First Quarter of Financial Year 2025/26 Revenue and Capital Monitoring Report
Havering Council's financial monitoring for Q1 2025/26 includes a significant write-off of uncollectable business rates debt.
Havering Council's cabinet revealed in August 2025 that £520,925.70 in uncollectable business rates debt for the first quarter of the financial year 2025/26 had been written off. This decision, detailed in the First Quarter of Financial Year 2025/26 Revenue and Capital Monitoring Report, was approved by the Strategic Director of Resources.
The report noted that the write-off is against a bad debt provision already made in the council's financial accounts, meaning there will be no further impact on the council's financial position. This report monitors Havering Council's revenue and capital for the first quarter of the financial year 2025/26.
Key facts
- Havering Council's cabinet revealed the write-off of £520,925.70 in uncollectable business rates debt on August 13, 2025. Source
- The write-off is for uncollectable business rates debt from the first quarter of the financial year 2025/26. Source
- The Strategic Director of Resources approved the write-off. Source
- The write-off is against a bad debt provision already made in the council's financial accounts. Source
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