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Appendix 2 TM Prudential Indicators - 16.12.2025

Committee report · Cabinet · Tue 16 Dec 2025 · East Sussex County Council · agenda item 42

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This report sets out the Council's treasury management performance against prudential indicators for the second quarter of 2025/26. p2p3

Cash investment balances fell by 57% over the year, from £166.9m at Q2 2024/25 to £71.8m at 30 September 2025. p4

The average investment return over Q2 was 4.50%, which was 0.43 percentage points above the benchmark rate. p4

The Council's investment risk indicator ranged between 0.007% and 0.008%, within the 0.050% limit set in its investment strategy. p9

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  • p2Treasury Management Prudential Indicators – Q2 2025/26
  • p3The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy published the revised Treasury and Prudential codes in 2021, which now requires quarterly reporting of performance against forward looking prudential indicators. The performance of the Council’s treasury management activity, against benchmarks and the key indicators in the Council’s Treasury Management Strategy, as approved by Full Council at its meeting of 11 February 2025, are set out below. Investments
  • p4Cash investment balances as at 30 September 2025 have fallen by 57% in one year, from £166.9m at Q2 2024/25 to £71.8m. The average investment return over Q2 was 4.50% performing above the benchmark rate by 43 basis points (or 0.43 percentage points). Performance has improved as a result of reinvesting maturing investments in a duration matched to a peak in the forecast Bank of England (BoE) bank interest rate.
  • p9During Q2 we have monitored the security of the Council’s investments, to assess the risk of those investments losing their value. These risks were assessed using the financial standing of the groups invested in, the length of each investment, and the historic default rates. Our investment strategy sets an allowable risk level of 0.050% (i.e. that there is a 99.95% probability that the Council will get its investments back). The actual indicator ranged between 0.007% and 0.008%, reflecting the high proportion of investments held in highly secure and/or very liquid investments.

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