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# Lichfield District Council boosts coffers by £385,000 as “efficiency targets” are also met
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-district-council-boosts-coffers-by-385000-as-efficiency-targets-are-also-hit/
- Published: 2017-06-06T08:10:41.000Z
- Updated: 2017-06-08T05:06:37.000Z
- Description: Lichfield District Council has boosted its coffers by more than £385,000 after posting better than expected financial figures.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:27, News

Lichfield District Council has boosted its coffers by more than £385,000 after posting better than expected financial figures.

[![Lichfield District Council House](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/district-council-house.jpg)](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2017/03/15/figures-reveal-councillor-attendance-record-at-lichfield-district-council/district-council-house/)

Lichfield District Council House

A report to the local authority’s overview and scrutiny committee has revealed that as well as hitting its planned “efficiency targets”, the council had also been able to transfer £692,606 to its general reserves.

The figure is higher than the £307,500 it had anticipated in a revised budget – and significantly above the £8,560 it had expected at the start of the 2016/17 period.

Anthony Thomas, head of finance and procurement at Lichfield District Council, said: “The extra money has mainly come from higher than expected income from a variety of sources, including an increase in planning applications, attendance at our leisure centres, use of our car parks and licensing and court fees.”

Although the additional money had been transferred to the council’s account, Mr Thomas warned that it did not mean the future was necessarily bright in financial terms.

“More money in our reserves will help us to manage the financial risks that are coming up, such as a change in the way business rates are distributed and central government funding being withdrawn,” he said. “So, although our financial position has been strengthened, it unfortunately does not take away from the huge funding gap we face in the coming years.”

The financial challenges facing the council going forward have been brought to the forefront in recent months, with plans to introduce a charge for brown bin collections from 2018.

The Labour opposition group [branded the so-called bin tax as “outrageous”](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2017/04/18/labour-group-leader-blasts-outrageous-move-to-give-go-ahead-for-brown-bin-charges-in-lichfield-and-burntwood/), but Conservative Cabinet member Cllr Iain Eadie [said the bleak financial picture meant tough decisions needed to be made](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2017/02/28/people-in-lichfield-and-burntwood-could-be-charged-extra-to-have-their-brown-bins-collected/).