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Council Tax summary 2023-24

Summary of our revenue budget

During 2023-24 we will spend £25.777m on services that fall into the summarised categories in the following table:

Gross expenditure (£000)
 2023/242022/23
Parking 2,808 2,452
Planning and economic development 11,392 9,872
Recreation and tourism 6,521 6,181
Environment and health 5,952 5,744
Refuse collection and disposal 7,148 5,299
Housing 37,149 40,167
Other services 9,412 8,147
Transfers to reserves 4,661 4,666
Total 85,044 82,528
Gross Income (£000)
 2023/242022/23
Parking 3,618 3,402
Planning and economic development 9,806 8,197
Recreation and tourism 1,438 1,337
Environment and health 2,240 1,953
Refuse collection and disposal 2,215 1,895
Housing 33,670 36,762
Other services 6,280 5,750
Transfers to reserves 0 0
Total 59,267 59,296
Budget (£000)
 2023/242022/23
Parking (810) (950)
Planning and economic development 1,586 1,675
Recreation and tourism 5,084 4,844
Environmental and health 3,712 3,791
Refuse collection and disposal 4,933 3,404
Housing 3,479 3,405
Other services 3,132 2,397
Transfers to/from reserves 4,661 4,666
Total 25,777 23,232
Funded by (£000)
 2023/242022/23
Retained Business Rates 4,186 5,284
Other grants 0 374
Collection fund adjustment 616 -663
Council Tax 18,523 18,207
Total 25,777 23,232
  • The gross income figure of £66.232 million includes £38.930 million in specific grants. (£41.287m million in 2022/23)
  • Our share of the Council Tax for 2023/24 will rise by £8.19 for Band D properties.
  • We no longer receive any revenue support grant from central government. The government allows us to retain a proportion of the Business Rates that we collect, but this amounts to approximately 11.8% of the amounts payable by businesses.  Accordingly, most of our revenue comes from Council Tax and income from the services that we deliver.
  • Housing includes the cost of the Housing Benefit system and the related specific grant from the Department of Works and Pensions.
  • Other Services contain appropriation accounts that ensure that capital charges and pension adjustments have no effect on the Council Tax payer.

Balances

In line with good financial management practice we maintain an adequate level of balances to safeguard against unexpected events and to ensure that we are in a sound financial position to continue to provide services. The table below shows the current level of balances held.

Provisional balance at 31st March 2022 (£000) 11,362
Net amount used in 2022/23 (£000) 0
Provisional balance at 31st March 2023 (£000) 11,362
Net projected surplus in 2023/24 (£000) 0
Provisional balance at 31st March 234 (£000) 11,362

These are the full details for both the revenue and capital budgets for 2023/24. Printed copies are also available upon request.

Parish precepts excluding parish meeting areas

Parish Parish expenditure (£) Band D precept per dwelling (£.p)
Barming 36,929 44.72
Bearsted 132,343 36.36
Boughton Malherbe 7,113 27.84
Boughton Monchelsea 129,291 65.54
Boxley 272,374 68.11
Bredhurst 30,588 152.71
Broomfield & Kingswood 61,160 85.00
Chart Sutton 23,500 54.58
Collier Street 20,798 49.39
Coxheath 103,720 52.00
Detling 38,915 90.06
Downswood 37,000 43.72
East Sutton 6,434 46.79
Farleigh East 75,000 111.61
Farleigh West 27,000 110.38
Harrietsham 131,481 95.47
Headcorn 327,584 162.15
Hollingbourne 29,201 59.35
Hunton 26,338 81.21
Langley 25,788 39.48
Leeds 43,631 102.71
Lenham 228,730 134.72
Linton 17,078 59.92
Loose 106,833 93.87
Marden 175,565 80.28
Nettlestead 21,779 67.41
Otham 27,075 39.12
Staplehurst 224,317 75.02
Stockbury 15,972 48.98
Sutton Valence 73,226 94.23
Teston 30,000 92.99
Thurnham 23,934 35.14
Tovil 83,545 57.86
Ulcombe 26,041 63.50
Yalding  76,381 69.64
Maidstone Borough - 284.49

Please contact your parish council for information about the services it provides

If you live in an area with a parish council then this sum will be charged in addition to the total shown in the Council Tax bands table for Maidstone Borough. A table showing the value of Council Tax across all bands can be found on our banding and what to pay page. Alternatively you can calculate the tax in the other bands by using the figures below, so for example: for Band A divide the Band D figure by 9 and multiply it by 6.

  • Band A: 6/9ths
  • Band B: 7/9ths
  • Band C: 8/9ths
  • Band D: 1
  • Band E: 11/9ths
  • Band F: 13/9ths
  • Band G: 15/9ths
  • Band H: 18/9ths

Council Tax bands 2023/24

All the information on this page shows our portion of the total Council Tax bill. The table below shows the breakdown of the total bill. (Figures in £.p)

Band Kent County Council Kent County Council Adult Social Care Maidstone Borough Council Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority Total Council Tax (excluding parish precepts)
A 887.88 134.94 189.66 162.10 58.20 1.432.78
B 1,035.86 157.43 221.27 189.12 67.90 1,671.58
C 1,183.84 179.92 252.88 216.13 77.601,910.37
D 1,331.82202.41284.49243.1587.302,149.17
E 1,627.78247.39347.71297.18106.702,626.76
F 1,923.74292.37410.93351.22126.103,104.36
G 2,219.70337.35474.15405.25145.503,581.95
H 2,663.64404.82568.98486.30174.604,298.34

Adult Social Care authorities

Local authorities responsible for providing social care to adults under Part One of the Care Act 2014.

For those local authorities, Council Tax bills show two percentage changes:

  • One for the part of the overall change attributable to the adult social care precept and
  • One for the part attributable to general expenditure