North West · Unitary authority

Cheshire East

2026/27 view

Cheshire East · ONS E06000049

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

30/ 100
COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Significant pressure

Compared only with unitary authority councils using central government returns.

63 councils in peer group Rank 51 of 63 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated
Reserves cover5
Debt burden61
Liquidity44
Debt direction5
YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.
Net debt £376.91m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4
+£48.14m 14.6%
Service expenditure £669.38m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£31.72m 5.0%
Unallocated reserves £6.31m 2024/25 vs 2023/24
+£728.0k 13.0%
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 £669.38m
31.6%
2020/21: £508.54m 2021/22: £538.86m 2022/23: £563.63m 2023/24: £637.66m 2024/25: £669.38m
Net revenue expenditure £363.15m
24.2%
2020/21: £292.36m 2021/22: £305.59m 2022/23: £320.34m 2023/24: £377.26m 2024/25: £363.15m
Council Tax requirement £298.55m
25.3%
2020/21: £238.25m 2021/22: £251.94m 2022/23: £263.99m 2023/24: £281.21m 2024/25: £298.55m
Unallocated reserves £6.31m
45.2%
2020/21: £11.52m 2021/22: £12.59m 2022/23: £14.11m 2023/24: £5.58m 2024/25: £6.31m
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ROADS & HIGHWAYS

How well are the roads being maintained?

Official DfT condition data, showing the share of each road class requiring maintenance investigation.

2024/25
Unclassified roads15.0%requiring maintenance investigation+4.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 61 / 130peer median 15.0%
A roads & motorways4.0%requiring maintenance investigation+1.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 58 / 149peer median 4.0%
B & C roads5.0%requiring maintenance investigation−0.0 pts vs 2023/24
Rank 55 / 133peer median 5.0%
A roads & motorways4.0% red
Good 70.0%Amber 26.0%Red 4.0%
B & C roads5.0% red
Good 64.0%Amber 30.0%Red 5.0%
ROAD CONDITION TREND

Red condition over time

Lower is better
2015/16: 3.0%2016/17: 2.0%2017/18: 3.0%2018/19: 3.0%2019/20: 4.0%2020/21: 5.0%2021/22: 3.0%2022/23: 4.0%2023/24: 3.0%2024/25: 4.0%2015/16: 5.0%2016/17: 4.0%2017/18: 4.0%2018/19: 4.0%2019/20: 4.0%2020/21: 5.0%2021/22: 5.0%2022/23: 5.0%2023/24: 5.0%2024/25: 5.0%2015/16: 8.0%2016/17: 9.0%2017/18: 10.0%2018/19: 10.0%2019/20: 11.0%2020/21: 12.0%2021/22: 13.0%2022/23: 13.0%2023/24: 11.0%2024/25: 15.0%
2015/162024/25
A roadsB & C roadsUnclassified
2024/25 MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY

Network treated during the year

A roads11.6%414 km network
B, C & unclassified0.6%2,302 km network
Strengthening0.0%Resurfacing1.3%Preservation10.2%
Official DfT road condition statistics · Lower red percentages indicate fewer roads requiring investigation.View source
WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for Cheshire East, with like-for-like comparison against unitary authorities.

2024/25
47.8%recycled
Household recycling rate

Recycling rate fell

3.8 percentage points vs 2023/24
23 of 96 peer authorities Peer median 39.0%
Residual waste503.6 kgper household+21.9 kg year on year
Waste collected433.4 kgper resident−19.4 kg year on year
Household waste183,991tonnes collected87,901 tonnes recycled
WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

87,901 t recycled, composted or reused 96,090 t not recycled
RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

47.8%
2015/16: 55.3%2016/17: 55.2%2017/18: 54.4%2018/19: 51.8%2019/20: 56.5%2020/21: 57.5%2021/22: 56.3%2022/23: 51.7%2023/24: 51.6%2024/25: 47.8%
2015/162024/25
Official Defra waste statistics · Annual local-authority return · Figures may not sum exactly because of published rounding.View source
EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Cheshire East.

2024/25
SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

Explore schools
181 Open schools
59,906 Pupils
63,594 School places
94.2% Capacity utilisation
ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Cheshire East.

Attainment 8
47.1
North West 44.6
England 46.1
1.0 points above England
English & maths grade 5+
45.2%
North West 42.0%
England 45.4%
0.2 percentage points below England
EBacc entry
38.7%
North West 36.7%
England 40.5%
1.8 percentage points below England
PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.02

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.
TREND

Attainment 8 over time

49.4 18/19
51.4 19/20
52.5 20/21
50.7 21/22
47.2 22/23
46.9 23/24
47.1 24/25
Education context

Cheshire East's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with North West and England.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency
HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

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

2025
Median house price
£300,000
+ 24.0% over five years
Median resident earnings
£40,991
+ 25.7% over five years
PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Cheshire East.

£984 / month
+ 6.3% in the last year
July 2026
Cheshire East
£984
+ 6.3%
North West
£965
+ 5.7%
England
£1,451
+ 3.8%
Compared with North West £19 more per month
Compared with England £467 less per month
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Cheshire East
7.32×
North West
5.90×
England
7.64×
Compared with North West 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 received606this quarter+21 vs 2025 Q4
Applications decided548this quarter−124 vs 2025 Q4
Outstanding applications—at quarter end
89.1%approved
Overall approval rate488 granted60 refused+4.7 pts vs previous quarter
DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

89.8%
Rank 194 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

5.8 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major1485.7%85.7% Minor17682.4%88.6% Other35892.5%90.5%
QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters
2024 Q2: 6442024 Q3: 6242024 Q4: 6672025 Q1: 6812025 Q2: 6582025 Q3: 6552025 Q4: 5852026 Q1: 6062024 Q2: 6252024 Q3: 6352024 Q4: 4712025 Q1: 4952025 Q2: 6562025 Q3: 6372025 Q4: 6722026 Q1: 548
HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

213%
Required3,061homes over three years
Delivered6,508homes over three years
100% requirement
No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment
CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Cheshire East, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026
Recorded offences 25,693 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud
Crime rate 61.0 offences per 1,000 residents
Annual change + 0.5% compared with the previous year
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents
Cheshire East Your council
61.0 + 0.5%
North West Region
89.4 − 0.9%
England National
83.4 − 1.5%

Cheshire East has a recorded crime rate 31.8% below North West. It is 26.9% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Cheshire
Violence 11,264
26.7 per 1,000 − 1.8%
Theft 5,510
13.1 per 1,000 − 9.6%
Public order 3,091
7.3 per 1,000 + 9.1%
Criminal damage 1,843
4.4 per 1,000 − 2.1%
Shoplifting 1,934
4.6 per 1,000 − 14.3%
Vehicle offences 722
1.7 per 1,000 − 6.4%
Burglary 899
2.1 per 1,000 − 9.9%
Drug offences 1,419
3.4 per 1,000 + 55.6%
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 Cheshire East.

181 schools
Open schools 181
Pupils 59,906
School places 63,594
Capacity used 94.2%
Primary 125 schools
31,021 pupils
Other / specialist 30 schools
3,688 pupils
Secondary 23 schools
25,128 pupils
16+ provision 2 schools
0 pupils
Nursery 1 school
69 pupils
CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information
Renewed framework 14
7.7% of open schools
Previous full framework 88
48.6% of open schools
Ungraded inspection 54
29.8% of open schools
No Ofsted record 24
13.3% of open schools
No published outcome 1
0.6% of open schools
RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

14 schools assessed
Achievement 14 assessed
Expected standard 12
Needs attention 1
Strong standard 1
Attendance & behaviour 14 assessed
Expected standard 10
Strong standard 3
Needs attention 1
Curriculum & teaching 14 assessed
Expected standard 9
Strong standard 4
Needs attention 1
Inclusion 14 assessed
Expected standard 7
Strong standard 6
Needs attention 1
Leadership & governance 14 assessed
Expected standard 12
Strong standard 2
Personal development 14 assessed
Strong standard 8
Expected standard 6
Safeguarding 14 assessed
Met 14
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 9
Good 48
Requires improvement 7
Inadequate 1
Not judged 23
LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

View all schools
School Phase Pupils Capacity Latest Ofsted position
Acton Church of England Primary Academy URN 143159 · CW5 8LG Primary 195 178 Good
Adlington Primary School URN 143154 · SK10 4JX Primary 97 105 Not judged
Alderley Edge Community Primary School URN 152120 · SK9 7UZ Primary — 210 Not judged
Alsager Highfields Community Primary School URN 148136 · ST7 2NW Primary 223 315 Good
Ash Grove Academy URN 140444 · SK11 7TF Primary 227 204 Outstanding
Ashdene Primary School URN 111227 · SK9 6LJ Primary 422 420 Ungraded inspection
Astbury St Mary's CofE Primary School URN 145720 · CW12 4RG Primary 99 120 Good
Audlem St James' CofE Primary School URN 148489 · CW3 0HH Primary 173 210 Good
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

View full People profile
Population 421,298 2024
North West region 7,737,414
Cheshire East represents 5.44% of the region's population
Five-year population change
+30,742 residents ↑ 7.9%
2019: 390,556 residents2020: 393,203 residents2021: 400,474 residents2022: 407,083 residents2023: 414,836 residents2024: 421,298 residents
Cheshire East +7.9%
North West +5.1%
England +4.3%
Growth context

Cheshire East's population grew over five years. Its change was 2.8 percentage points above the North West and 3.6 percentage points above England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates
Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile
PUBLIC HEALTH

How healthy are people in Cheshire East?

Life expectancy, early mortality, lifestyle and prevention measures from the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

OHID · latest available
LIFE EXPECTANCY

How does Cheshire East compare with England?

Latest published life expectancy at birth, shown against the matching England figure.

2025
Male 80.6 years
0.6 years higher than England
England 80.0
Female 84.0 years
0.2 years higher than England
England 83.8
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY

Years expected in good health

Healthy life expectancy is considerably different from total life expectancy: it estimates how many years are expected to be lived in good health.

Male
64.5
3.6 year s above England
England 60.9
Female
66.0
4.7 year s above England
England 61.3
2022 - 24
EARLY MORTALITY

Deaths and premature mortality

Age-standardised mortality rates and the latest published suicide rate.

Preventable mortality 2024
139.5 per 100,000
England 145.8
Similar
Cardiovascular disease 2025
64.8 per 100,000
England 71.5
Similar
Cancer 2025
109.1 per 100,000
England 114.6
Similar
Liver disease 2025
25.6 per 100,000
England 19.4
Worse
Respiratory disease 2025
25.1 per 100,000
England 31.5
Better
Suicide rate 2022 - 24
13.7 per 100,000
England 10.9
Worse
HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

Behaviours and health risks

Smoking, excess weight, physical activity and alcohol-related harm.

Adult smoking 2024
Cheshire East 6.4% England 10.4%
Better
Adults overweight or obese 2024/25
Cheshire East 61.1% England 68.0%
Better
Physically active adults 2024/25
Cheshire East 70.0% England 64.6%
Similar
Alcohol-related admissions 2023/24
Cheshire East 472.0 England 504.1
Rate per 100,000 Better
CHILDREN & PREVENTION

Prevention and healthy development

Child health, physical activity, vaccination and screening coverage.

Reception overweight or obese 2024/25
22.8%
Cheshire East 22.8% England 23.5%
Council compared with England Similar
Year 6 overweight or obese 2024/25
34.5%
Cheshire East 34.5% England 36.2%
Council compared with England Better
Physically active children 2024/25
No current data
No current published value
Council compared with England Not compared
MMR two-dose coverage 2024/25
91.1%
Cheshire East 91.1% England 83.7%
Council compared with England Better
Bowel cancer screening 2025
76.5%
Cheshire East 76.5% England 72.9%
Council compared with England Better
WIDER HEALTH

Other measures affecting population health

Selected wider indicators that help describe health and wellbeing across the area.

Dementia diagnosis rate 2026
68.7 per 100
England 66.3 per 100 Similar
Air pollution mortality 2024
4.8%
England 5.3% Not compared
Latest available measures can cover different reporting periods. England comparison is the classification published with the OHID measure. Public Health Outcomes Framework
BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in Cheshire East?

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

DWP · May 2026
PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 35,149 8.3% of the 2024 resident population May 2026
CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +9.1% +2,928 people
LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.5% +174 since April 2026
LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026
Cheshire East LOCAL AUTHORITY
8.3%
North West REGION
14.0%
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
35,149 32,181 29,213
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.

Defra 2,024
POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

6.4 µg/m³

PM2.5 · 2,024

Human-related sources 5.9 µg/m³
Other sources 0.5 µg/m³
Modelled population-weighted annual concentration across the local authority area. This is not a live sensor reading.
LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

39.1%
10.5 6.1
2011: 10.48 µg/m³ 2012: 9.69 µg/m³ 2013: 10.16 µg/m³ 2014: 9.82 µg/m³ 2015: 8.38 µg/m³ 2016: 8.39 µg/m³ 2017: 7.09 µg/m³ 2018: 7.15 µg/m³ 2019: 8.60 µg/m³ 2020: 6.12 µg/m³ 2021: 7.40 µg/m³ 2022: 8.09 µg/m³ 2023: 6.67 µg/m³ 2024: 6.38 µg/m³
2011 2024
Since 2011 ↓ 39.1%
5 years ↓ 25.8%
10 years ↓ 35.1%
CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR
PM2.5 23.1 µg/m³
Provisional
Last 24 hours 3.3 – 23.1 µg/m³
2026-09-22 02:00:00+01: 8.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 03:00:00+01: 7.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 04:00:00+01: 4.9 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 05:00:00+01: 4.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 06:00:00+01: 3.5 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 07:00:00+01: 8.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 08:00:00+01: 5.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 09:00:00+01: 3.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 10:00:00+01: 3.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 11:00:00+01: 3.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 12:00:00+01: 5.1 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 13:00:00+01: 6.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 14:00:00+01: 5.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 15:00:00+01: 7.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 16:00:00+01: 6.0 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 17:00:00+01: 5.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 18:00:00+01: 4.6 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 19:00:00+01: 5.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 20:00:00+01: 16.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 21:00:00+01: 19.3 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 22:00:00+01: 20.2 µg/m³ 2026-09-22 23:00:00+01: 20.8 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 00:00:00+01: 22.7 µg/m³ 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01: 23.1 µg/m³
Crewe Coppenhall 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

4.8% of mortality attributable to particulate air pollution
2024 Not compared

This OHID measure estimates the mortality burden associated with particulate air pollution. It is a health-impact measure, not a pollution concentration.

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

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer
Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted
Register accessNot assessedNo register record available
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
£669.38m 2024/25 actual outturn
Net revenue expenditure
£363.15m 2024/25 actual outturn
Council Tax requirement
£298.55m 2024/25 actual outturn
Unallocated reserves
£6.31m 2024/25 actual outturn
Service expenditure per resident £1,589
Median for councils of the same type £1,777 10.6% below peer median
2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn
Education Gross £351.34m · Income £92.99m
£258.35m
Adult social care Gross £242.93m · Income £55.89m
£187.04m
Children's social care Gross £93.08m · Income £2.96m
£90.13m
Environmental and regulatory services Gross £54.30m · Income £15.53m
£38.77m
Highways and transport Gross £35.16m · Income £13.22m
£21.94m
Culture and related services Gross £28.04m · Income £6.33m
£21.71m
Public health Gross £19.43m · Income £413.0k
£19.02m
Planning and development Gross £20.12m · Income £6.57m
£13.56m
Housing Gross £11.11m · Income £768.0k
£10.35m
Central services Gross £51.03m · Income £40.95m
£10.08m
Other services Gross £928.0k · Income £2.49m
£-1.56m
CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£298.55m
Retained business rates£61.18m
Revenue Support Grant£414.0k
UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £5.58m
Closing £6.31m
£728.0k increase 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
£460.01m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Investments and cash
£83.10m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt
£376.91m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end
Net debt per resident
£895 Per resident using latest population
This council's net debt per resident £895
Median for unitary authority councils £1,104 18.9% lower than the peer median
QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£48.14m quarterly increase
2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1
Latest quarterly movement +£48.14m +14.6%
Change across the series +£236.71m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1
What changed?

Net debt increased during the quarter, with higher outstanding borrowing contributing to the movement.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

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

2026/27 Q1
Public Works Loan Board£133.59m
Other longer-term borrowing£12.00m
Short-term borrowing£314.43m
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
£30.37m Total outstanding at financial year-end
Collection rate
97.46% Collected against the in-year debit
Council tax written off
£3.23m Written off during the financial year
Council tax collected
£376.67m 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
£30.37m
CHANGE SINCE 2021/22
+ 26.3%
+ £6.33m
ENGLAND CHANGE
+49.5%
£24.04m 2021/22 £26.06m 2022/23 £26.37m 2023/24 £27.87m 2024/25 £30.37m 2025/26

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.

£30.37m outstanding
CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £12.28m

40.4% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £18.10m

59.6% 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 97.46%

England average: 95.60%  ·  1.86 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

Explore all 0 records
CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts
ContractSupplierStatusEnd dateOriginal value
SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions
SupplierPaymentsPublished expenditure
PROVENANCE

Source documents

40 imported
DocumentDatasetPeriodStatusOfficial source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — Cheshire Eastmhclg housing delivery testHDT 2025–HDT 2025importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Cheshire Eastmhclg planning ps22009 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Cheshire Eastmhclg planning ps12009 Q2–2026 Q1importedOpen
DfT road condition statistics — Cheshire East UA [note 9]dft local road condition2009/10–2024/25importedOpen
Defra local authority waste statistics — Cheshire Eastdefra local authority waste2010/11–2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2023/24importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Cheshire Eastmhclg revenue outturn rsx2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Cheshire Eastmhclg revenue outturn rs2022/23importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Cheshire Eastmhclg revenue outturn rsx2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Cheshire Eastmhclg revenue outturn rs2021/22importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2020/21importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2025/26 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2024/25 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2023/24 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2022/23 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2021/22 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q4importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q3importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q2importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2020/21 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Cheshire Eastmhclg borrowing investment2026/27 Q1importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rsx2024/25importedOpen
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Cheshire East UAmhclg revenue outturn rs2024/25importedOpen
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.