What we spend and how we spend it
This section contains information about the council’s finances.
This includes details about:
- financial statement of accounts
- payments over £500
- our contracts register
- senior salaries and pay policy
- members' allowance scheme
- trade union facility time
- internal financial regulations
Financial statement of accounts
These are the most recent approved statements of accounts and external auditors’ report on accounts:
| Public Inspection Notice 2023 to 2024 |  (PDF 98 KB) |
| Draft Statement of Accounts 2023 to 2024 | (PDF 1.09 MB) |
| Draft Statement of Accounts 2022-2023 | (PDF 1.29 MB) |
| Delay notice of publication and audit of 2021-22 accounts | (PDF 108 KB) |
| Statement of accounts 2021-2022 - Subject to audit | (PDF 1.34 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2020-2021 | (PDF 1.48 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2019-2020 | (PDF 1.7 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2018-19 | (PDF 4.42 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2017-18 | (PDF 1.33 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2016-17 | (PDF 2.02 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2015-16 | (PDF 2.58 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2014–15 | (PDF 792 KB) |
| Annual Audit Letter 2013–14 | (PDF 484 KB) |
| Summarised Statement of Accounts 2010–11 | (PDF 2.66 MB) |
| Annual Audit Letter 2010–11 | (PDF 634 KB) |
| Summarised Statement of Accounts 2009–10 | (PDF 176 KB) |
| Annual Audit Letter 2009–10 | (PDF 246 KB) |
| Summarised Statement of Accounts 2008–09 | (PDF 72 KB) |
Inspecting our accounts
Find out when you can inspect our accounts here
In line with government requirements, we publish online details showing items of spend over £500 made to suppliers for goods and services.
We use an eProcurement system called Proactis. Supplier registration and all of our procurement activity is usually via this system. The Proactis system is used to record and publish all new and current contracts directly to a publicly viewable contracts register. View the contracts register.
Senior salaries and pay policy
The senior salary information as at 31 March 2024 is as follows:
- Chief executive: £121,706
- Executive director: £101,315
- Statutory Chief Officer £83,409
The headcount as at 31 March 2024 - 1146
The number of FTEs as at 31 March 2024 – 855.23
Section 38 (1) of the Localism Act 2011, requires all local authorities in England and Wales to produce a Pay Policy Statement. The Act and supporting statutory guidance provides details of matters that should be included in this statutory pay policy which must be complied with when setting the terms and conditions of chief officers. The policy must be formally approved by full council each year and published on the council’s website.
| Senior Pay Policy 2024 to 2025 | (PDF 197 KB) |
| NJC pay scales 2023 to 2024 | (PDF 139 KB) |
We also report our housing director remuneration and management costs information.
The scheme for payments to members is included in part 6 of the Constitution.
Summary of allowances paid to members. This is published annually.
Trade Union (TU) Facility Time 2022/23
The following figures are based on information required under the Local Government Transparency Code 2014:
- total number of TU representatives: 21 FTE - 18.45
- total number of TU representatives who devote between 1% and 50% of their time to TU duties – 16
- trade unions represented at Chesterfield Borough Council: GMB, UNISON, UNITE
- basic estimate of spending on unions (see Note 1 below) - £55,530
- basic estimate of spending as a percentage of total pay bill (see Note 2 below) – 0.17%
Note 1
Approximately 2,610 hours per year other officers at approximately £13.64 per hour - £35.15
Note 2
Total pay bill figure used £33.4 million
Internal financial regulations
| Constitution Part Four: Rules of Procedure | (PDF 935 KB) |