What percentage of my bill goes to Cotswold?

In 2025-26, all of your council tax (£2,277.00) goes to Cotswold.

What does most of my money go towards?

Bins, streets & environment takes the biggest share at 57% of the budget.

Is this council expensive compared to others?

In 2026-27, this council charges £60.95 less than the average district council.

How much has my bill gone up this year?

Your Band D bill went up by £115.00 (5.1%) from 2025-26 to 2026-27.

Transparency

Data provenance — Cotswold District Council

Every figure on the Cotswold District Council 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 Cotswold District Council 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 Cotswold District Council'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: 2026-06-17

Dataset version: 49de0cd (2026-10-03) — 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 (7)

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

Chief executive
Live page
Cotswold DC — Appointment of a Permanent Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service), Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer (Jane Portman, effective 1 January 2026)
“appoint Jane Portman as the permanent Chief Executive Officer”
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
Chief executive salary
2026-27
Cotswold Pay Policy Statement 2026-27 — Policy on Remuneration of Senior & Other Officers (s.5.2)
Page 4 — the source link opens at this page
“• Chief Executive (Head of Paid Service) £140,000 per annum”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 4a734295b199…
Council leader
2024-25
Cotswold Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Annual Governance Statement, Approval of Leader and Head of Paid Service
Page 111 — the source link opens at this page
“Mike Evemy David Stanley”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 cbab53edb3bb…
Councillor basic allowance
2024-25
Cotswold Members' Allowances Scheme 2024-25
Page 1 — the source link opens at this page
“£6,084.00”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 7dba727c3536…
reserves
2024-25
Cotswold Statement of Accounts 2024-25
Page 7 — the source link opens at this page
“general fund revenue risk-based balance at £1.760m”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 cbab53edb3bb…
Senior officer salary bands
2024-25
Cotswold Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Note B9 Other Officer Remuneration (officers >£50k, 2024/25 column)
Page 34 — the source link opens at this page
“£110,000 to £114,999 1 1”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 cbab53edb3bb…
Total councillor allowances (annual cost)
2024-25
Cotswold Statement of Accounts 2024-25
Page 28 — the source link opens at this page
“324,038 333,579”
Open source (opens in new tab)
See the original page (screenshot) (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-06-17
sha256 cbab53edb3bb…

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 Cotswold District Council data

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

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: 2026-06-17

Dataset version: 49de0cd (2026-10-03) — 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 (7)

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

Chief executive

Live page

Cotswold DC — Appointment of a Permanent Chief Executive Officer (Head of Paid Service), Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer (Jane Portman, effective 1 January 2026)