2672025 Q1: 3292025 Q2: 2512025 Q3: 2852025 Q4: 2742026 Q1: 2942024 Q2: 2942024 Q3: 2922024 Q4: 2672025 Q1: 2162025 Q2: 3012025 Q3: 2552025 Q4: 2812026 Q1: 240
2024 Q2
Received Decided Outstanding
2026 Q1
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

136%
Required2,474homes over three years
Delivered3,369homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

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

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 10,659 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 55.9 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change + 3.5% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
Huntingdonshire Your council
55.9 + 3.5%
East of England Region
68.4 − 0.1%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

Huntingdonshire has a recorded crime rate 18.3% below East of England. It is 33.0% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Cambridgeshire
Violence 4,179
21.9 per 1,000 + 5.5%
Theft 2,933
15.4 per 1,000 − 3.0%
Public order 687
3.6 per 1,000 − 6.3%
Criminal damage 1,114
5.8 per 1,000 + 0.5%
Shoplifting 849
4.5 per 1,000 − 8.9%
Vehicle offences 666
3.5 per 1,000 + 11.0%
Burglary 486
2.5 per 1,000 + 4.5%
Drug offences 581
3.0 per 1,000 + 47.5%
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 Huntingdonshire.

77 schools
Open schools 77
Pupils 25,478
School places 30,468
Capacity used 83.6%
Primary 62 schools
14,259 pupils
Other / specialist 7 schools
1,745 pupils
Secondary 7 schools
9,386 pupils
Nursery 1 school
88 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 5
6.5% of open schools
Previous full framework 44
57.1% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 24
31.2% of open schools
No Ofsted record 3
3.9% of open schools
No published outcome 1
1.3% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

5 schools assessed
Achievement 5 assessed
Expected standard 2
Strong standard 2
Needs attention 1
Attendance & behaviour 5 assessed
Expected standard 3
Strong standard 2
Curriculum & teaching 5 assessed
Expected standard 2
Strong standard 2
Needs attention 1
Inclusion 5 assessed
Expected standard 3
Strong standard 2
Leadership & governance 5 assessed
Expected standard 3
Strong standard 2
Personal development 5 assessed
Expected standard 3
Strong standard 2
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 1
Good 28
Requires improvement 1
Not judged 14
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Abbots Ripton CofE Primary School URN 110850 · PE28 2LT Primary 103 119 Ungraded inspection
Alconbury CofE Primary School URN 110809 · PE28 4EQ Primary 207 210 Not judged
Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School URN 110814 · SG19 3AE Primary 144 150 Ungraded inspection
Brampton Village Primary School URN 135131 · PE28 4RF Primary 609 630 Ungraded inspection
Brington CofE Primary School URN 110827 · PE28 5AE Primary 94 119 Ungraded inspection
Buckden CofE Primary School URN 137639 · PE19 5TT Primary 331 350 Not judged
Bury CofE Primary School URN 139844 · PE26 2NJ Primary 207 210 Not judged
Bushmead Primary School URN 132031 · PE19 8BT Primary 380 420 Not judged
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 190,619 2024
East of England region 6,576,306
Huntingdonshire represents 2.90% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+13,651 residents ↑ 7.7%
2019: 176,968 residents2020: 177,816 residents2021: 181,827 residents2022: 184,117 residents2023: 187,113 residents2024: 190,619 residents
Huntingdonshire +7.7%
East of England +4.8%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Huntingdonshire's population grew over five years. Its change was 2.9 percentage points above the East of England and 3.5 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 Huntingdonshire?

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

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 15,360 8.1% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +6.7% +961 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.1% +11 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
Huntingdonshire LOCAL AUTHORITY
8.1%
East of England REGION
10.3%
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
15,439 14,224 13,008
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
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
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
£30.59m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£28.60m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£19.69m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£8.74m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £160
Median for councils of the same type £166 3.1% below peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £13.69m · Income £2.34m
£11.35m
Central services Gross £35.96m · Income £28.99m
£6.97m
Culture and related services Gross £13.73m · Income £7.77m
£5.95m
Housing Gross £6.14m · Income £1.93m
£4.21m
Planning and development Gross £5.35m · Income £2.99m
£2.37m
Highways and transport Gross £2.25m · Income £2.51m
£-258.0k
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£19.69m
Retained business rates£12.42m
Revenue Support Grant£188.0k
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £9.05m
Closing £8.74m
£306.0k decrease 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
£34.26m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£71.22m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£-36.97m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£-194 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £-194
Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 303.7% lower than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£928.0k quarterly increase
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement +£928.0k +2.4%
Change across the series −£50.55m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt increased despite borrowing not rising because investments and cash fell during the quarter.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

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

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£34.26m
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
£8.67m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
98.05% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£312,000 Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£159.36m 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
£8.67m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 63.7%
+ £3.38m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£5.30m 2021/22 £6.68m 2022/23 £7.78m 2023/24 £7.82m 2024/25 £8.67m 2025/26

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.

£8.67m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £3.24m

37.4% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £5.43m

62.6% 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 98.05%

England average: 95.60%  ·  2.45 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
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Huntingdonshiremhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Huntingdonshiremhclg planning ps21979 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Huntingdonshiremhclg planning ps11996 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Huntingdonshire District Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Huntingdonshiremhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Huntingdonshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
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.