East Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

Charnwood

2026/27 view

Charnwood · ONS E07000130

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

55/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Mixed

Compared only with non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 65 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover63

Debt burden41

Liquidity44

Debt direction80

YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.

Net debt £48.72m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£11.19m 18.7%

Service expenditure £23.96m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£2.25m 10.4%

Unallocated reserves £6.58m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

−£52.0k 0.8%

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25

Service expenditure £23.96m

16.5%

Net revenue expenditure £21.46m

19.1%

Council Tax requirement £14.91m

20.4%

Unallocated reserves £6.58m

13.1%

COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published

Score this council

Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified

Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified

Resident population188,3852024 estimate

Latest net debt£48.72m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Charnwood, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.

2024/25

41.3%recycled

Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

1.2 percentage points vs 2023/24

107 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste437.3 kgper household−3.3 kg year on year

Waste collected314.3 kgper resident−7.1 kg year on year

Household waste59,283tonnes collected24,466 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

24,466 t recycled, composted or reused 34,817 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

41.3%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Charnwood.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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80 Open schools

27,415 Pupils

31,165 School places

88.0% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Charnwood.

Attainment 8

46.8

East Midlands 45.0

England 46.1

0.7 points above England

English & maths grade 5+

47.5%

East Midlands 43.1%

England 45.4%

2.1 percentage points above England

EBacc entry

48.0%

East Midlands 36.9%

England 40.5%

7.5 percentage points above England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.07

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

45.4 18/19

49.8 19/20

50.1 20/21

48.5 21/22

47.8 22/23

46.6 23/24

46.8 24/25

Education context

Charnwood's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are above both East Midlands and England benchmarks across all three headline measures.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency

HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for Charnwood, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£275,000

+ 21.1% over five years

Median resident earnings

£38,078

+ 26.0% over five years

House price to earnings

7.22×

Improved from 7.51× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Charnwood.

£958 / month

+ 4.0% in the last year

July 2026

Charnwood

£958

+ 4.0%

East Midlands

£918

+ 3.6%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with East Midlands £40 more per month

Compared with England £493 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

Charnwood

7.22×

East Midlands

6.91×

England

7.64×

Compared with East Midlands Less affordable

Compared with England More affordable

Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings

PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1

Applications received289this quarter+5 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided214this quarter−37 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

87.9%approved

Overall approval rate188 granted26 refused+2.2 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

88.8%

Rank 205 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

0.8 percentage points lower than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major1291.7%83.3% Minor6283.9%87.1% Other14089.3%90.0%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

62%

Required3,376homes over three years

Delivered2,080homes over three years

100% requirement

Presumption in favourHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Charnwood, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 12,795 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 67.9 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change − 4.2% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Charnwood Your council

67.9 − 4.2%

East Midlands Region

76.6 − 1.1%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Charnwood has a recorded crime rate 11.3% below East Midlands. It is 18.6% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Leicestershire

Violence 4,532

24.1 per 1,000 − 3.3%

Theft 4,325

23.0 per 1,000 − 8.1%

Public order 1,177

6.2 per 1,000 − 7.6%

Criminal damage 1,442

7.7 per 1,000 + 5.7%

Shoplifting 1,483

7.9 per 1,000 + 3.1%

Vehicle offences 826

4.4 per 1,000 − 17.5%

Burglary 778

4.1 per 1,000 − 16.4%

Drug offences 273

1.4 per 1,000 + 9.2%

ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data

SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for Charnwood.

80 schools

Open schools 80

Pupils 27,415

School places 31,165

Capacity used 88.0%

Primary 49 schools

13,310 pupils

Other / specialist 19 schools

3,667 pupils

Secondary 11 schools

10,438 pupils

16+ provision 1 school

0 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 6

7.5% of open schools

Previous full framework 33

41.3% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 23

28.8% of open schools

No Ofsted record 16

20.0% of open schools

No published outcome 2

2.5% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

6 schools assessed

Achievement 6 assessed

Expected standard 4

Needs attention 2

Attendance & behaviour 6 assessed

Expected standard 2

Needs attention 2

Strong standard 2

Curriculum & teaching 6 assessed

Expected standard 4

Needs attention 2

Inclusion 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Leadership & governance 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Personal development 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Safeguarding 6 assessed

Met 6

PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 2

Good 15

Requires improvement 2

Not judged 14

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School URN 140230 · LE12 8HP	Primary	571	420	Not judged
Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy URN 149144 · LE4 8GP	Primary	232	341	Ungraded inspection
Booth Wood Academy URN 151155 · LE11 4PG	Primary	210	210	No published outcome
Broomfield Community Primary School URN 138805 · LE7 3ZQ	Primary	194	226	Renewed framework
Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School URN 119912 · LE12 5TB	Primary	213	210	Not judged
Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School URN 141222 · LE12 7JU	Primary	385	427	Ungraded inspection
Church Hill Church of England Junior School URN 138930 · LE4 8DE	Primary	238	360	Ungraded inspection
Church Hill Infant School URN 138929 · LE4 8DE	Primary	167	270	Ungraded inspection

School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.

Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported

Revenue budget£0.00Not imported

Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn

Contracts00 active

Identified suppliers0Normalised entities

PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

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Population 188,385 2024

East Midlands region 5,063,164

Five-year population change

+7,397 residents ↑ 4.1%

Charnwood +4.1%

East Midlands +4.5%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Charnwood's population grew over five years. Its change was broadly in line with the East Midlands and broadly in line with England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates

Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile

BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Charnwood?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 16,548 8.8% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +5.9% +923 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.4% +60 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Charnwood LOCAL AUTHORITY

8.8%

East Midlands REGION

11.8%

England COUNTRY

12.3%

Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.

24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026

16,645 15,341 14,036

June 2024 May 2026

What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore

AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

No annual PM2.5 estimate is currently available.

LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

Not enough annual data is available to show a trend.

CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR

PM2.5 4.2 µg/m³

Provisional

Last 24 hours 3.2 – 11.4 µg/m³

Loughborough Thorpe Acre Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) · Urban Background Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

No current OHID particulate-air-pollution mortality estimate is available.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional.

HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer

Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted

Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions

Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet

Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn

Total service expenditure

£23.96m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£21.46m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£14.91m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£6.58m 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £127

Median for councils of the same type £166 23.2% below peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £13.47m · Income £4.29m

£9.17m

Central services Gross £24.70m · Income £18.91m

£5.79m

Culture and related services Gross £6.13m · Income £2.74m

£3.39m

Planning and development Gross £6.43m · Income £3.27m

£3.16m

Housing Gross £4.59m · Income £2.28m

£2.32m

Highways and transport Gross £976.0k · Income £879.0k

£97.0k

Children's social care Gross £46.0k · Income £7.0k

£39.0k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£14.91m

Retained business rates£7.10m

Revenue Support Grant£351.0k

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £6.63m

Closing £6.58m

£52.0k decrease during 2024/25

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset

BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return

Outstanding borrowing

£76.19m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£27.47m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£48.72m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£259 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £259

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 171.6% higher than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£11.19m quarterly reduction

2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1

Latest quarterly movement −£11.19m −18.7%

Change across the series +£26.53m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1

What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1

Public Works Loan Board£76.19m

MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset

COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26

Outstanding arrears

£16.79m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

96.00% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£566,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£136.15m Receipts relating to the financial year

FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26

OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26

£16.79m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 106.5%

+ £8.66m

ENGLAND CHANGE

+49.5%

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£16.79m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £5.80m

34.6% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £10.99m

65.4% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26

In-year collection rate 96.00%

England average: 95.60% · 0.40 percentage points above England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

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CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts

Contract	Supplier	Status	End date	Original value

SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions

Supplier	Payments	Published expenditure

PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported

Document	Dataset	Period	Status	Official source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Charnwood	mhclg housing delivery test	HDT 2025–HDT 2025	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Charnwood	mhclg planning ps2	1979 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Charnwood	mhclg planning ps1	1996 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
Defra local authority waste statistics — Charnwood Borough Council	defra local authority waste	2010/11–2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Charnwood	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Charnwood	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Charnwood	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Charnwood	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Charnwood	mhclg borrowing investment	2026/27 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Charnwood BC	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2024/25	imported	Open

How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.