East of England · Non-metropolitan district

Great Yarmouth

2026/27 view

Great Yarmouth · ONS E07000145

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

20/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Significant pressure

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

164 councils in peer group Rank 151 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover9

Debt burden15

Liquidity23

Debt direction54

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

Net debt £126.96m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£6.52m 4.9%

Service expenditure £18.45m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£2.84m 18.2%

Unallocated reserves £696.0k 2024/25 vs 2023/24

−£1.40m 66.7%

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 £18.45m

31.9%

Net revenue expenditure £17.82m

30.5%

Council Tax requirement £6.51m

22.5%

Unallocated reserves £696.0k

83.5%

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 population100,5292024 estimate

Latest net debt£126.96m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

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

2024/25

31.6%recycled

Household recycling rate

More waste recycled

0.5 percentage points vs 2023/24

163 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste511.6 kgper household−12.0 kg year on year

Waste collected373.0 kgper resident−7.2 kg year on year

Household waste37,535tonnes collected11,845 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

11,845 t recycled, composted or reused 25,690 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

31.6%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across Great Yarmouth.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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43 Open schools

12,957 Pupils

15,355 School places

84.4% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in Great Yarmouth.

Attainment 8

42.5

East of England 46.2

England 46.1

3.6 points below England

English & maths grade 5+

39.5%

East of England 45.9%

England 45.4%

5.9 percentage points below England

EBacc entry

26.7%

East of England 40.0%

England 40.5%

13.8 percentage points below England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.05

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

44.1 18/19

47.2 19/20

47.6 20/21

45.8 21/22

42.4 22/23

41.9 23/24

42.5 24/25

Education context

Great Yarmouth's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes are below both East of England 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 Great Yarmouth, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£220,000

+ 17.3% over five years

Median resident earnings

£34,794

+ 23.7% over five years

House price to earnings

6.32×

Improved from 6.67× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in Great Yarmouth.

£841 / month

+ 8.0% in the last year

July 2026

Great Yarmouth

£841

+ 8.0%

East of England

£1,285

+ 3.7%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with East of England £444 less per month

Compared with England £610 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

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

Great Yarmouth

6.32×

East of England

8.52×

England

7.64×

Compared with East of England More 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 received45this quarter−76 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided83this quarter−11 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

84.3%approved

Overall approval rate70 granted13 refused+0.3 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

97.6%

Rank 47 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

5.0 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major683.3%83.3% Minor3378.8%100.0% Other4488.6%97.7%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

92%

Required1,074homes over three years

Delivered992homes over three years

100% requirement

Action planHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for Great Yarmouth, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 9,663 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 96.1 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change − 3.1% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

Great Yarmouth Your council

96.1 − 3.1%

East of England Region

68.4 − 0.1%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

Great Yarmouth has a recorded crime rate 40.5% above East of England. It is 15.2% above the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Norfolk

Violence 4,331

43.1 per 1,000 − 2.0%

Theft 2,254

22.4 per 1,000 − 0.5%

Public order 762

7.6 per 1,000 − 5.5%

Criminal damage 1,068

10.6 per 1,000 − 8.2%

Shoplifting 715

7.1 per 1,000 − 4.7%

Vehicle offences 298

3.0 per 1,000 + 12.5%

Burglary 334

3.3 per 1,000 − 7.7%

Drug offences 335

3.3 per 1,000 − 6.2%

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 Great Yarmouth.

43 schools

Open schools 43

Pupils 12,957

School places 15,355

Capacity used 84.4%

Primary 30 schools

7,564 pupils

Other / specialist 6 schools

392 pupils

Secondary 6 schools

5,001 pupils

16+ provision 1 school

0 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 5

11.6% of open schools

Previous full framework 18

41.9% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 15

34.9% of open schools

No Ofsted record 4

9.3% of open schools

No published outcome 1

2.3% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

5 schools assessed

Achievement 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 2

Attendance & behaviour 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Curriculum & teaching 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Needs attention 1

Strong standard 1

Inclusion 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Leadership & governance 5 assessed

Expected standard 4

Strong standard 1

Personal development 5 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Safeguarding 5 assessed

Met 5

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.

Good 8

Requires improvement 1

Not judged 9

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
Caister Infant With Nursery School URN 120796 · NR30 5ET	Primary	287	270	Renewed framework
Caister Junior School URN 120795 · NR30 5ET	Primary	324	360	Ungraded inspection
Cobholm Primary Academy URN 141359 · NR31 0BA	Primary	189	262	Renewed framework
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy URN 143824 · NR31 0ER	Primary	238	378	Good
Filby Primary School URN 141496 · NR29 3HJ	Primary	122	105	Good
Fleggburgh CofE Primary School URN 121081 · NR29 3AG	Primary	53	54	Ungraded inspection
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy and Nursery URN 138793 · NR30 3DT	Primary	384	472	Renewed framework
Hemsby Primary School URN 120816 · NR29 4LH	Primary	126	210	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 100,529 2024

East of England region 6,576,306

Five-year population change

+81 residents ↑ 0.1%

Great Yarmouth +0.1%

East of England +4.8%

England +4.3%

Growth context

Great Yarmouth's population grew over five years. Its change was 4.7 percentage points below the East of England and 4.2 percentage points below 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 Great Yarmouth?

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

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 17,352 17.3% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +5.2% +863 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +0.5% +87 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

Great Yarmouth LOCAL AUTHORITY

17.3%

East of England REGION

10.3%

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

17,352 16,247 15,142

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

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

£18.45m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£17.82m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£6.51m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£696.0k 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £184

Median for councils of the same type £166 10.9% above peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £12.04m · Income £4.92m

£7.12m

Planning and development Gross £5.72m · Income £2.24m

£3.48m

Central services Gross £17.21m · Income £13.98m

£3.23m

Housing Gross £5.31m · Income £2.30m

£3.02m

Other services Gross £2.01m · Income £1.26m

£750.0k

Culture and related services Gross £1.80m · Income £1.11m

£694.0k

Highways and transport Gross £2.84m · Income £2.68m

£162.0k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£6.51m

Retained business rates£6.47m

Revenue Support Grant£2.71m

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £2.09m

Closing £696.0k

£1.40m 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

£148.14m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£21.19m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£126.96m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£1,263 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £1,263

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 1,226.4% higher than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£6.52m quarterly reduction

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

Latest quarterly movement −£6.52m −4.9%

Change across the series +£31.81m 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£81.39m

Other longer-term borrowing£10.76m

Short-term borrowing£56.00m

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

£8.39m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

95.41% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£910,000 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£70.22m 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

£8.39m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 5.2%

+ £412,000

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.

£8.39m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £3.44m

41.1% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £4.94m

58.9% 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 95.41%

England average: 95.60% · 0.19 percentage points below 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 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg housing delivery test	HDT 2025–HDT 2025	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — Great Yarmouth	mhclg planning ps2	1979 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — Great Yarmouth	mhclg planning ps1	1996 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
Defra local authority waste statistics — Great Yarmouth Borough Council	defra local authority waste	2010/11–2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg borrowing investment	2026/27 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — Great Yarmouth	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — Great Yarmouth	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.