What percentage of my bill goes to Camden?

All of your council tax (£2,107.00) goes to Camden.

What does most of my money go towards?

Education takes the biggest share at 37% of the budget.

Is this council expensive compared to others?

This council charges £109.70 more than the average london borough.

How much has my bill gone up this year?

Your bill went up by £96.00 (4.8%) from last year.

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Transparency

Data provenance — Camden

Every figure on the Camden page links back to an official source. Here is the full manifest — what each data point is, where it comes from, and when it was last verified.

How we source Camden data

The bar is: every number traceable to a .gov.uk URL.

Official UK government data only. No third-party aggregators. All figures come from GOV.UK bulk datasets (MHCLG Revenue Account, ONS, DEFRA, LGBCE) or from Camden's own .gov.uk website.

Multi-source triangulation. Budget and population figures are cross-checked against at least two sources (e.g. council's own budget report vs. MHCLG RA return). If two sources disagree, we flag it in our internal validator and hold off publishing until we can verify the correct figure.

Dated and auditable. Every data point records the date it was verified. Spotted a discrepancy? Contact us and we'll investigate transparently — corrections are published on our change log.

Detailed data last verified: 2026-04-22

Dataset version: e864aad (2026-06-17) — every figure on this page comes from this exact dataset snapshot.

National sources (every council)

Bulk datasets used for every council on CivAccount. Council tax, service budgets, and population all come from these.

Council Tax 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Band D council tax
- Precepts (parish, police, fire)
- Tax rise percentage vs prior year
Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Net service budget (all 10 categories)
- Gross expenditure
- Total service budget
Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Final out-turn spending
- Variance vs budget
ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates
Office for National Statistics
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Population
- Per-capita calculations
Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)
LGBCE
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Council type
- Ward structure
- Councillor numbers
DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23
DEFRA
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Waste sent to recycling
- Waste sent to energy from waste
- Waste sent to landfill

Field-level sources (9)

Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.

Budget gap
2025-26
Review of the Camden MTFS — residual savings to find by 2027
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 e4db1bbf612c…
Cabinet members & portfolios
2025-26
Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 cabinet count verified (9 members + Leader)
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“Cabinet Members (x 9) £27,326.50”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…
Chief executive
Live page
Camden Management Team — Chief Executive Jon Rowney (appointed 1 Aug 2025)
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Council leader
2025-26
Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — Leader identified
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“Cllr Richard Olszewski — Leader of the Council (derived from Band 1 SRA recipient identifier)”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…
Councillor basic allowance
2025-26
Scheme for the Payment of Members' Allowances 2025-26 — §1.1 Basic Allowance (p1)
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“Each Member of the Council is entitled to receive a Basic Allowance of £16,084.30”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…
leader_allowance
2025-26
Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 Band 1 Leader SRA (p1)
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“Leader of the Council £43,721.38”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…
reserves
2024-25
Review of the Camden Medium Term Financial Strategy — §2.73 Planned Use of Reserves (p22)
Page 22 — the source link opens at this page
“Our General Fund balances stand at £17m or roughly 5% of our core spending power and our General Fund earmarked reserves stand at £159m or 47% of our core spending power.”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 e4db1bbf612c…
Savings target
2025-26
Review of the Camden MTFS — Table One Summary of Budget Savings (p5)
Page 5 — the source link opens at this page
“more limited capacity for major new investments during the current MTFS period”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 e4db1bbf612c…
total_councillors
Live page
Camden councillors — member index
“55 councillors across 18 wards (LGBCE confirmed)”
Open source (opens in new tab)Archived copy (Wayback Machine, opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22

Want the full methodology?

How we collect, validate, and present council data — plus our correction policy, open data licence, and update cadence.

Methodology →Change log →Press kit →Raw JSON →

How we source Camden data

The bar is: every number traceable to a .gov.uk URL.

Official UK government data only. No third-party aggregators. All figures come from GOV.UK bulk datasets (MHCLG Revenue Account, ONS, DEFRA, LGBCE) or from Camden's own .gov.uk website.

Dated and auditable. Every data point records the date it was verified. Spotted a discrepancy? Contact us and we'll investigate transparently — corrections are published on our change log.

Detailed data last verified: 2026-04-22

Dataset version: e864aad (2026-06-17) — every figure on this page comes from this exact dataset snapshot.

National sources (every council)

Bulk datasets used for every council on CivAccount. Council tax, service budgets, and population all come from these.

Council Tax 2025-26

GOV.UK (MHCLG)

Open source

Band D council tax
Precepts (parish, police, fire)
Tax rise percentage vs prior year

Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26

GOV.UK (MHCLG)

Open source

Net service budget (all 10 categories)
Gross expenditure
Total service budget

Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25

GOV.UK (MHCLG)

Open source

Final out-turn spending
Variance vs budget

ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates

Office for National Statistics

Open source

Population
Per-capita calculations

Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)

LGBCE

Open source

Council type
Ward structure
Councillor numbers

DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23

DEFRA

Open source

Waste sent to recycling
Waste sent to energy from waste
Waste sent to landfill

Field-level sources (9)

Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.

Budget gap

2025-26

Review of the Camden MTFS — residual savings to find by 2027

Open source Archived copy

Accessed 2026-04-22

sha256 e4db1bbf612c…

Cabinet members & portfolios

2025-26

Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 cabinet count verified (9 members + Leader)

Page 1 — the source link opens at this page

“Cabinet Members (x 9) £27,326.50”

Open source Archived copy

Page 1 of Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 cabinet count verified (9 members + Leader) — where this value appears

See the original page (screenshot)

Accessed 2026-04-22

sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…

Chief executive

Live page

Camden Management Team — Chief Executive Jon Rowney (appointed 1 Aug 2025)

Open source

Accessed 2026-04-22

Council leader

2025-26

Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — Leader identified

Page 1 — the source link opens at this page

“Cllr Richard Olszewski — Leader of the Council (derived from Band 1 SRA recipient identifier)”

Open source Archived copy

Accessed 2026-04-22

sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…

Councillor basic allowance

2025-26

Scheme for the Payment of Members' Allowances 2025-26 — §1.1 Basic Allowance (p1)

Page 1 — the source link opens at this page

“Each Member of the Council is entitled to receive a Basic Allowance of £16,084.30”

Open source Archived copy

Page 1 of Scheme for the Payment of Members' Allowances 2025-26 — §1.1 Basic Allowance (p1) — where this value appears

See the original page (screenshot)

Accessed 2026-04-22

sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…

leader_allowance

2025-26

Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 Band 1 Leader SRA (p1)

Page 1 — the source link opens at this page

“Leader of the Council £43,721.38”

Open source Archived copy

Page 1 of Members' Allowances Scheme 2025-26 — §2.1 Band 1 Leader SRA (p1) — where this value appears

See the original page (screenshot)

Accessed 2026-04-22

sha256 2c70eeccc5f8…

reserves

2024-25

Review of the Camden Medium Term Financial Strategy — §2.73 Planned Use of Reserves (p22)

Page 22 — the source link opens at this page

“Our General Fund balances stand at £17m or roughly 5% of our core spending power and our General Fund earmarked reserves stand at £159m or 47% of our core spending power.”

Open source Archived copy