Standalone FRA financial reserves: March 2019
Published 30 November 2020
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Standalone FRA reserve levels as at March 2019
| Fire and Rescue Authority | General Fund, £m | Earmarked reserves, £m | Total resource reserves, £m | Capital reserves, £m | Resource reserves as a percentage of core spending power, % | Change since March 2015, £m | % Change since March 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 1.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 20% | -0.5 | -6% |
| Bedfordshire | 2.6 | 12.7 | 15.3 | 0.8 | 52% | 2.6 | 21% |
| Berkshire | 2.3 | 8 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 31% | -0.4 | -4% |
| Buckinghamshire | 1.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 0 | 27% | -7.5 | -50% |
| Cambridgeshire | 2.5 | 8.5 | 11 | 4 | 38% | 1.2 | 12% |
| Cheshire | 2.3 | 28.8 | 31.1 | 0.1 | 73% | -0.8 | -3% |
| Cleveland | 1.6 | 9 | 10.6 | 0.3 | 40% | -5.9 | -36% |
| Derbyshire | 1.9 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 24% | -13.9 | -60% |
| Devon & Somerset | 5.3 | 33.6 | 38.9 | 0 | 52% | 15.1 | 64% |
| Dorset & Wiltshire [footnote 1] | 2.7 | 15.1 | 17.9 | 0 | 32% | -1.6 | -8% |
| Durham & Darlington | 1.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 0 | 26% | -4.5 | -38% |
| East Sussex | 2.4 | 13.8 | 16.2 | 9.5 | 42% | 3.6 | 29% |
| Essex | 7.9 | 5.7 | 13.6 | 8.3 | 19% | 2 | 17% |
| Hampshire | 2.5 | 27.9 | 30.4 | 0 | 47% | 0.1 | 0% |
| Hereford & Worcester | 1.8 | 12.8 | 14.6 | 3.4 | 46% | 4.7 | 47% |
| Humberside | 5.3 | 5.4 | 10.7 | 0 | 25% | -5.4 | -34% |
| Kent | 4.1 | 29.4 | 33.4 | 8.9 | 47% | -0.6 | -2% |
| Lancashire | 8.4 | 25.4 | 33.8 | 2.3 | 62% | 3.3 | 11% |
| Leicestershire | 2.6 | 12.4 | 15.1 | 0 | 43% | 8.1 | 116% |
| Merseyside | 2 | 23.1 | 25.1 | 4.9 | 41% | -0.9 | -4% |
| Northamptonshire[footnote 2] | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1 | 6% | ||
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 20% | 0.5 | 8% |
| Nottinghamshire | 5.6 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 0.3 | 25% | 0 | 0% |
| Shropshire | 0.5 | 15 | 15.5 | 0 | 71% | 2.3 | 17% |
| South Yorkshire | 5.6 | 17.3 | 22.9 | 0.3 | 46% | -2.2 | -9% |
| Staffordshire | 1.9 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 0 | 40% | 0.6 | 4% |
| Tyne and Wear | 3.9 | 25 | 29 | 3 | 60% | -2 | -6% |
| West Midlands | 6.9 | 33.4 | 40.3 | 2.4 | 42% | -5.2 | -11% |
| West Yorkshire | 5.1 | 31.2 | 36.3 | 0 | 45% | 12.1 | 50% |
| Total (excluding London Fire Commissioner) | 93.7 | 444.3 | 538 | 59.8 | 39% | 4.7 | 1% |
| London Fire Commissioner [footnote 3] | 23.2 | 52.2 | 75.4 | 31.5 | 53.4 | 242% |
Notes
Source: All figures taken from audited FRA statements of accounts.
Figures may not sum due to rounding. Resource reserves as a percentage of core spending power show reserves as a percentage of 2019 to 2020 core spending power (government grant, retained business rates and precept).
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service falls under the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and its budget is set by the Metro Mayor. Separate core spending power and reserves figures relating to the fire service are therefore not available.
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Dorset and Wiltshire & Swindon FRAs merged on 1 April 2016 to form Dorset & Wiltshire FRA. Resource reserves held by Dorset & Wiltshire FRA as at March 2019 are compared to those held by Dorset and Wiltshire & Swindon FRAs as at March 2015. ↩
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Northamptonshire FRA was established on 1 January 2019 when responsibility for the governance of fire and rescue transferred from Northamptonshire County Council to the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. ↩
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On 1 April 2018, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) was abolished and the first London Fire Commissioner (LFC) was appointed. The LFC is a functional body of the Greater London Authority and its budget is set by the Mayor. Separate core spending power numbers or reserves figures for the LFC are therefore not available. ↩