The hub is published by Haverly Consulting, a housing finance consultancy that works with local authorities across England. Every figure links to its official source, and the key figures, comparisons and directory are refreshed every month.
Key figures
The latest national figures for English councils: reserves, audit opinions, Exceptional Financial Support, the social rent cap, council tax referendum limits, Bank Rate and today's PWLB certainty rates.
Open key figures →Compare your council
Choose any English council to see its non-ringfenced reserves against councils of the same type, and the status of its external audits for the last three years.
Open compare your council →Data insights
Charts and analysis of the audit backlog and the backstop, the trend in reserves against spending, and how widely reserves vary within each type of council.
Open data insights →Directory of Section 151 officers
The Section 151 officer at 316 English councils, with their job titles, searchable by council or name.
Open the directory →Key dates
The statutory and regulatory dates in a council's financial year, from rent setting and the council tax base to the PWLB capital plan return and audit backstop dates.
Open key dates →Guidance library
Links to the legislation, CIPFA codes and statutory guidance that Section 151 officers rely on, grouped by theme and checked against the official sources.
Open guidance library →Free tools
PWLB early repayment and PWLB versus index-linked borrowing calculators, and the HRA Assistant for questions about the Housing Revenue Account.
Open free tools →About Haverly Consulting
Haverly Consulting is led by Nick Haverly FCPFA and advises councils on Housing Revenue Account business plans, temporary accommodation costs, capital financing and medium-term financial planning. We are approved suppliers on the YPO, NEPRO³ and NHS London Procurement Partnership frameworks. Visit our website or get in touch.