How council tax and business rates are spent
2024-25
The graph shows how every £1 budgeted is spent:
- 22p pays for Adult Social Care Services
- 30p pays for Children, Learning and Skills
- 9p pays for Regeneration, Housing and Environment Services
- 8p pays for Strategy and Improvement Services
- 2p pays for Finance and Commercial Services
- 2p pays for other council services
- 8p pays for other corporate budgets
- 3p pays for the pension deficit
- 16p pays for financing capital and other investments.
Where does the money come from?
The budget required to support the Services provided by the Council is £162.203 million. The 2023/24 figures have been restated to reflect movement from reserves, a in the funding section. The funding sources for the council budget are detailed below:
| Source of funding | 2023/24 £000 |
2023/24 % |
2024/25 £000 |
2024/25 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Budget Requirement | £156,449 | 100% | £162,203 | 100% |
| LESS: Sources of Funding comprised of the following |
£85,032 | 54% | £80,952 | 50% |
| Revenue Support Grant | £7,302 | 5% | £7,786 | 5% |
| Other Government Grants | £8,674 | 6% | £10,609 | 7% |
| Business Rates | £30,591 | 19% | £36,306 | 22% |
| Capitalisation Direction | £31,575 | 20% | £23,078 | 14% |
| Use of Reserves | £5,312 | 3% | £2,000 | 1% |
| Collection Fund Surplus | £1,578 | 1% | £1,173 | 1% |
| Council Tax Requirement excluding Parishes | £71,417 | 46% | £81,251 | 50% |
Budget Table
| 2023/24 Budget £000 |
Services | 2024/25 Budget £000 |
|---|---|---|
| 28,419 | Adults Services | 35,572 |
| 9,248 | Children's Services | 9,583 |
| 45,826 | Slough Children First | 39,043 |
| 16,302 | Regeneration, Housing & Environment | 14,426 |
| 1,304 | Public Health & Public Protection | 1,185 |
| 17,648 | Strategy & Improvement | 12,723 |
| 2,292 | Law and Governance | 2,342 |
| 34,819 | Corporate | 43,050 |
| 156,447 | Budget requirement | 162,203 |
| (85,302) | Other sources of finance* | (80,952) |
| 71,415 | Council Tax requirement excluding Parishes | 81,251 |
| 11,061 | Thames Valley Police | 11,945 |
| 3,407 | Royal Berkshire Fire Authority | 3,607 |
| 164.4 | Local Parishes | 192.8 |
| 86,047 | Total Council Tax requirement including Parishes | 96,996 |
*Other Sources of Finance for 2024/25 includes £23.1m capitalisation direction, this was £31.6m in 2023/24.
How the Budget has changed
| Budget details | £000 |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 Budget (Restated) | 156,449 |
| Recognised cost pressures and sevice growth requirements | 17,960 |
| Savings | (12,206) |
| 2024/25 Budget | 162,203 |
| Net increase in budget | 5,754 |
Payments made for levies and parish precepts
| Budget details | 2023/24 £000 |
2024/25 £000 |
|---|---|---|
| Environment agency for Flood Defence* | 102.1 | 105.6 |
| Britwell Parish | 52.9 | 56.4 |
| Colnbrook with Poyle Parish | 76.4 | 93.6 |
| Wexham Court Parish | 35.1 | 42.8 |
* Flood defence levy is included in the Regeneration, Housing and Environment budget.
The council tax booklet explains how we work out your council tax and where the money goes.
- Check the council tax booklet 2024-25.