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Final TMSS 2025-26 Appendix 3

Argyll and Bute Council · 27 February 2025
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Prudential and Treasury Indicators - 2025-28 Estimates
Prudential indicators for prudence
1) Capital expenditure
Gross capital expenditure
Less Financing
Net financing need (in year borrowing requirement)
2) Capital financing requirement (CFR)
Total CFR at 1 April
Total CFR 31 March
Movement in CFR
Represented by:
Net in year borrowing requirement (above)
Less Principal repayments and other financing movements
Total
3) Authorised limit for borrowing
Authorised limit for long-term liabilities
Authorised limit for external debt
4) Operational boundary for borrowing
Operational boundary for long-term liabilities
Operational boundary for external debt
5) Gross debt and the CFR
Gross debt at 31 March
Total CFR at 31 March
Gross debt less the CFR at 31 March
Prudential indicators for affordability
6) Ratio of financing costs to net revenue
stream
Treasury indicators - borrowing limits
7) Maturity structure of fixed rate borrowing Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower
a) Under 12 months 30% 0% 30% 0% 30% 0%
b) 12 months and within 24 months 30% 0% 30% 0% 30% 0%
c) 24 months and within 5 years 30% 0% 30% 0% 30% 0%
d) 5 years and within 10 years 40% 0% 40% 0% 40% 0%
e) 10 years and above 100% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0%
8) Limits on fixed and variable rate borrowing Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower
a) Fixed rate 100% 0% 100% 0% 100% 0%
b) Variable rate 60% 0% 60% 0% 60% 0%
Treasury indicator - investment
9) Upper limit on principal sums invested for
over 365 days
£m £m £m
71 53 38
26 19 9
45 34 29
APPENDIX 3
2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Estimate Estimate Estimate
21
£m £m £m
360 394 415
34 16
394 415 431
101 95 90
394 415 431
£m £m £m
293 320 341
104 98 93
402 423 439
£m £m £m
298 325 346
20
£m £m £m
321 370 401
394 415 431
-73 -45 -30
1634 21
% % %
4.9% 5.2% 5.6%
£m £m £m
20 20
45 34 29
11 13 13

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APPENDIX 3
Notes to Prudential and Treasury Indicators
Prudential Indicators - Prudence
Affordability Prudential Indicators
Ratio of Financing Costs to Net Revenue Stream
Maturity Structure of Borrowing
This indicator identifies the trend in the cost of capital (borrowing and other long term obligation costs),
against the net revenue stream. The estimates of financing costs include current commitments and the
proposals in the 2025-26 Budget Pack. 
These gross limits are set to reduce the authority’s exposure to large, fixed rate sums falling due for
refinancing, and are required for upper and lower limits.
Indicators 1 - 5 above cover the overall capital and control of borrowing prudential indicators.
The authority’s capital expenditure plans are the key driver of treasury management activity. The output
of the capital expenditure plans is reflected in the prudential indicators, which are designed to assist
members’ overview and confirm capital expenditure plans.
Within the overall framework, prudential indicators are required to assess the affordability of the capital
investment plans. These provide an indication of the impact of the capital investment plans on the
authority’s overall finances.