3. Council Tax Requirement
The Council must prepare a statutory calculation - the Council Tax Requirement. This is calculated by multiplying the Tax Base in an area (the number of Band D equivalent dwellings for Council Tax purposes) by Band D Council Tax.
The Band D Council Tax levels for 2024/25 and 2025/26 are shown in the previous table whilst the Tax Base for each area is as follows:
Tax Base for Council Tax |
2024/25 |
2025/26 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham Council Area | 59,380 | 59,501 | 121 |
| Of which: | |||
| Saddleworth Parish Area | 9,150 | 9,490 | 340 |
| Shaw and Crompton Parish Area | 5,724 | 5,906 | 182 |
The resulting Council Tax Requirement for both 2023/24 and 2024/25 and the change between years is shown in the table below:
|
Council Tax Requirement |
2024/25
|
2025/26
|
Change
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue for Council Services | 116,155 | 122,200 | 6,045 |
| Saddleworth Parish Council | 247 | 269 | 22 |
| Shaw and Crompton Parish Council | 108 | 112 | 4 |
| Council Tax Requirement | 116,510 | 122,580 | 6,070 |
The amount of revenue raised from each element of Council Tax in 2025/26 compared to 2024/25 is presented in the table below. The total raised, which helps pay for Council Services, is £122.200m.
Within this amount, £19.674m helps pay for Adult Social Care services. In total therefore, income generated by Council Tax for borough-wide Council services has increased by £6.045m between years as follows:
- £0.236m as a result of the increase of the Taxbase
- £5.809m due to the increase in Council Tax of 4.99%
Elements for the Parish Councils are collected on behalf of those organisations.
Council Tax Element |
2024/25
|
2025/26
|
2025/26
|
2025/26
|
2025/26
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oldham Council – General Purposes | 98,845 | 201 | 3,480 | 102,526 | 3,681 |
| Adult Social Care Precept | 17,310 | 35 | 2,329 | 19,674 | 2,364 |
| Revenue for All Oldham Council Services | 116,115 | 236 | 5,809 | 122,200 | 6,045 |
| Saddleworth Parish Council | 247 | 9 | 13 | 269 | 22 |
| Shaw and Crompton Parish Council | 108 | 3 | 1 | 112 | 4 |
In addition, Council Tax of £16.083m will be generated for the Mayoral Police and Crime Commissioner Precept and £7.673m for the Mayoral General Precept (including Fire Services).