Council tax financial information for 2019 to 2020

Joint council tax breakdown

Council tax breakdown 2019-20
Council tax Band	Folkestone & Hythe District Council £	Kent County Council* £	Kent Police and Crime Commissioner £	Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority £	Total council tax** £
A	166.14	866.28	128.77	51.84	1,213.03
B	193.83	1,010.66	150.23	60.48	1,415.20
C	221.52	1,155.04	171.69	69.12	1,617.37
D	249.21	1,299.42	193.15	77.76	1,819.54
E	304.59	1,588.18	236.07	95.04	2,223.88
F	359.97	1,876.94	278.99	112.32	2,628.22
G	415.35	2,165.70	321.92	129.60	3,032.57
H	498.42	2,598.84	386.30	155.52	3,639.08

* includes Adult Social Care precept
** excludes parish precepts and special expense

Council tax charges by band by parish


Parish	A £	B £	C £	D £	E £	F £	G £	H £
Folkestone	1,272.62	1,484.72	1,696.82	1,908.93	2,333.13	2,757.33	3,181.55	3,817.86
Sandgate	1,262.17	1,472.53	1,682.89	1,893.25	2,313.97	2,734.69	3,155.42	3,786.50
Hythe	1,248.38	1,456.44	1,664.50	1,872.57	2,288.69	2,704.81	3,120.95	3,745.14
Lydd	1,254.18	1,463.21	1,672.24	1,881.27	2,299.32	2,717.38	3,135.45	3,762.54
New Romney	1,292.03	1,507.37	1,722.71	1,938.05	2,368.72	2,799.40	3,230.08	3,876.10
Acrise	1,214.53	1,416.95	1,619.37	1,821.79	2,226.63	2,631.47	3,036.32	3,643.58
Elham	1,229.77	1,434.73	1,639.69	1,844.65	2,254.57	2,664.50	3,074.43	3,689.30
Elmsted	1,220.63	1,424.07	1,627.50	1,830.94	2,237.82	2,644.69	3,051.57	3,661.88
Hawkinge	1,278.23	1,491.27	1,704.31	1,917.34	2,343.42	2,769.49	3,195.58	3,834.68
Lyminge	1,235.63	1,441.57	1,647.50	1,853.44	2,265.31	2,677.19	3,089.07	3,706.88
Lympne	1,243.33	1,450.55	1,657.77	1,864.99	2,279.43	2,693.87	3,108.32	3,729.98
Monks Horton	1,219.31	1,422.53	1,625.74	1,828.96	2,235.39	2,641.83	3,048.27	3,657.92
Newington	1,244.02	1,451.36	1,658.70	1,866.03	2,280.70	2,695.37	3,110.06	3,732.06
Paddlesworth	1,220.15	1,423.51	1,626.86	1,830.22	2,236.93	2,643.64	3,050.37	3,660.44
Postling	1,231.66	1,436.94	1,642.21	1,847.49	2,258.04	2,668.59	3,079.15	3,694.98
Saltwood	1,229.87	1,434.85	1,639.82	1,844.80	2,254.76	2,664.71	3,074.67	3,689.60
Sellindge	1,252.46	1,461.20	1,669.95	1,878.69	2,296.17	2,713.66	3,131.15	3,757.38
Stanford	1,237.80	1,444.10	1,650.39	1,856.69	2,269.29	2,681.88	3,094.49	3,713.38
Stelling Minnis	1,227.31	1,431.86	1,636.40	1,840.95	2,250.05	2,659.15	3,068.26	3,681.90
Stowting	1,224.15	1,428.17	1,632.20	1,836.22	2,244.27	2,652.31	3,060.37	3,672.44
Swingfield	1,247.38	1,455.28	1,663.17	1,871.07	2,286.86	2,702.65	3,118.45	3,742.14
Brenzett	1,243.25	1,450.46	1,657.66	1,864.87	2,279.28	2,693.70	3,108.12	3,729.74
Brookland	1,261.67	1,471.95	1,682.22	1,892.50	2,313.06	2,733.61	3,154.17	3,785.00
Burmarsh	1,235.96	1,441.96	1,647.95	1,853.94	2,265.92	2,677.91	3,089.90	3,707.88
Dymchurch	1,254.96	1,464.12	1,673.28	1,882.43	2,300.75	2,719.07	3,137.39	3,764.86
Ivychurch	1,247.05	1,454.89	1,662.73	1,870.57	2,286.25	2,701.93	3,117.63	3,741.14
Newchurch	1,235.57	1,441.49	1,647.42	1,853.34	2,265.19	2,677.05	3,088.91	3,706.68
Old Romney	1,213.03	1,415.20	1,617.37	1,819.54	2,223.88	2,628.22	3,032.57	3,639.08
St Mary in the Marsh	1,235.77	1,441.72	1,647.68	1,853.64	2,265.56	2,677.48	3,089.41	3,707.28
Snargate	1,213.03	1,415.20	1,617.37	1,819.54	2,223.88	2,628.22	3,032.57	3,453.74

Folkestone & Hythe District Council's expenditure and income £'000

Expenditure and Income 2019/20
Type of expenditure	Expenditure £'000	Income £'000	Net Expenditure £'000
General Fund services*	66,302	-48,830	17,473
Housing - HRA	16,002	-16,311	-308
Other operating expenditure and income	10,504	-16,802	-6,298
Use of reserves and balances	1,968	-2,550	-582
Parish precepts	2,313	0	2,313
Council tax requirement	97,090	-84,492	12,598

* For detailed budget breakdown of the General Fund and HRA budgets see the cabinet report at this link

+ includes £461,830 Internal Drainage Board Levies (£452,770 in 2018/19)

Expenditure and Income 2018/19
Type of expenditure	Expenditure £'000	Income £'000	Net Expenditure £'000
General Fund services	70,538	-53,462	17,076
Housing - HRA*	16,383	-15,927	456
Other operating expenditure and income +	9,935	-15,976	-6,042
Use of reserves and balances	1,504	-3,094	-1,591
Parish precepts	2,283	0	2,283
Council tax requirement	100,643	-88,460	12,183

Council tax requirement 2019/20
	£'000
Council tax requirement 2018/19	12,183
Increase in Folkestone & Hythe's gross expenditure	-3,583
Increase in town/parish expenditure	30
Increase in Folkestone & Hythe's gross income	3,968
Council tax requirement 2019/20	12,598
Folkestone & Hythe District council tax base	39,057.21
Average district and parish council tax (basic amount of council tax for the year)	£322.56

Value for money

For every £1 of council tax collected by the council the money is distributed as follows:


Amount	Authority
£0.69	Kent County Council
£0.14	Folkestone & Hythe District Council
£0.09	Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
£0.04	Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority
£0.03	Town and Parish Councils

Major town council budgets


Folkestone Town Council	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Gross expenditure	840,430	864,250
Income	(32,570)	(77,300)
Net expenditure	807,860	786,950
(Use of)/Addition to reserves	-	-
Council tax requirement (precept)	807,860	786,950


Hythe Town Council	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Gross expenditure	418,890	437,356
Income	(93,580)	(114,246)
Net expenditure	325,310	323,110
Use of reserves	-	30,762
Council tax requirement (precept)	325,310	353,872


Hawkinge Town Council	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Gross expenditure	295,707	260,811
Income	-	-
Net expenditure	295,707	260,811
Use of reserves	-	-
Council tax requirement (precept)	295,707	260,811


New Romney Town Council	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Gross expenditure	267,940	232,993
Income	(33,748)	(32,086)
Net expenditure	234,192	200,907
Addition to reserves	92,800	108,600
Council tax requirement (precept)	326,992	309,507


Lydd Town Council	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Council tax requirement (precept)	134,500	170,970

Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity (special expense)

The following figures show the share of council tax collected to meet the Council's contribution towards the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity.


Special expenses	2019/20 £	2018/19 £
Budgeted expenditure	719,690	678,190
Budgeted income	-167,890	-147,000
Expenditure after income	551,800	531,190
Previous years' underspends	0	0
Council tax requirement	551,800	531,190
Council tax base (properties)	16,435.96	16,076.51
Average Band D Council Tax	33.57	33.04

About Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity

Folkestone & Hythe District Council is Trustee for a number of areas of land in and around the town, looked after by the Folkestone Parks and Pleasure Grounds Charity. The Council took over the role as Trustee from the Borough of Folkestone in 1974 following local government re-organisation. The land looked after by the Charity specifically provides park, pleasure ground or recreation ground for the "use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the town and its neighbourhood."

The Charity's expenditure (the difference between what it costs to maintain the parks and pleasure grounds and the income from fees, charges and rents) is met by the Council, as Trustee. This is treated as a special expense and is levied through council tax on areas covered by the former Borough of Folkestone (Folkestone and Sandgate).