Decision - Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2025/26 Month 7 (October)

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Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2025/26 Month 7 (October)

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

This report presents the 2025-26 in-year financial performance to Month 7 (October) 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 £7.776m.

 

2)             Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the separate Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which is an overspend of £1.216m.

 

3)             Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the ring-fenced Dedicated Schools Grant, which is an overspend of £2.463m.

 

4)             Cabinet notes the forecast position on the Capital Programme which is an underspend variance of £10.963m.

 

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

 

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

 

7)             Cabinet notes the Treasury Management mid-year review as set out in Appendix 8 and summarised in paragraph 9.

Report author: James Hengeveld

Publication date: 12/12/2025

Date of decision: 11/12/2025

Decided at meeting: 11/12/2025 - Cabinet

Date comes into force if not called in: 20/12/2025

Call-in deadline date: 19/12/2025

Current call-in Count: 0

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