Annual revenue outturn returns: letter to local authorities
Updated 25 April 2025
Applies to England
Letter from:
Tom Crowther
Head of Local Authority Revenue Account Data Collections
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
E-mail: [email protected]
to:
皇冠体育app Chief Financial Officer of all local authorities[footnote 1] in England
25 April 2025
Dear Sir/Madam,
Statutory Annual Revenue Outturn (RO) Data Return for 2024-25
1. Please find attached:
(i) 皇冠体育app form for your authority鈥檚 revenue expenditure and financing outturn return for 2024-25
(ii) 皇冠体育app Points to note and changes document
(iiii) Reference documents: specific guidance notes, and general guidance notes[footnote 2]
皇冠体育appse have also been emailed to our usual contacts for the RO return in your authority.
2. We must remind you that:
(i) 皇冠体育app information specified on the RO forms is required by the Secretary of State under section 168 of the Local Government Act 1972. 皇冠体育app RO 2024-25 return is due by Friday 25 July 2025.听Authorities are required to provide their best estimates by the deadline; these will be published as provisional outturn.
(ii) You are also required to ensure that a certified return is 聽emailed by Friday 10 October 2025.听Where any further significant updated figures become available subsequently, a further updated form should also be emailed to us, as we will publish at least two further updated data releases[footnote 3].
3. Following focus group discussions with a number of authorities, a dedicated guidance document is being developed to illustrate the required approach to recharging management and support services. This will be shared later in the collection period to support authorities with this section of their return.
4. 皇冠体育app completed forms, as well as any queries, should be e-mailed to: [email protected]. NB. Given the large number of excel forms that we receive by email, if you are sending an email with a query, or if you are otherwise seeking a response, please send your message in a separate email without any Excel attachment.
Thank you for your continued efforts and co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Tom Crowther
Head of Local Authority Expenditure and Borrowing Data Collection
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Guidance will also be uploaded to: /government/publications/general-fund-revenue-account-outturn.听听鈫�
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