Our finances

The following pages give details of how you can download budget information, our annual statement of accounts and the independent auditors view of the accounts and how we perform.  You can also find out how to make payments to the council, where your money goes and how much we pay our senior management, by using the menu on the left.

The day-to-day services we provide are paid for from the council tax we charge and the grant we get from central government. We prepare annual spending plans (revenue budgets) for the financial year starting 1 April and a five year medium term financial plan. We also prepare a five year programme of capital expenditure.

These plans are approved by the council when the council tax is set in February each year. See our budget information page for more details.

At the end of each financial year (31 March) we prepare a statement of accounts which is independently examined and certified by the Audit Commission.

Who to contact

The left sidebar provides links to more finance pages. For other enquiries relating to our finances please see below for who to contact. Note that some of the council’s services are provided by Capita Local Government Services. 

For council tax enquires see the council tax and benefits page or contact Capita on  0345 302 2315

For business rates enquiries see our business rates page or contact Capita on  0845 300 2839

For accounts payable enquiries (money we owe you) contact Capita on  01749 341596

For enquires about invoices we've sent you contact Capita on  01749 341389

For information about our budget, statement of accounts or other general finance enquiries, email accountancy@whitehorsedc.gov.uk or call  01235 540426