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Nottinghamshire County Council

2026/27 view

Nottinghamshire County Council · ONS E10000024

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

35/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Under pressure

Compared only with county council councils using central government returns.

21 councils in peer group Rank 14 of 21 Medium confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover45
Liquidity10
Debt direction45
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £387.07m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
+£4.81m 1.3%
Service expenditure £1,324.94m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£147.01m 12.5%
Unallocated reserves £35.01m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
−£1.85m 5.0%
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 £1,324.94m
37.7%
2020/21: £962.17m 2021/22: £986.92m 2022/23: £1,069.45m 2023/24: £1,177.93m 2024/25: £1,324.94m
Net revenue expenditure £689.52m
40.3%
2020/21: £491.40m 2021/22: £492.22m 2022/23: £548.42m 2023/24: £590.90m 2024/25: £689.52m
Council Tax requirement £482.56m
24.3%
2020/21: £388.24m 2021/22: £402.93m 2022/23: £427.31m 2023/24: £454.52m 2024/25: £482.56m
Unallocated reserves £35.01m
59.4%
2020/21: £21.96m 2021/22: £35.22m 2022/23: £35.22m 2023/24: £36.86m 2024/25: £35.01m
COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published
Score this council
ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads20.0%requiring maintenance investigation−15.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 89 / 130peer median 15.0%
A roads & motorways4.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 58 / 149peer median 4.0%
B & C roads12.0%requiring maintenance investigation+8.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 114 / 133peer median 5.0%
A roads & motorways4.0% red
Good 80.0%Amber 16.0%Red 4.0%
B & C roads12.0% red
Good 63.0%Amber 25.0%Red 12.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2015/16: 1.0%2016/17: 1.0%2017/18: 2.0%2018/19: 2.0%2019/20: 2.0%2020/21: 2.0%2021/22: 2.0%2022/23: 3.0%2023/24: 3.0%2024/25: 4.0%2015/16: 3.0%2016/17: 3.0%2017/18: 4.0%2018/19: 4.0%2019/20: 4.0%2020/21: 3.0%2021/22: 3.0%2022/23: 4.0%2023/24: 4.0%2024/25: 12.0%2015/16: 21.0%2016/17: 21.0%2017/18: 21.0%2018/19: 21.0%2019/20: 23.0%2020/21: 25.0%2021/22: 29.0%2022/23: 31.0%2023/24: 35.0%2024/25: 20.0%
2015/162024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads8.4%487 km network
B, C & unclassified1.1%3,864 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing8.0%Preservation0.4%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Nottinghamshire County Council, with like-for-like comparison against disposal authorities.

2024/25
40.8%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

1.6 percentage points vs 2023/24
18 of 21 peer authorities Peer median 44.8%
Residual waste590.6 kgper household+15.6 kg year on year
Waste collected451.8 kgper resident−2.8 kg year on year
Household waste387,266tonnes collected157,837 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

157,837 t recycled, composted or reused 229,429 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

40.8%
2015/16: 42.5%2016/17: 44.2%2017/18: 43.7%2018/19: 43.2%2019/20: 42.9%2020/21: 40.4%2021/22: 42.0%2022/23: 41.3%2023/24: 42.4%2024/25: 40.8%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported
Revenue budget£0.00Not imported
Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn
Contracts00 active
Identified suppliers0Normalised entities
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in Nottinghamshire County Council?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does Nottinghamshire County Council compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 79.9 years
0.1 years lower than England
England 80.0
Female 83.2 years
0.6 years lower than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
58.9
2.0 year s below England
England 60.9
Female
58.7
2.6 year s below England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
157.0 per 100,000
England 145.8
Worse
Cardiovascular disease 2025
77.0 per 100,000
England 71.5
Similar
Cancer 2025
117.6 per 100,000
England 114.6
Similar
Liver disease 2025
24.8 per 100,000
England 19.4
Worse
Respiratory disease 2025
32.5 per 100,000
England 31.5
Similar
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
10.6 per 100,000
England 10.9
Similar
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
Nottinghamshire County Council 10.3% England 10.4%
Similar
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
Nottinghamshire County Council 68.5% England 68.0%
Worse
Physically active adults 2024/25
Nottinghamshire County Council 68.8% England 64.6%
Similar
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
Nottinghamshire County Council 532.7 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Worse
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
25.5%
Nottinghamshire County Council 25.5% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Worse
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
37.4%
Nottinghamshire County Council 37.4% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Worse
Physically active children 2024/25
47.9%
Nottinghamshire County Council 47.9% England 49.1%
Council compared with England Similar
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
86.1%
Nottinghamshire County Council 86.1% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Better
Bowel cancer screening 2025
77.0%
Nottinghamshire County Council 77.0% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Better
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
68.5 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Similar
Air pollution mortality 2024
5.4%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

7.2 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 6.7 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

39.5%
12.4 6.8
2011: 11.95 µg/m³ 2012: 11.29 µg/m³ 2013: 12.38 µg/m³ 2014: 12.06 µg/m³ 2015: 9.92 µg/m³ 2016: 10.16 µg/m³ 2017: 9.27 µg/m³ 2018: 8.75 µg/m³ 2019: 9.89 µg/m³ 2020: 6.80 µg/m³ 2021: 7.18 µg/m³ 2022: 7.89 µg/m³ 2023: 7.56 µg/m³ 2024: 7.23 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 39.5%
5 years ↓ 26.9%
10 years ↓ 40.1%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
No active UK-AIR monitoring station is currently mapped to this council.
HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

5.4% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional. Defra source
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
£1,324.94m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£689.52m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£482.56m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£35.01m 2024/25 actual outturn
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £542.70m · Income £29.44m
£513.26m
Adult social care Gross £569.91m · Income £182.62m
£387.29m
Children's social care Gross £228.88m · Income £14.23m
£214.65m
Highways and transport Gross £62.92m · Income £12.20m
£50.72m
Public health Gross £59.26m · Income £9.27m
£49.99m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £50.70m · Income £2.90m
£47.80m
Planning and development Gross £27.52m · Income £3.83m
£23.69m
Culture and related services Gross £16.13m · Income £820.5k
£15.30m
Other services Gross £15.21m · Income £2.12m
£13.09m
Central services Gross £75.89m · Income £66.72m
£9.16m
Housing Gross £86.0k · Income £95.5k
£-9.5k
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£482.56m
Retained business rates£148.53m
Revenue Support Grant£8.63m
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £36.86m
Closing £35.01m
£1.85m 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
£426.07m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£39.00m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£387.07m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£4.81m quarterly increase
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement +£4.81m +1.3%
Change across the series −£79.98m 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£385.12m
Other longer-term borrowing£40.30m
Short-term borrowing£659.0k
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.

Council tax collection figures are not available for this authority. Some councils, including county councils, do not collect council tax directly. Collection is administered by the relevant billing authorities.

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

37 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
DfT road condition statistics — Nottinghamshire [note 7]dft local road condition2007/08–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Nottinghamshire County Councildefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Nottinghamshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Nottinghamshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Nottinghamshiremhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Nottinghamshiremhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Nottinghamshiremhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Nottinghamshire CCmhclg 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.