Burial and Cremation Service Financial Details
Following approval of 2024-25 services outturn Appendix A of the Cabinet report 7 July 2025, I should be grateful if Under FoI rules you could let me have the following standard subjective analyses of I and E details:- A.. Cemeteries and Gravedigging : Gross Expenditure = £380,000, Income £157,000, Net expenditure £223,000. How is does Council finance the net expenditure deficit? B Crematorium : Gross expenditure +£805,000, Income £1,341,000, Cont. (Net) to and from Reserves £263,000, Net surplus income over expenditure £279,000. What happens to the surplus income over service expenditure? In addition , C. Can you please confirm that these Services and Accounts are based on full cost recovery as defined in Regulations and Guidelines, and provide details of the Council's policy regarding future calculated Charges, in respect of the year of account and previous financial years? D. Could you please provide references for the legislation under which these services are provided and the relevant Statutory Guidelines on Charges? E. Can you please provide numbers in respect of annual; 1,. burials and 2, cremations? F. Are cremation charges paid to the Council, indirectly through Funeral Directors, or are they met directly as a charge and payment to the Council from the deceased's estate? G. What is the level of outstanding debt for burials and cremations for 2023-24 and 2024-25 please? How is this unpaid debt funded by the Council?