How the money will be spent, where the money in Southend comes from and Capital Expenditure
How the money will be spent
How money is spent
| What the money is spent on |
2025 - 2026- Original £m |
2026 - 2027 £m |
| Employees |
100.4 |
106.9 |
| Running Expenses |
293.9 |
321.3 |
| Schools Budget |
27.2 |
19.2 |
| Cost of Capital |
15.9 |
17.4 |
| Total |
437.4 |
464.8 |
Where the money comes from
Where the money comes from
| Where the money comes from |
2025 - 2026 £m |
2026 - 2027 £m |
| Government Grants |
(182.4) |
(168.7) |
| Other Grants and Reimbursements |
(24.2) |
(26.1) |
| Rents |
(6.6) |
(6.8) |
| Other Income |
(59.1) |
(61.6) |
| Business Rates |
(46.4) |
(42.5) |
| Revenue Supt, Grant |
(7.8) |
(42.4) |
| Collection Fund |
(1.4) |
(1.0) |
| General Reserve |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Capital Reserve |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Council Tax |
(109.5) |
(115.7) |
| Total |
437.4 |
464.8 |
Capital Investment in Southend
The council has plans to spend a total of £90.4m on capital schemes for 2026 - 2027.
Where Southend plans to use Capital Investment
| General Fund Services |
£m |
| Highways and Infrastructure |
20.6 |
| Highways and Infrastructure - Better Queensway |
11.6 |
| Enterprise and Regeneration - Levelling Up Fund |
10.0 |
| Investment in ICT |
3.6 |
| School Improvement |
3.4 |
| Improvements and Priority Works to Council Property |
2.9 |
| Southend Pier |
2.4 |
| Disabled Facilities Grants |
2.3 |
| Enterprise and Regeneration - other |
1.2 |
| Community Infracture Levy/S106 schemes |
0.9 |
| Culture and Tourism |
0.7 |
| Total |
59.6 |
Amount Spent on Council Housing
| Council Housing |
£m |
| Council Housing Refurbishment |
14.7 |
| Council Housing New Build Programme |
13.8 |
| Housing Acquisitions Programme |
1.6 |
| Disabled Adaptations |
0.7 |
| Total |
30.8 |
