This shows what share of a council's building and infrastructure spending is paid for by selling off things it already owns, like land or buildings. It matters because selling assets is a one-off fix: once something is sold, it cannot be sold again. A high number suggests the council is leaning on sell-offs to keep investing, which is hard to sustain; a low number means it pays for projects mostly from other sources such as grants, savings, or borrowing.
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basingstoke & Deane | district | 0.78 | 1st worst of 163 |
| Mole Valley | district | 0.63 | 2nd worst of 163 |
| Bromley | london | 0.52 | 1st worst of 33 |
| Cotswold | district | 0.48 | 3rd worst of 163 |
| Warrington | unitary | 0.46 | 1st worst of 63 |
| Vale of White Horse | district | 0.45 | 4th worst of 163 |
| South Oxfordshire | district | 0.4 | 5th worst of 163 |
| South Norfolk | district | 0.4 | 6th worst of 163 |
| Croydon | london | 0.4 | 2nd worst of 33 |
| Bracknell Forest | unitary | 0.38 | 2nd worst of 63 |
| Council | Class | Value | In its class |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond upon Thames | london | -0.01 | 1st best of 33 |
| Shropshire | unitary | -0.01 | 1st best of 63 |
| Nottinghamshire | county | 0 | 3rd best of 20 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | unitary | 0 | 5th best of 63 |
| North East Lincolnshire | unitary | 0 | 5th best of 63 |
| West Berkshire | unitary | 0 | 5th best of 63 |
| Windsor & Maidenhead | unitary | 0 | 5th best of 63 |
| West Devon | district | 0 | 9th best of 163 |
| Swale | district | 0 | 9th best of 163 |
| Tonbridge & Malling | district | 0 | 9th best of 163 |
| name | asset_sale_reliance |
|---|---|
| dataset | 02-capital-outturn-debt |
| kind | constructed |
| type | numeric |
| unit | ratio |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | receipts_used_for_financing / capital_financing_total — FIN1_finrec_amt divided by FIN1_fingrandtot_amt (both this dataset) |
| period | 2018-19 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Good ratio but overlaps receipts_coverage_of_capex; jargon around applied receipts. |
| calculated | calculated/asset-sale-reliance.csv |
| calculated_rows | 2962 |
| calculated_periods | 2018-19 to 2024-25 |
| calculated_date | 2026-08-13 |
| peer_group | districts (n=204), unitaries (n=65), metropolitan boroughs (n=36), London boroughs (n=33), counties (n=27) — scored within each class against its median/IQR |
The share of the capital programme financed by applying capital receipts — i.e. dependence on selling assets to fund investment, including flexible-use-of-receipts pressure. High reliance suggests the council can only invest (or, under flexible use, prop up revenue transformation) by disposing of its estate. Receipts are lumpy, so trends matter more than single years; use non-HRA columns.