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Salford City Council - Record of Decision (Cabinet)
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Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City Mayor, in exercise of the
powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve:

1.   
A one off payment of
£350,000 to Salford Community Leisure (SCL) as an additional
management fee for 2024/25 taken from Place Reserves.

2.   
The delegation of
working capital funding for SCL to the Chief Finance
Officer.
The Reasons are:
A
fiscal review of Salford Community Leisure shows that grants and
contributions are growing but mainly cover staffing costs, with a
reduced ability to recover indirect costs. Customer income is
exceeding expectations, but future projections need investment.
Reserves, which previously generated healthy returns (£157k
in 2023/24), have been depleted from £3.4m in 2021/22 to
£829k to support cashflow. Pay awards have now wiped out
remaining reserves, impacting future years. Efforts to cut costs
are often counterproductive, affecting income, and cashflow is now
a critical focus.
Options considered and rejected were:

This was the only There are no other viable
options.
Assessment of Risk:
Medium.
The source of funding is:
Place Directorate earmarked
reserve.
Legal Advice obtained:
Not
applicable.
Financial Advice obtained:
Provided by David R Mills – Strategic Head
of Finance and as shown in the report.
Procurement Advice obtained:
Not
applicable.
HR Advice obtained:
Not
applicable.
Climate Change Advice obtained:
Not
applicable.
 
 
The
following documents have been used to assist the decision
process:

·        
Briefing to Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for
Finance, Support Services and Regeneration

·        
Briefing to the Lead Member for Culture, Heritage,
Equalities, Sports and Leisure.
Contact Officer:  David R Mills - Strategic Head of
Finance.
Telephone number: 0161 793
2858
The appropriate scrutiny to
call-in the decision is the Community and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny
Panel.           

 

Signed:
    Councillor Jack Youd              Dated: 25.02.25
                       
Deputy City Mayor
 

For Democratic
Services use only

 

This decision was
published on  25.02.25                                           

This decision will
come in force at 4.00 p.m. on 04.03.25 unless it is called-in in accordance with the
Decision Making Process Rules.