Decision - Targeted Budget Management (TBM) 2025/26 Month 9 (December)

Brighton and Hove Cabinet Decided 12 Feb 2026 · effective 21 Feb 2026 approved Key decision GET /api/coverage

Decision maker

Cabinet

Report author

James Hengeveld

Published

13 Feb 2026

Reference

7579

As published

the council's own words, unedited

This report presents the 2025-26 in-year financial performance to Month 9 (December) for noting by Cabinet and seeks approval for any capital variations, reprofiling, exception measures or new reserves.

1) Cabinet notes the forecast risk position for the General Fund, which indicates a potential forecast overspend risk of £4.861m. 2) Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the separate Housing Revenue Account (HRA), which is an overspend of £0.846m. 3) Cabinet notes the forecast overspend risk for the ring-fenced Dedicated Schools Grant, which is an overspend of £2.388m. 4) Cabinet approves deferring the planned reserve repayment of £1.125m in 2025/26 (paragraphs 4.10 and 7.8) 5) Cabinet approves the release of unrequired Reserves and Provisions of £1.109m (paragraphs 4.10 and 7.9) 6) Cabinet notes the forecast position on the Capital Programme which is an underspend variance of £7.714m. 7) Cabinet approves the capital budget variations and re-profiling requests set out in Appendix 6. 8) Cabinet approves the new capital schemes requested in Appendix 7. 9) Cabinet notes the Treasury Management update as set out in Appendix 8 and summarised in paragraph 8.

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The report provides Month 9 capital programme performance across Families, Children & Wellbeing, Homes & Adult Social Care, City Operations, Central Hub and the Housing Revenue Account. It records budget variations, reprofiles, slippages and forecast outturns, including funding changes for schools, housing, transport, digital services and community finance.

Recommendation

Approve the reported capital budget variations, reprofiles and slippages.

Financial impact

The Month 9 forecast outturn is £21.953m for Families, Children & Wellbeing, £10.529m for Homes & Adult Social Care excluding the HRA, £84.102m for City Operations, £21.481m for Central Hub and £95.925m for the Housing Revenue Account.

Ward affected

city-wide

Stakeholders named

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financially vulnerable residentsschoolscouncil tenants and housing residentspeople requiring adult social care and disabled adaptationspublic transport users

Next steps

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Reprofile and reallocate the approved capital budgets as detailed in the report.
Continue assessing school ventilation and kitchen equipment works.
Allocate contingency funding for Knoll House works into 2026/27 if required.
Progress the Madeira Terrace restoration funding and project works.
Continue developing housing works programmes and seek Building Safety Regulations authorisation where required.
Consider the urgent EICR Compliance Programme works in the separate Cabinet report dated 22 January 2026.

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