South West · Non-metropolitan district

Tewkesbury

2026/27 view

Tewkesbury · ONS E07000083

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

48/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Under pressure

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

164 councils in peer group Rank 85 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover40

Debt burden60

Liquidity75

Debt direction8

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

Net debt £-4.65m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

+£995.0k 17.6%

Service expenditure £17.30m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£1.77m 11.4%

Unallocated reserves £1.00m 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 £17.30m

46.4%

Net revenue expenditure £6.07m

30.6%

Council Tax requirement £8.21m

25.6%

Unallocated reserves £1.00m

25.0%

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 population101,9492024 estimate

Latest net debt£-4.65m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

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

2024/25

49.8%recycled

Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

2.5 percentage points vs 2023/24

43 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste415.8 kgper household+18.6 kg year on year

Waste collected373.7 kgper resident−6.1 kg year on year

Household waste38,264tonnes collected19,041 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

19,041 t recycled, composted or reused 19,223 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

49.8%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Tewkesbury.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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44 Open schools

14,434 Pupils

15,583 School places

92.6% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Tewkesbury.

Attainment 8

49.4

South West 46.2

England 46.1

3.3 points above England

English & maths grade 5+

52.8%

South West 46.2%

England 45.4%

7.4 percentage points above England

EBacc entry

24.1%

South West 33.0%

England 40.5%

16.4 percentage points below England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

0.20

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

50.4 18/19

53.4 19/20

54.1 20/21

52.8 21/22

49.9 22/23

49.7 23/24

49.4 24/25

Education context

Tewkesbury's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with South West and England.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency

HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

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

2025

Median house price

£325,000

+ 17.2% over five years

Median resident earnings

£39,236

+ 15.1% over five years

House price to earnings

8.28×

Higher from 8.14× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Tewkesbury.

£1,086 / month

+ 13.1% in the last year

July 2026

Tewkesbury

£1,086

+ 13.1%

South West

£1,236

+ 4.5%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with South West £150 less per month

Compared with England £365 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Tewkesbury

8.28×

South West

8.26×

England

7.64×

Compared with South West Less 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 received191this quarter−5 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided193this quarter+45 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

89.6%approved

Overall approval rate173 granted20 refused+0.5 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

92.8%

Rank 139 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

0.2 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major785.7%100.0% Minor5379.3%90.6% Other13394.0%93.2%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

219%

Required1,632homes over three years

Delivered3,566homes over three years

100% requirement

No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

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

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 4,672 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 45.8 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change − 8.6% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Tewkesbury Your council

45.8 − 8.6%

South West Region

73.5 + 1.3%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Tewkesbury has a recorded crime rate 37.6% below South West. It is 45.1% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Gloucestershire

Violence 2,026

19.9 per 1,000 − 11.2%

Theft 1,300

12.8 per 1,000 − 3.5%

Public order 347

3.4 per 1,000 − 28.2%

Criminal damage 419

4.1 per 1,000 − 2.8%

Shoplifting 310

3.0 per 1,000 − 18.8%

Vehicle offences 226

2.2 per 1,000 + 0.4%

Burglary 305

3.0 per 1,000 + 26.6%

Drug offences 100

1.0 per 1,000 − 5.7%

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 Tewkesbury.

44 schools

Open schools 44

Pupils 14,434

School places 15,583

Capacity used 92.6%

Primary 33 schools

6,841 pupils

Secondary 6 schools

7,078 pupils

Other / specialist 5 schools

515 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 5

11.4% of open schools

Previous full framework 29

65.9% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 8

18.2% of open schools

No Ofsted record 2

4.5% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

5 schools assessed

Achievement 5 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Urgent improvement 1

Attendance & behaviour 5 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Urgent improvement 1

Curriculum & teaching 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 1

Urgent improvement 1

Inclusion 5 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Urgent improvement 1

Leadership & governance 5 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Urgent improvement 1

Personal development 5 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 2

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 1

Good 14

Requires improvement 5

Not judged 9

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
Ashchurch Primary School URN 115500 · GL20 8LA	Primary	156	147	Ungraded inspection
Ashleworth Church of England Primary School URN 115663 · GL19 4HT	Primary	15	56	Renewed framework
Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy URN 137271 · GL52 8NN	Primary	577	630	Ungraded inspection
Carrant Brook Junior School URN 150854 · GL20 8RP	Primary	138	240	Requires improvement
Castle Hill Primary School URN 115569 · GL3 4NU	Primary	211	210	Not judged
Churchdown Parton Manor Infant School URN 115511 · GL3 2AG	Primary	190	180	Not judged
Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School URN 115564 · GL3 2DR	Primary	229	240	Good
Churchdown Village Infant School URN 137173 · GL3 2NB	Primary	187	184	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 101,949 2024

South West region 5,889,695

Five-year population change

+9,246 residents ↑ 10.0%

Tewkesbury +10.0%

South West +4.4%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Tewkesbury's population grew over five years. Its change was 5.6 percentage points above the South West and 5.7 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 Tewkesbury?

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

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 8,836 8.7% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +8.3% +677 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.7% +58 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Tewkesbury LOCAL AUTHORITY

8.7%

South West REGION

10.0%

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

8,836 8,073 7,310

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

£17.30m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£6.07m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£8.21m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£1.00m 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £170

Median for councils of the same type £166 2.5% above peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Central services Gross £9.08m · Income £2.55m

£6.53m

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £9.15m · Income £3.34m

£5.81m

Housing Gross £3.43m · Income £887.0k

£2.54m

Culture and related services Gross £3.20m · Income £1.72m

£1.47m

Planning and development Gross £4.22m · Income £2.84m

£1.38m

Highways and transport Gross £323.0k · Income £757.0k

£-434.0k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£8.21m

Retained business rates£5.77m

Revenue Support Grant£169.0k

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £1.00m

Closing £1.00m

£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

£12.73m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£17.38m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£-4.65m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£-46 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £-46

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 147.9% lower than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£995.0k quarterly increase

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

Latest quarterly movement +£995.0k +17.6%

Change across the series −£13.32m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1

What changed?

Net debt increased during the quarter, with higher outstanding borrowing contributing to the movement.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

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

2026/27 Q1

Public Works Loan Board£7.73m

Short-term borrowing£5.00m

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

£6.03m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

98.47% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£601,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£85.38m 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

£6.03m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 42.2%

+ £1.79m

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.

£6.03m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £1.65m

27.4% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £4.38m

72.6% 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 98.47%

England average: 95.60% · 2.87 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

Explore all 0 records

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