Costs & fundingTiverton Town Council
Mid Devon District Council’s undated parish precept page gives Tiverton Town Council a 2026/27 precept of £782,604 against £578,032, a rise of 35.4% by our arithmetic, and a Band D charge of £104.08 against £77.73, up £26.35 or 33.9%. That is about £2.00 a week against about £1.49. The figures imply a tax base of about 7,519 against about 7,437, our arithmetic, and we found no stated reason for the rise.
What might make a local body’s costs rise by a third in a year, and how would you show the effect on a household? Practise this in AO2 Application.
Interpreting accountsTiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life
The Charity Commission’s record for the museum’s charity gives income and spending for each year to 31 March, in thousands of pounds: £228.62k and £120.43k in 2021, £179.00k and £154.57k in 2022, £140.70k and £171.16k in 2023, £195.02k and £204.63k in 2024, and £301.75k and £294.99k in 2025. Spending rose from £120.43k to £294.99k, or 145% by our arithmetic, and government grants fell from £69.53k in 2021 to £33.45k in 2023 before rising to £57.28k in 2025. The record gives no breakdown of other income and no visitor numbers.
Income and spending swing from year to year. Which years show a deficit, and what would you ask to explain the 2021 surplus? Step by step in AO3 Analysis.
Strategy & stakeholdersMid Devon leisure centres
Mid Devon District Council announced on 26 November 2024 that from 1 January 2025 full membership would rise £2 to £41 and gym or swim membership £1 to £35, while the concessionary card fee was removed and people on means-tested benefits got 20% off pay-as-you-go and 25% off memberships. It planned to invest £760,000 across three leisure centres, including new poolside changing rooms at Exe Valley in Tiverton, and its Cabinet chose a smaller rise than consultants recommended. Pools at Active Tiverton closed from 12 to 28 May 2025 for poolside upgrades. The announcements give no usage figures.
Should a council raise leisure prices by less than consultants recommend, and who gains or loses? A real judgement for AO4 Evaluation.
Tiverton’s economy in the classroom
Wikipedia gives Tiverton 22,291 residents at the 2021 census, which the list of Devon settlements labels as the civil parish. A town council, a museum charity and a council leisure service give students real contexts for costs, accounts and strategy. We tie these themes to topics on the specification.
Sources: Wikipedia, Tiverton, Devon and list of settlements in Devon by population; Mid Devon District Council, parish precepts 2026/27, 26 November 2024 and 31 March 2025 pages; Charity Commission, Tiverton Museum charity; Blundell’s School; DfE, Tiverton High School. The 35.4%, 33.9% and 145% figures are our arithmetic, the precept page is undated, and the Blundell’s guide is older.
