Many people do not realise that the Town Council does not receive any revenue support from central government, unlike the County and District Councils; neither does it receive any funding from local businesses and retailers via their payment of the non-domestic rate.

Each year the Town Council calculates the money it needs to raise to provide its services. Then we deduct the income we expect to receive from hire charges and rents from the shops to leave the amount we require to spend on the services and any capital projects which are planned for the year ahead.

This sum, called the precept, is the amount we levy on the district council and which is collected by them as a proportion of the total council tax paid by householders in the town.