Summary of our revenue budget

During 2026-27 we will spend £27.377 million on services that fall into the summarised categories in the following table:

Gross expenditure (£000)

	2025/26	2026/27
Parking	2,411	2,609
Planning and economic development	12,290	13,461
Recreation and tourism	6,129	7,369
Environment and health	6,442	6,914
Refuse collection and disposal	8,292	7,841
Housing	36,551	47,404
Other services	9,467	12,905
Transfers to earmarked reserves	4,593	4,000
Total	86,175	102,502

Gross Income (£000)

	2025/26	2026/27
Parking	3,938	4,176
Planning and economic development	9,911	10,168
Recreation and tourism	637	1,053
Environment and health	2,306	2,360
Refuse collection and disposal	1,961	4,528
Housing	32,963	41,744
Other services	6,515	11,098
Transfers to earmarked reserves	0	0
Total	58,230	75,125

Budget (£000)

	2025/26	2026/27
Parking	(1,527)	(1,567)
Planning and economic development	2,379	3,293
Recreation and tourism	5,492	6,315
Environmental and health	4,136	4,554
Refuse collection and disposal	6,331	3,314
Housing	3,589	5,660
Other services	2,952	1,808
Transfers to earmarked reserves	4,593	4,000
Total	27,945	27,377

Funded by (£000)

	2025/26	2026/27
Retained Business Rates	7,405	6,187
Council Tax	20,540	21,191
Total	27,945	27,377

• The gross income figure of £75.125 million includes £36.409 million in specific grants. (£35.770 million in 2025/26)
• Our share of the Council Tax for 2026/27 will rise by £9 for Band D properties.
• Our funding has changed following the government’s funding review. We now receive 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 8.6% 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 Taxpayer.

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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.

Unallocated (£000)

Balance at 31 March 2025 (£000)	16,574
Net movement in balances 2025/26 (£000)	0
Estimated balance at 31 March 2026 (£000)	16,574
Expected movement 2026/27 (£000)	0
Estimated balance at 31 March 2027 (£000)	16,574

Earmarked (£000)

Balance at 31 March 2025 (£000)	28,970
Net movement in balances 2025/26 (£000)	7,032
Estimated balance at 31 March 2026 (£000)	36,002
Expected movement 2026/27 (£000)	-3,258
Estimated balance at 31 March 2027 (£000)	32,744

Total (£000)

Balance at 31 March 2025 (£000)	45,544
Net movement in balances 2025/26 (£000)	7,032
Estimated balance at 31 March 2026 (£000)	52,576
Expected movement 2026/27 (£000)	-3,258
Estimated balance at 31 March 2027 (£000)	49,318

Earmarked balances are sums set aside for specific purposes. Further details can be found on page 223 of the Council meeting agenda for 25 February 2026.

These are the full details for both the revenue and capital budgets for 2026/27. Printed copies are also available upon request.

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Parish precepts excluding parish meeting areas

Parish	Parish expenditure (£)	Band D precept per dwelling (£.p)
Barming	84,131	48.69
Bearsted	145,000	39.56
Boughton Malherbe	7,923	30.19
Boughton Monchelsea	163,892	80.50
Boxley	302,458	80.35
Bredhurst	43,563	218.88
Broomfield & Kingswood	61,507	85.00
Chart Sutton	29,097	63.03
Collier Street	25,248	58.97
Coxheath	99,569	50.42
Detling	43,075	105.93
Downswood	46,795	57.29
East Sutton	8,237	57.27
Farleigh East	76,130	109.54
Farleigh West	29,178	114.88
Harrietsham	186,615	137.39
Headcorn	380,000	181.26
Hollingbourne	35,174	71.02
Hunton	26,865	80.72
Langley	34,165	39.48
Leeds	56,550	126.55
Lenham	255,048	145.70
Linton	26,642	90.13
Loose	167,350	55.64
Marden	227,568	104.39
Nettlestead	25,260	81.15
Otham	31,850	33.97
Staplehurst	301,000	97.41
Stockbury	20,530	61.35
Sutton Valence	91,534	110.06
Teston	34,250	106.79
Thurnham	27,367	35.84
Tovil	86,437	61.11
Ulcombe	27,474	64.33
Yalding	90,000	82.14
Maidstone Borough	-	310.68

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

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Council Tax bands 2026/27

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	Maidstone Borough Council	Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent	Kent and Medway Fire and Rescue Authority	Total Council Tax (excluding parish precepts)
A	1172.40	207.12	190.10	66.54	1,636.16
B	1367.80	241.64	221.78	77.63	1,908.85
C	1563.20	276.16	253.47	88.72	2,181.55
D	1758.60	310.68	285.15	99.81	2,454.24
E	2149.40	379.72	348.52	121.99	2,999.63
F	2540.20	448.76	411.88	144.17	3,545.01
G	2931.00	517.80	475.25	166.35	4,090.40
H	3517.20	621.36	570.30	199.62	4,908.48