Your council tax bill explained

Our income and expenditure

The below tables show how much Lichfield District Council (including parish councils) will collect from council tax and other income sources and the amount we will spend.

District council total income

The table below shows the income we receive, including the amount we give out to local parish councils:

Lichfield District Council and parish councils

2024 - 2025 (£m)

2023 - 2024 (£m) 

Change (£m)

Change

Gross spending

£66.138 £57.463

£8.674

15.10%

Parish councils

£2.359 £2.183

£0.175

8.04%

Total including parish councils

£68.497 £59.647

£8.850

14.84%

Income

-£54.438 -£46.386

-£8.052

17.36%

Retained business rates

-£3.771 -£3.464

-£0.307

8.86%

Total income (excluding council tax)

-£58.209 -£49.850

-£8.359

16.77%

District council total net expenditure

Lichfield District Council

2024 - 2025 (£m) 2023 - 2024 (£m)

Change (£m)

Change

Net expenditure (gross spending less income)

£11.700 £11.078

£0.622

5.62%

Retained business rates

-£3.771 -£3.464

-£0.307

8.86%

Amount to be raised from council tax

£7.929 £7.614

£0.315

4.14%

Changes in funding and spending

Change in council spending for 2024 - 25

Higher inflation

£0.897m

Savings, efficiencies and additional income

-£0.853m

Service developments and other changes

£0.716m

Funding for new strategic priority - cinema

£0.755m

Subtotal

£9.129m

Change in funding received for 2024 - 2025

Raised from council tax last year (2023 - 2024) £7.614m

Additional retained business rates

-£0.307m

Lower new homes bonus

-£0.196m

Additional other funding

-£0.697m

Amount to be raised from council tax this year (2024 - 2025) £7.929m

Change in council tax income for 2024 - 2025

Additional amount raised from council tax

£0.315m