This compares the money the council raised from selling its assets in a year with what it spent on building and buying. It matters because it shows whether sell-offs could realistically fund the council's investment. A high number means asset sales cover a big chunk of project spending — the council is trading assets rather than borrowing; a low number means sales are small change next to what is being built, so the money must come from elsewhere.
| name | receipts_coverage_of_capex |
|---|---|
| dataset | 02-capital-outturn-debt |
| kind | constructed |
| type | numeric |
| unit | ratio |
| grain | council-year |
| role | feature |
| source | capital_receipts_in_year / capex_total — REC_recrcv_amt divided by EandR1_alltot_expgrandtot (both this dataset) |
| period | 2018-19 to 2024-25 |
| missingness | unknown |
| score_note | Selling-more-than-building flag, but near-duplicate of asset_sale_reliance. |
| peer_group | council class (district / county / unitary / metropolitan / London) — not yet scored on the leaderboard |
Whether asset disposals are outpacing capital investment: receipts received in year over total capital expenditure. Persistently high values suggest the balance sheet is being run down — the council is selling more than it is building. Because receipts are lumpy, a single high year (one large disposal) is not itself a red flag.