Fire and Rescue Authority financial reserves: March 2024
Published 18 December 2025
Applies to England
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| Standalone FRA | General Fund (£m) | Earmarked Reserves (£m) | Total Resource Reserves (£m) | Capital Receipts Reserve (£m) | Capital Grants Unapplied (£m) | Capital Grants Applied (£m) | Total Capital Reserves (£m) | Total Usable Reserves (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 1.5 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| Bedfordshire | 2.4 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 13.8 |
| Berkshire | 2.3 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 16.2 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1.6 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2.1 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| Cheshire | 3.2 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 26.0 |
| Cleveland | 1.9 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 14.0 |
| Cumbria | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 9.8 |
| Derbyshire | 1.9 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 13.6 |
| Devon & Somerset | 4.6 | 21.6 | 26.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.2 |
| Dorset & Wiltshire | 3.1 | 17.8 | 20.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.9 |
| Durham & Darlington | 1.8 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| East Sussex | 2.5 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| Essex | 4.2 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 13.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 23.7 |
| Hampshire & Isle of Wight | 2.5 | 29.3 | 31.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.8 |
| Hereford & Worcester | 1.5 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| Humberside | 7.2 | 8.4 | 15.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 15.7 |
| Kent | 4.3 | 33.4 | 37.7 | 8.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 46.2 |
| Lancashire | 5.7 | 8.4 | 14.1 | 0.1 | 19.6 | 0.0 | 19.7 | 33.8 |
| Leicestershire | 3.0 | 20.1 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23.1 |
| Merseyside | 3.7 | 12.2 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 31.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 1.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5.1 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
| Shropshire | 2.4 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| South Yorkshire | 5.0 | 14.8 | 19.8 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 20.2 |
| Staffordshire | 1.9 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| Tyne and Wear | 4.1 | 26.9 | 31.0 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 32.5 |
| West Midlands | 4.0 | 24.0 | 28.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 28.1 |
| West Yorkshire | 5.7 | 26.0 | 31.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 31.8 |
| Total | 481.9 | 92.5 | 574.4 |
1) All figures taken from the fire and rescue authorities’ audited statements of accounts. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2) The figure of £15.0m that appears as Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority’s ‘capital reserves’ is the fund for the National Resilience Assurance Team (NRAT) asset refresh which the Authority is holding on behalf of the Home Office.
3) In April 2023, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Authority transferred its governance from Cumbria County Council to the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Cumbria.