Free cash

Free cash and capital

Free cash paid $655,424 of the $1,225,000 FY2026 capital programme; FY2027 plans $991,627 of $1,830,203.

How capital was paid fornot from the books
Free cashTaxationOther sources
Free cashTaxationOther sources
FY2017$250,000$349,023$20,452
FY2018$290,019$343,298$0
FY2019$215,736$768,000$471,478
FY2020$582,732$923,236$178,132
FY2021$647,880$487,507$6,826
FY2022$804,041$682,502$111,282
FY2023$983,034$967,725$212,090
FY2024$467,269$556,789$14,952
FY2025$1,016,722$0$300,398
FY2026$655,424$244,576$325,000

The capital plan’s own funding table. Other sources is unspent prior-year capital and anything else it prints.

1 · The facts

  • $655,424

    free cash into capital, FY2026

  • $1,225,000

    the whole capital programme, FY2026

  • $1,016,722

    free cash into capital, FY2025

  • 5

    of 10 with free cash the largest source

  • $991,627

    free cash planned for FY2027

  • $1,830,203

    the whole FY2027 programme

  • $594,000

    of it from the vehicle stabilization fund

  • $1,437,005

    ranked, costed work below the FY2027 line

2 · What it shows

  1. 1

    Free cash was the capital plan’s largest source in 5 of the 10 years it publishes.

  2. 2

    $594,000 of FY2027’s programme comes from a fund restricted to vehicles and equipment.

  3. 3

    Ranked projects worth $1,437,005 already sit below the FY2027 funding line.

How capital was paid for, by year
YearFree cashnot from the booksTaxationnot from the booksOther sourcesnot from the booksTotalnot from the books
FY2026$655,424$244,576$325,000$1,225,000
FY2025$1,016,722$0$300,398$1,317,120
FY2024$467,269$556,789$14,952$1,039,010
FY2023$983,034$967,725$212,090$2,162,849
FY2022$804,041$682,502$111,282$1,597,825
FY2021$647,880$487,507$6,826$1,142,213
FY2020$582,732$923,236$178,132$1,684,100
FY2019$215,736$768,000$471,478$1,455,214
FY2018$290,019$343,298$0$633,317
FY2017$250,000$349,023$20,452$619,475

The FY2027 capital plan’s own ten-year funding table. Other sources is unspent prior-year capital and anything else the table prints.

Sources

What changed

Version 15 — updated September 20, 2026