Your council tax bill explained

Our income and expenditure

Council tax bill with pound coins on top
0% district increase for 2023/2024

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

2023/2024

2022/23

Change

Change

Gross spending

£57.463m £58.121m

-£0.658m

-1.13%

Parish councils

£2.183m £2.126m

£0.057m

2.70%

Total including parish councils

£59.647m £60.247m

-£0.601m

-1%

Income

-£46.386m -£47.354m

£0.968m

2.05%

Retained business rates

-£3.464m -£3.311m

-£0.153m

4.62%

Total income (excluding council tax)

-£49.850m -£50.665m

£0.815m

1.61%

District council total net expenditure

Lichfield District Council

2023/2024 2022/23

Change

Change

Net expenditure (gross spending less income)

£11.078m £10.767m

£0.310m

2.88%

Retained business rates

-£3.464m -£3.311m

-£0.153m

4.62%

Amount to be raised from council tax

£7.614m £7.456m

£0.157m

2.11%

Changes in funding and spending

We raised £7.456m from council tax in 2022/23. We have frozen the council tax we charge in 2023/2024.

Change in council spending for 2023/24

Higher inflation

£1.169m

Savings, efficiencies and additional income

-£2.267m

Service developments and other changes

-£0.071m

Funding for new strategic priority - new leisure centre

£2.433m

Subtotal

£8.720

Change in funding received for 2023/24

Additional retained business rates

-£0.153m

Lower new homes bonus

£0.409m

Additional other funding

-£1.362m

Change in council tax income for 2023/24

Additional amount raised from council tax

£0.158m