£Council Tax Receipt

Where does your council tax go in Tower Hamlets?

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YOUR COUNCIL TAX RECEIPT
Tower Hamlets 2026/27
Band D · per year

Tower Hamlets Council1,327.27

Adult social care575.04

Children's social care332.58

Bins, streets and environment181.59

Housing and homelessness139.64

Other98.42

Mayor of London510.51

Metropolitan Police334.13

Transport for London77.09

London Fire Brigade76.85

Mayor and London Assembly22.44

TOTAL PER YEAR£1,837.78

10 monthly payments of183.78

Up on last year by83.21

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Who Tower Hamlets paid

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2,979 named payees were paid in 2025/26

Payee Paid Your share

Tower Hamlets Schools LTDEducation and training

£19.6m

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CICPublic health

£11.1m

Transport Trading LimitedTransport

£10.1m

Care Solution BureauCare at home

£9.1m

Ilford Grand Hotel LtdTemporary housing

£8.5m

ApasenthCare at home

£8.2m

Diversity Health and Social Care LTDCare at home

£7.6m

Excelcare (Home Care Division) LTDCare at home

£7.5m

Dh Tower HamletsCare at home

£7.2m

MiHomecare LimitedCare at home

£6.3m

Aura Assets Management LimitedTemporary housing

£5.6m

Supporting Care North East BranchCare at home

£5.0m

All other payees2,967 companies and organisations

£330.6m

Private people and sole tradersCarers, foster carers and others. Names hidden

£16.0m

Staff payTower Hamlets's own staff, not counting schools

£270.1m

Tower Hamlets council tax bands 2026/27

Full bill per year, before any discount. Bands go by what a home was worth on 1 April 1991.

Band	Home value in 1991	Tower Hamlets	Mayor of London	Per year	Per month (10)
Band A	Up to £40,000	£884.85	£340.34	£1,225.19	£122.52
Band B	£40,001 to £52,000	£1,032.32	£397.06	£1,429.38	£142.94
Band C	£52,001 to £68,000	£1,179.80	£453.79	£1,633.59	£163.36
Band D	£68,001 to £88,000	£1,327.27	£510.51	£1,837.78	£183.78
Band E	£88,001 to £120,000	£1,622.22	£623.96	£2,246.18	£224.62
Band F	£120,001 to £160,000	£1,917.17	£737.40	£2,654.57	£265.46
Band G	£160,001 to £320,000	£2,212.12	£850.85	£3,062.97	£306.30
Band H	Over £320,000	£2,654.54	£1,021.02	£3,675.56	£367.56

How Tower Hamlets compares

Band D bill for 2026/27, Mayor of London included. Cheapest first. London average £2,089.

Questions

How much is council tax in Tower Hamlets in 2026/27?

A Band D home in Tower Hamlets pays £1,837.78 for 2026/27: £1,327.27 to Tower Hamlets Council and £510.51 to the Mayor of London. Most people pay it in 10 monthly payments of £183.78. Band A pays £1,225.19 and Band H £3,675.56. If you live alone you get 25% off.

What does Tower Hamlets spend council tax on?

Of a Band D bill, £575.04 goes to adult social care, £332.58 goes to children's social care, £181.59 goes to bins, streets and environment. The split follows Tower Hamlets's own spending per service in 2025/26.

How much of my Tower Hamlets council tax goes to the Mayor of London?

£510.51 of a Band D bill goes to the Greater London Authority, of which £334.13 pays for the Metropolitan Police. The rest pays for Transport for London, the London Fire Brigade and the Mayor and Assembly.

Which companies does Tower Hamlets council pay the most?

In 2025/26 Tower Hamlets's biggest payees were Tower Hamlets Schools LTD (£19.6m), Tower Hamlets GP Care Group CIC (£11.1m), Transport Trading Limited (£10.1m). From a Band D bill, that is £35.95 of your money to Tower Hamlets Schools LTD.

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