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Financial reports

  • Notice of audit and appointed day 2025

    From 30 July 2025 to 27 August 2025, the public can apply to inspect our accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. Read our Notice of audit and appointed day. 

  • Our financial reports

    Financial Report 2024

    Our Financial Report covers our financial performance from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

    Notice of conclusion of audit

    In accordance with the Local Government (Accounts and Audit) Regulations (Northern Ireland 2015, notice is given that the audit of accounts for Belfast City Council, for the year ended 31 March 2024, has been concluded by the local government auditor. 

    Any member of the public may:

    • (a) inspect and make copies of the statements of accounts (or any part of it) prepared by the council;
    • (b) inspect and make copies of (or any part of it) any report made to the council by the local government auditor;
    • (c) require copies of any such statement or report (or any part thereof) to be delivered to him/her on payment of £10 for each copy.

    The documents may be inspected on application, in advance in writing to the Director of Finance, Belfast City Council, 9 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8DJ between the hours of 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

    Financial Report 2023

    Financial Report 2022

    Financial Report 2021

    Financial Report 2020

    Financial Report 2019

    Our Financial Report covers our financial performance from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019. 

    Financial Report 2018

    Financial Report 2017

    Financial Report 2016

  • Invoice performance

    The target for paying invoices, where no other terms are agreed, is 30 days. '30 days' are calendar days and '10 days' are 10 working days.

    Financial year 2024-2025

    Prompt payment information for quarter 4 (1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025​)

    • During the period 1st January 2025 to 31 March 2025 we paid 19,071 invoices totalling £47,203,330.16.
    • We paid 16,659 invoices by the 30 day target (14,532 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 2,412 invoices were paid outside the 30 day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 3 (1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024​)

    • During the period 1 October 2024 to 31 December 2024 we paid 20,795 invoices totalling £48,219,440.74.
    • We paid 19,167 invoices by the 30 day target (16,901 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1.628 invoices were paid outside the 30 day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 2 (1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024​)

    • During the period 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024 we paid 14,640 invoices totalling £41,905,519.60.
    • We paid 12,385 invoices by the 30 day target (10,237 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 2,255 invoices were paid outside the 30 day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 1 (1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024​)

    • During the period 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024 we paid 14,618 invoices totalling £43,523,473.43.
    • We paid 13,480 invoices by the 30 day target (11,521 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,138 invoices were paid outside the 30 day target.

    Financial year 2023-2024

    Prompt payment information for quarter 4 (1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024)

    • During the period 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024, we paid 19,125 invoices totalling £44,616,039.56.
    • We paid 17,935 invoices by the 30-day target (14,977 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,190 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 3 (1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023)

    • During the period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023, we paid 21,860 invoices totalling £49,629,217.62.
    • We paid 20,475 invoices by the 30-day target (17,655 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,385 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 2 (1 July 2023 to the 30 September 2023)

    • During the period 1 July 2023 to the 30 September 2023 we paid 16,718 invoices totalling £42,441,771.91.
    • We paid 15,155 invoices by the 30-day target, 12,628 of these were paid within 10 working days.
    • 1,563 invoices were paid outside the 30 --day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 1 (1 April 2023 to the 30 June 2023​)

    • During the period 1 April 2023 to the 30 June 2023 we paid 17,926 invoices totalling £55,731,283.76.
    • We paid 16,891 invoices by the 30-day target, 13,514 of these were paid within 10 working days.
    • 1,035 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Financial year 2022-2023

    The target for paying invoices, where no other terms are agreed, is 30 days. 30 days is calendar days and 10 days is 10 working days.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 4 (1 January 2023 to the 31 March 2023)

    • During the period 1 January 2023 to the 31 March 2023, we paid 24,081 invoices totalling £42,571,138.81.
    • We paid 21,785 invoices by the 30-day target, 19,399 of these were paid within 10 working days.
    • 2,296 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 3 (1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022)

    • During the period 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022, we paid 20,066 invoices totalling £46,539,2268.39.
    • We paid 18,562 invoices by the 30-day target (16,602 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1414 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 2 (1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022)

    • During the period 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022 we paid 16,307 invoices totalling £38,174,271.02.
    • We paid 14,382 invoices by the 30-day target (12,029 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1925 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 1 (1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022)

    • During the period 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022, we paid 26,005 invoices totalling £52,744,915.32.
    • We paid 24,559 invoices by the 30-day target (22,273 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,446 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Financial year 2021-2022

    The target for paying invoices, where no other terms are agreed, is 30 days. 30 days is calendar days and 10 days is 10 working days.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 4 (1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022)

    • During the period 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022, we paid 16,198 invoices totalling £37,235,582.52.
    • We paid 14,647 invoices by the 30-day target (12,620 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,551 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    Prompt payment information for quarter 3 (1 October 2021 to 31 December 2021)

    • During the period 1 October 2021 to 31 December 2021, we paid 18,743 invoices totalling £57,138,778.13.
    • We paid 17,548 invoices by the 30-day target (15,250 of these were paid within 10 working days).
    • 1,195 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

    View prompt payment information for previous years at Department for Communities website (link opens in new window)

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