What is council tax and how is it spent?

Find out about council tax and how the money is spent.

In this guide

How your council tax is spent

Council tax payers and business rate payers will find financial information to accompany their 2024-25 bill here.

Revenue expenditure and income 2024-25

Revenue expenditure and income figures for 2024-25
Department Gross expenditure Gross income Net expenditure
Children’s Services £88.30m -£25.92m £62.38m
The Economy £68.08m -£54.05m £14.03m
Environment £110.31m -£82.20m £28.11m
Finance £13.03m -£12.30m £0.73m
Corporate services £50.55m -£31.37m £19.18m
Social care £138.43m -£64.80m £73.63m
Corporate costs* £119.07m -£99.93m £19.14m
Subtotal  £587.77m -£370.57m £217.20m
Other expenditure 2024-25
Use of balances and other adjustments £1.43m
Capital financing adjustment -£20.63m
Total £198.00m
Corporate grants -£56.66m
Net expenditure £141.34m
* Included in corporate costs - levies (excluding WRWA) £1.60m

Change in Hammersmith & Fulham’s budget

The council’s net revenue budget has increased from £185.63 million in 2023-24 to £198 million in 2024-25

The change in our budget comes as £13.7m was added due to inflation and £10.7m was added by growth pressures and service improvements including cost-of-living support.

This was offset against a £8.1m decrease in efficiency savings and income generation and £3.9m decrease in other changes (interest and Grant).

How much council tax we need to collect (£m)

Council tax is collected to pay for the council’s own services, for example libraries, refuse collection and social care, as well as the services provided by the Greater London Authority (GLA). Your council tax and the Greater London Authority (pdf 98KB)

The amount to be raised by council tax in 2024-25 is £119.4 million.

Levies

The net expenditure of the council (£198m) includes the following levy payments.

Levy payments (000s)
Levy type 2023-24 2024-25 Percentage change
London Pensions Fund Authority £505 £1,168 131.3%
Environment Agency £198.5 £205.1 3.3%
Western Riverside Waste Authority £803 £834 3.9%
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority £213.2 £222.5 4.4%
Total £1,720 £2,430 41.3%

Statement of accounts

Statement of accounts and audit notices

Business rates

Crossrail business rate supplement (542KB pdf)

Further information

More details on the finances of Hammersmith & Fulham Council will be available in the revenue estimate book and the statement of accounts. Both documents will be available for inspection here Statement of accounts and audit notices and at the council’s libraries.

Hard copies are available on request, please contact: The Strategic Director of Finance, Hammersmith Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9JU.

We publish further financial information on the Procurement and financial data page, including our net spending by cost centre and our spending with suppliers.

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