Decision - Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2025/26 Month 9 (December)

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Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2025/26 Month 9 (December)

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report presents the 2025-26 in-year financial performance to Month 9 (December) for noting by Cabinet and seeks approval for any capital variations, reprofiling, exception measures or new reserves.

Decision:

1)             Cabinet notes the forecast risk position for the General Fund, which indicates a potential forecast overspend risk of £4.861m.

 

2)             Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the separate Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which is an overspend of £0.846m.

 

3)             Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the ring-fenced Dedicated Schools Grant, which is an overspend of £2.388m.

 

4)             Cabinet approves deferring the planned reserve repayment of £1.125m in 2025/26 (paragraphs 4.10 and 7.8)

 

5)             Cabinet approves the release of unrequired Reserves and Provisions of £1.109m (paragraphs 4.10 and 7.9)

 

6)             Cabinet notes the forecast position on the Capital Programme which is an underspend variance of £7.714m.

 

7)             Cabinet approves the capital budget variations and re-profiling requests set out in Appendix 6.

 

8)             Cabinet approves the new capital schemes requested in Appendix 7.

 

9)             Cabinet notes the Treasury Management update as set out in Appendix 8 and summarised in paragraph 8.

Report author: James Hengeveld

Publication date: 13/02/2026

Date of decision: 12/02/2026

Decided at meeting: 12/02/2026 - Cabinet

Effective from: 21/02/2026

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