Authorised for issue 30 September 2025. Latest signed year. 2025/26 still unaudited. Printed: Cost of Services (net) £536.371m; usable reserves £108.801m (Balance Sheet face — not the AAR £109.6m); unearmarked GF £11.821m. Not a ward split.
Latest signed papers
Annual accounts and the Annual Audit Report. IAR is not the AAR. If a paper is unpublished we print NOT PRINTED — not a guess.
Annual Audit Report
2024/25 · unqualifiedUsable reserves stock £109.6m. Source: Audit Scotland.
Audited annual accounts
2024/25 accounts hub
People on this council · Adult Disability Payment
15,425 in receipt
Caseload at 31 January 2026. 96.3 per 1,000 residents (mid-2025). 3% of the Scotland caseload (498,090). Not a ward figure.
Authorised
44%
5,355 of 12,180 processed
Denied
53%
6,440 decisions
Received
13,195
Applications to 31 Jan 2026
Paid to Oct 2025
£188.4m
376,135 payments · not the Jan caseload
Official Social Security Scotland ADP statistics. Caseload is people in receipt on 31 January 2026 (new applicants + DWP case transfers). Figures are rounded for disclosure control and may not sum. Council-level only — do not invent a ward split. Residual DWP PIP on some ward pages is a separate, much smaller stock. Caseload is not the payments table (that table runs to 31 October 2025).
Payments column as at 31 October 2025. Do not add it to the caseload.
Related parties · 2024/25
Who the council paid and received from
Note 13. Spend and income as printed — do not net.
| Entity | Expenditure | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Falkirk Integration Joint BoardOther Public BodiesPrinted income/expenditure. Do not read these council lines as IJB CIES spend. Note 40 prints the council contribution as £100.9m. | £100.874m | £110.674m |
| Central Scotland Valuation Joint BoardOther Public BodiesPrinted income/expenditure. Group note names the same board as Associate. | £1.548m | £19,000 |
| Falkirk Council Pension FundOther Public BodiesPrinted income only (dash in expenditure). Pension Fund produces its own Annual Report and Accounts separate from those of the Council (Management Commentary p.13). Not a combining entity in Note 40. | £0 | £120,000 |
| Falkirk Schools Gateway LtdEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted expenditure only. Narrative: operate four schools under a NPDO arrangement; Council has representation on the Board. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £7.767m | £0 |
| Falkirk Community Justice PartnershipEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted income only. Narrative: statutory partners, of which Falkirk Council is one. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £0 | £253,000 |
| Family CentresEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted expenditure only. Narrative: Service Level Agreement with Aberlour (Langlees Family Centre) and One Parent Families. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £243,000 | £0 |
| Falkirk Towns LtdEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted expenditure only. Narrative: company limited by guarantee; funded by BID Levy that the Council collects on their behalf; Council representative on the Board. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £355,000 | £0 |
| Committed to Ending Abuse (CEA Ltd)Entities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilTable prints Committed to Ending Abuse (CEA Ltd). Narrative: Committed to Ending Abuse (CEA) Ltd. Printed expenditure only. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £151,000 | £0 |
| Central Scotland Green Network TrustEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted expenditure only. Narrative: partnership body funded mainly by Scottish Government; Falkirk Council is one of the partner bodies. Not in the Note 40 combining-entities list. | £148,000 | £0 |
| Forth Green Freeport Operating Co LtdEntities Controlled or Significantly Influenced by Falkirk CouncilPrinted expenditure only. Note 40 Non-Consolidation Interests: Forth Green Freeport Operating Company was incorporated in February 2024; not consolidated. Narrative: wholly owned subsidiary of Forth Green Freeport Ltd. | £71,000 | £0 |
Printed related-party note. Expenditure and income are two faces — do not add or net them. IJB lines are the council’s note, not the IJB CIES. City totals, not a ward split.
Partnership £ · not council Social Work
Integration Joint Board — signed face
Lines as printed. Adult Social Work on the council CIES is a different face. Do not add these rows.
| Printed line | Year | £ |
|---|---|---|
| Council contribution to IJBPrinted £100.9m. Related-party expenditure £100.874m. Social Work net is not IJB spend. | 2024/25 | £100.9m |
| Related-party IJB expenditure | 2024/25 | £100.874m |
| Related-party IJB income | 2024/25 | £110.674m |
| Appendix 1 IJBBook 1 of 3. | 2026/27 | £143.264m |
| Carried-motion IJB paymentBook 2 of 3. No replacement service-net table. | 2026/27 | £146.464m |
| How CT IJBBook 3 of 3. | 2026/27 | £147.812m |
| IJB Draft Business Case totalIncluding assumed funding. Remaining gap £3.962m. | 2025/26 | £312.301m |
Printed IJB or partnership note. Adult Social Work / Health & Social Care on the council CIES is not IJB spend. Do not add these lines. City totals, not a ward split.
Audit opinion · IAR is not the AAR
IAR 2024/25: true and fair
Standalone AAR 2025/26: NOT PRINTED. Two papers. Do not collapse the words.
| Year | Paper | Printed word | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | AAR | NOT PRINTED | NOT PRINTED |
| 2025/26 | R01b | NOT PRINTED | 26 June 2026 (unaudited issued) |
| 2024/25 | IAR | true and fair | 30 September 2025 |
| 2024/25 | IAR | true and fair | 30 September 2025 |
| 2024/25 | AAR | unmodified | September 2025 (cover); published 15 October 2025 |
| 2023/24 | IAR | true and fair | 29 October 2024 |
| 2023/24 | IAR | true and fair | 29 October 2024 |
| 2023/24 | AAR | unmodified | October 2024 |
| 2022/23 | IAR | true and fair | 6 December 2023 (accounts authorised); IAR 07 December 2023 |
| 2022/23 | IAR | true and fair | 07 December 2023 |
| 2022/23 | AAR | unmodified | November 2023 |
| 2021/22 | IAR | true and fair | 27 October 2022 (accounts authorised); IAR Date 24 November 2022 |
| 2021/22 | IAR | true and fair | 24 November 2022 |
| 2021/22 | AAR | unqualified | November 2022 |
| 2020/21 | IAR | true and fair | 19 January 2022 (accounts authorised); Bryan Smail signed 7 February 2022; IAR Date 8 February 2022 |
| 2020/21 | IAR | true and fair | 8 February 2022 |
| 2020/21 | AAR | unqualified | February 2022 (cover) |
IAR is the opinion inside the signed accounts. AAR is Audit Scotland’s annual audit report — a different paper. Do not copy AAR wording onto the IAR row. Unmodified is not unqualified is not true and fair. NOT PRINTED is not a zero and not a clean bill.
Council family · as printed
3 named entities
Group note. Opinion words stay NOT PRINTED unless the desk extracted a standalone IAR.
| Entity | Class | Year | Opinion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Good Funds | consolidated in full | 2024/25 | true and fair |
| Central Scotland Valuation Joint Board | associate | 2024/25 | true and fair |
| Falkirk Integration Joint Board | joint venture | 2024/25 | true and fair |
Named only as printed in the group / family note. Standalone IAR words stay NOT PRINTED unless the desk extracted them. Common Good is burghs, not electoral wards. IJB here is the family line — not IJB CIES spend.
Ten-year audit series · 10/10 published
Usable reserves stock only. Blank years are not published — never zero. Awards are not payments.
| Year | Opinion | Usable reserves | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | unqualified | £42.706m | AAR |
| 2016/17 | unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2017/18 | unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2018/19 | NOT PRINTED | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2019/20 | unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2020/21 | unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2021/22 | IAR true and fair — AAR unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2022/23 | unqualified | NOT PRINTED | AAR |
| 2023/24 | unqualified | £124.5m | AAR |
| 2024/25 | unqualified | £109.6m | AAR |
Service nets
Printed budget / revenue estimates. Kind: budget. City totals stay here — not on the wards.
- Education Services£259,063,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Social Work Adult Services£4,235,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Place Services£40,741,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Transfrm, Comm & Corporate Services£43,367,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Integration Joint Board£147,812,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Joint Valuation Board£1,615,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Total Net Expenditure £'000
- Capital Charges£18,112,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — Capital Charges £'000
- TOTAL£514,945,000
budget2026/27How your Council Tax is set — TOTAL
Awards, not payments
Public Contracts Scotland / contract register. An award is not cash out the door. Repeated same-value lots and frameworks are ceilings, not spend.
Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) and Repairs
AC Gold Electrical Services Ltd; BMES (Scotland) Ltd.; Consilium Contracting Services Ltd; Moffat Projects Fife Ltd; NRT Building Services group ltd; Valley Group Limited · £14.3m · 2026-01-20
awardaward · not a payment
Lot 1 Remedial Works to Occupied Properties, including Survey
Firstcall Trade Services Ltd; Peter Cox Ltd; Procast Building Contractors Ltd.; Richardson & Starling · £7.8m · 2026-04-28
awardaward · not a payment
Multi Trade Void Property Works
AC Gold Electrical Services Ltd; Bell Group Limited; CRD Property Renovations and Reinstatements Ltd; Consilium Contracting Services Ltd; DCL Joinery and Contractors; Electricaire Limited · £7.5m · 2025-10-07
awardaward · not a payment
Connected Falkirk 2026-2031
XMA Limited · £6m · 2026-06-15
awardaward · not a payment
Domestic Gas Boiler/Appliance Maintenance and Annual Servicing/Safety Checks
City Technical Services UK Ltd; Richard Irvin FM Limited; Sureserve Compliance North Limited · £5.2m · 2026-02-24
awardaward · not a payment
Microsoft Licensing (Enterprise and Education)
Ultima Business Solutions · £3.5m · 2026-03-13
awardaward · not a payment
Framework Agreement For Gas Heating Replacement To Council Housing Properties In The Falkirk Area
City Technical Services UK Ltd; Easy Heat Systems Ltd; McTear Contracts Ltd; Sureserve Compliance North Limited · £4.6m · 2026-02-12
awardaward · not a paymentframework / lot ceiling · not spend
Call off from Lot 2 of the Government Commercial Agency framework for Postal Services and Solutions
Royal Mail Group Ltd · £382,645 · 2026-06-23
awardaward · not a paymentframework / lot ceiling · not spend
Council family
Named only if printed in the AAR / accounts. Do not infer control from a name match.
Covid and Falkirk Community Trust
ALEO
Honest gaps
What is unpublished, and who to ask. Missing is not zero. Kind: gap.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2016/17
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2017/18
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2018/19
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Audit opinion wording not clearly captured for 2018/19
gap
audit_opinion blank pending clearer printed phrase Ask: Audit Scotland AAR.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2019/20
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2020/21
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Usable reserves stock £ not clearly extractable for 2021/22
gap
usable_reserves_gbp left blank (missing ≠ zero; deltas ignored) Ask: Falkirk finance / Audit Scotland AAR.
Audit opinion wording not clearly captured for 2021/22
gap
audit_opinion blank pending clearer printed phrase Ask: Audit Scotland AAR.
Audit and accounts
Signed PDFs. The printed £ above is from these papers.
true and fair. IAR pp.104–107. Pauline Gillen, Audit Director, Audit Scotland, 30 September 2025. True and fair view of the council and its group. Nothing to report. No qualification wording.
unmodified. Pauline Gillen, Audit Scotland. Certified 30 September 2025; published 15 October 2025. Unmodified. Usable reserves down £14.9m. Second-highest budget gap as a share of revenue budget. 2025/26 AAR NOT PRINTED.
Current statutory report — 2 May 2024. Accounts Commission. Printed: £62 million budget gap. 2024/25 thematic is not a later statutory report. Council figure — not nine ward pots.
Gold layers
Held from official papers. Missing layers are not published — still to find. A blank is not a zero. Awards are not payments. R07 supplier-paid+count and R08 spend-over-£500 stay not published until a public register or a returned FOI exists.
- R01 Audited annual accounts last 5 years (PDF + URL)Held
- R02 External AAR last 5 years (Audit Scotland / appointed auditor)Held
- R03 Current year revenue estimates — service netsHeld
- R04 Prior year service budget vs actualnot published
- R05 Latest annual procurement reportnot published
- R06 Live contracts register extractnot published
- R07 FOI: supplier name + total paid + transaction countnot published
- R08 Does the council publish spend-over-£500 / payments data?not published
- R09 Group entities + latest accountsHeld
- R10 Related-party payments notenot published
- R11 Senior rem + exit packagesnot published
- R12 Integration Joint Board accounts + auditHeld
Official doors
- Website: www.falkirk.gov.uk
- mygov: organisation page
- WhatDoTheyKnow: falkirk_council
- GSS / SNS: S12000014
- Audit Scotland: latest annual audit
- FOI mailbox: [email protected]
Copy-ready FOISA letter
Dear Falkirk Council FOI team, Under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 I request: 1. For the most recent complete financial year and the current year to date, for each external supplier: legal name, total gross amount paid, number of payment transactions, and service/directorate if held. 2. Format: CSV. 3. Exclude personal data of individuals (redact sole traders' names if required) but do not withhold company names. I accept supplier-level totals if individual invoice lines are withheld under section 33. Please confirm any exemption and the public-interest test. Please also provide URLs for: the latest audited annual accounts, the latest Annual Audit Report, the current revenue estimates (service nets), and the latest Annual Procurement Report. Yours faithfully Send via: [email protected] Or file on WhatDoTheyKnow: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/falkirk_council Identity check: https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/falkirk-council · S12000014