Purpose

An overview of the Council's 2025/26 year-end performance.

Decision

The Cabinet considered the Corporate Performance and Resources Year-End Quarter 4 Report for 2025/26 setting out a summary of the progress in delivering the council’s priority outcomes up to 31 March 2026 and agreed to:-

(1) Note the key delivery and performance issues from the council’s seven portfolios set out in sections 1.3 and 1.4.

(2) Review progress against delivering council priorities and capital schemes alongside budget outturns contained within the report.

(3) Note the Cash Limit and Non-Cash Limit outturn positions for 2025/26 as set out in section 2.3.

(4) Note the Dedicated Schools Grant, Housing Revenue Account and Collection Fund outturn positions as set out in sections 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6.

(5) Note the appropriations to/from reserves and balances during the period as set out in section 2.7 and note the resulting reserves and balances position at outturn.

(6) Approve the delegation of changes to the outturn, reserves and/or balances position to the Director of Finance – Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources.

(7) Note the position for the 2025/26 Capital Programme as set out in section 3.1.

(8) Note the adjustments of capital schemes during the quarter as set out in section 3.2.

(9) Approve the resourcing of the capital programme as set out in section 3.3.

(10) Approve the 2025/26 prudential indicators as set out in section 3.4.

Alternative options considered

None.