Financial reports

Notice of Public Rights

Read our Notice of Public Rights for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Our financial reports

Financial Report 2023

• Download Belfast City Council Financial Report 2022-2023 (PDF 6.8MB)
• Read Belfast City Council annual audit letter 2022-2023 online. 

Financial Report 2022

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2021 - 2022 (PDF - 2MB)
• Read Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2021 - 2022

Financial Report 2021

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2020 - 2021 (PDF - 11MB)
• Read Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2020-2021

Financial Report 2020

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2019 - 20 (PDF - 6MB)
• Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2019-2020

Financial Report 2019

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

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2019 (PDF - 5.13MB) 
• Download the Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2019 (PDF - 664KB)

Financial Report 2018

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2018 (PDF - 5.13MB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2018 (PDF - 301KB)  

Financial Report 2017

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2017 (PDF - 4.6MB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2017 (PDF - 616KB)

Financial Report 2016

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2016 (PDF - 4MB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2016 (PDF - 437KB)

Financial Report 2015

• Download the Belfast City Council Financial Report 2015 (PDF - 3.09MB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Annual Audit letter 2015 (PDF - 318KB)
• Download the Belfast City Council (Shadow) Financial Statements 2015 (PDF - 1.47MB)
• Download the Belfast City Council (Shadow) Annual Audit letter 2015 (PDF - 281KB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Statutory Transition Committee financial statements 2015 (PDF - 566KB)
• Download the Belfast City Council Statutory Transition Committee Annual Audit letter 2015 (PDF - 203KB)

Invoice performance

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

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.

Prompt payment information for quarter 2 (1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021)

• During the period 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021, we paid 16,118 invoices totalling £46,961,022.27.
• We paid 15,220 invoices by the 30-day target (13,254 of these were paid within 10 working days).
• 898 invoices were paid outside the 30-day target.

Prompt payment information for quarter 1 (1 April 2021 - 30 June 2021)

• During the period 1 April 2021 until 30 June 2021, we paid 20,143 invoices totalling £45,955,279.02.
• We paid 19,234 invoices by the 30-day target (16,758 of these were paid within 10 working days).
• We paid 909 invoices outside the 30-day target.

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