Current Year Budget Reports
A budget report is provided at every Parish Council meeting and appended to the minutes for that meeting. Link to Minutes page. The budget and precept for the current year (to 31 March 2022) is available here. It was approved at the meeting on 14 December 2020.
Annual Return and Accounts for the Year Ending 31 March 2021
Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) (as amended)
Notes
1. The Parish Council’s accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 have been prepared and Council’s External Auditors have now completed their work.
- AGAR s3 External Auditor Report and Certificate
- Notice of Conclusion of Audit
- Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement
- Annual Accounts detailed report
- Notice of public rights and audit
Links to other useful information
- Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
- Local Authority Accounts: a Summary of your Rights
- NAO Guide to Your Rights (links to National Audit Office website)
- Smaller Authority Audit Appointments Ltd
- Local Authority Accounts: a Summary of your Rights
The Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2015 set out the responsibilities of all local councils in respect of their accounting and auditing procedures.
Each year, the Council’s financial accounts and statements are examined by an independent ‘internal’ auditor appointed by the Council.
The Council is also required to complete an ‘Annual Return’ which includes the findings of the Internal Auditor, together with Governance Statements and Financial Statements. This Annual Return is then submitted to another independent ‘external’ auditor for examination.
As part of this process, the Council must publish the unaudited Annual Return and must make arrangements for a period in which interested persons can inspect the Council’s accounts and related documents (see links above. If you are a registered local government elector (i.e. you appear on the electoral register for the area covered by the Council) you can also ask questions about the accounts and object to them. The unaudited Annual Return is subsequently replaced by the final Audited version after the External Audit, usually in late September.
PREVIOUS YEARS
Annual Return for March 2020 (certified)
Annual Accounts 2019/20
Annual Return for March 2019 (certified)
Annual Accounts 2018/19
Annual Return form March 2018 (certified)
Annual Accounts 2017/2018
Annual Return form March 2017 (certified)
Annual Accounts 2016/2017
Annual Return for year ending March 2016 (certified)
Summary of Annual Accounts 2015- 2016
Annual Return to 31 March 2015 certified
Annual Accounts 2014-15