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Annual accounts

Each council. 29 of 32 have a 2024/25 AAR URL. Three delayed — missing, not zero.

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29 councils have 2024/25 AAR publication URL verified; 3 delayed (Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, Stirling) — fallback prior AAR / plan only.

  • Councils with verified 2024/25 AAR publication URL

    29Published

    29 found; 3 delayed (Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, Stirling).

  • Aberdeen City usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £153.6mPublished

    From Audit Scotland AAR PDF. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Aberdeenshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £78.7mPublished

    Audited accounts: usable reserves decreased to £78.677 million at 31 March 2025 (balance sheet £78,677k). AAR did not print a closing total. Audit Scotland Best Value table corroborates £78.7 million. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Angus usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £51.9mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves amounting to £51.9 million at 31 March 2025. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/angus-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Argyll and Bute usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £121.2mPublished

    2025/26 unaudited accounts opening/comparative: total usable reserves £121.235 million at 31 March 2025 (GF £112.705 million matches AAR GF £112.7 million). Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Dumfries and Galloway usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £93mPublished

    AAR: net reduction in usable reserves to £93.009 million at March 2025. Exhibit total usable reserves £93.009 million. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/dumfries-and-galloway-council-annual-audit-202425

  • East Ayrshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £117mPublished

    AAR: total usable reserves £117.031 million at 31 March 2025. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/east-ayrshire-council-annual-audit-202425

  • East Lothian usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £58.1mPublished

    AAR Exhibit 7: usable reserves increased from £55.507 million to £58.066 million at 31 March 2025. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/east-lothian-council-annual-audit-202425

  • City of Edinburgh usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £376.6mPublished

    From Audit Scotland AAR PDF. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Na h-Eileanan Siar usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £44.7mPublished

    AAR Exhibit 6 table 'Total usable reserves carried forward' 44.7. Source line cites Comhairle 2024/25 unaudited annual accounts. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/comhairle-nan-eilean-siar-annual-audit-202425

  • Falkirk usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £109.6mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves amounting to £109.6 million at 31 March 2025. Overview table prints 109.5 (rounding). Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/falkirk-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Fife usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £135.1mPublished

    AAR: cash-backed (useable) reserves decreased by £46.263 million to £135.051 million. Useable = usable. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/fife-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Glasgow City usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £193.6mPublished

    From Audit Scotland AAR PDF. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Highland usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £157.4mPublished

    2025/26 unaudited accounts (issued 25 June 2026) opening usable reserves £157.448 million at 31 March 2025. Commentary rounds to £157.5 million. 2024/25 AAR did not print a closing total. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Inverclyde usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £47.2mPublished

    Audited accounts approved 29 October 2025: usable reserves £47.229 million at 31 March 2025 (MIRS/balance sheet £47,229k). Audit Scotland Best Value: ~1% reduction, consistent. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Midlothian usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £85mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves balance of £85 million in 2024/25 (printed to nearest million). Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/midlothian-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Moray usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £42mPublished

    Audited accounts: usable reserves GF £29.284 million + HRA £2.233 million + other £10.436 million = £41.953 million at 31 March 2025 (balance sheet £41,953k). AAR: audit adjustments did not change usable reserves. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • North Ayrshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £129.8mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves £129.829 million at 31 March 2025. Exhibit total usable reserves £129.829 million. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/north-ayrshire-council-annual-audit-202425

  • North Lanarkshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £346.3mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves increased from £342.6 million to £346.3 million in 2024/25. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/north-lanarkshire-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Orkney Islands usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £241.5mPublished

    Accounts pack: usable reserves decreased from £253.387 million to £241.505 million at 31 March 2025. Includes independent auditor’s report (KPMG). Balance sheet still carries 30 June 2025 unaudited-issue line. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Scottish Borders usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £53mPublished

    AAR: planned year-end usable reserves £53.0 million; auditor states the year-end position is consistent with that plan. Not a £000 outturn table. GF year-end £42.9 million is a subset. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • Shetland Islands usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £373.7mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves fell to £373.7 million at 31 March 2025 from £403.6 million. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/shetland-islands-council-annual-audit-202425

  • South Ayrshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £37.5mPublished

    AAR: usable reserves balance at 31 March 2025 £37.541 million. Exhibit total usable reserves £37.541 million. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/south-ayrshire-council-annual-audit-202425

  • South Lanarkshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £147.6mPublished

    From Audit Scotland AAR PDF. Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • West Dunbartonshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £13.1mPublished

    2025/26 unaudited accounts opening: total usable reserves £13.125 million at 31 March 2025 (GF £12.272 million + HRA £0.611 million + other £0.242 million). 2024/25 council AAR still not on audit.scot (trusts PDF only). Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS.

  • West Lothian usable reserves 31 Mar 2025

    £31.5mPublished

    AAR financial-overview table 'Total usable reserves carried forward' 31.5 (equals GF earmarked 29.5 + uncommitted 2.0 as printed). Council-level only — not ward. Not mixed with SLGFS. AAR page: https://audit.scot/publications/west-lothian-council-annual-audit-202425

  • Stirling usable reserves 31 Mar 2025 (unaudited — not AAR)

    £51.6mEstimate

    unaudited LFR return per SLGFS 2024-25 intro (Stirling listed among unaudited-account returns) AAR still outstanding — FOI AAR ask remains not_sent/partial.

  • Clackmannanshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025 (SLGFS LFR)

    £27.1mEstimate

    SLGFS LFR 23 figure present but SLGFS intro: accounts not published / could not be checked against unaudited accounts — provisional only AAR still outstanding — FOI AAR ask remains not_sent/partial.

  • East Dunbartonshire usable reserves 31 Mar 2025 (SLGFS LFR)

    £21.2mEstimate

    SLGFS LFR 23 figure present but SLGFS intro: accounts not published / could not be checked — provisional only AAR still outstanding — FOI AAR ask remains not_sent/partial.

Still missing

  • AAR usable-reserves stock is not SLGFS. Delayed councils show LFR estimates, labelled estimate.
  • AAR-linked councils with no printed total usable stock stay blank — not £0.
  • Do not add the extracted stocks into a Scotland total.

Local government usable reserves (SLGFS, all councils)

Scotland. Blank years are missing, not zero. Source

  • 2016-03£2,531m
  • 2017-03£2,501m
  • 2018-03£2,573m
  • 2019-03£2,546m
  • 2020-03£2,708m
  • 2021-03£3,832m
  • 2022-03£4,163m
  • 2023-03£4,530m
  • 2024-03£4,258m
  • 2025-03£3,931m

SLGFS all-council series, including 2024-25. The Audit Scotland bulletin £3.8bn is a 29-council figure, not this series. Do not mix the two.

Money lines

Each row is its own pot. Envelope is not outturn. Awards are not payments. These rows are not added together.

This is a leaf. Empty is not £0.