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Audit of the 2023/24 Final Accounts

At the Parish Council Meeting held on 12th June, 2024, Members received the Internal Auditors signed-off report of the Annual Accounts 2023/24.  

Members also received, considered and approved the Annual Governance Statement, Annual Accounting Statements and supporting documents for 2023/24.

All financial statements and supporting documents have now been forwarded to the External Auditors, MAZARs, for review and therefore please note that all Accounting Statements are currently "UNAUDITED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE".

The Notice of Electors Rights and Inspection dates were also agreed and have been placed on the website and noticeboard, with dates being:

                                                                          Monday 17th June to Friday 26th July, 2024

The audit of the 2023/24 Accounts and Statements has now been concluded and the Statement of Accounts has been published.  The Completion of Audit Notice has now been received from Mazars, informing the Council that "the information in Sections 1 & 2 of the AGAR is in accordance with Proper Practices and no other matters have come to their attention giving cause for concern that relevant legislation and regulatory requirements have not been met" and "that there were no other matters affecting their opinion which needed to be drawn to the attention of the authority".  The notice was published on 11th September 2024.  For the rights of inspection conferred on local government electors by section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 - please see the Notice of Conclusion of Audit file below, giving information as to how to inspect the Annual Return.

We have been asked by the External Auditor to highlight the following regarding Accessibility Regulations:

"We are aware that the Accounts and Audit Regulations requirement for a physical ‘wet ink’ signature on the original AGAR, does not allow parish council’s to fully comply with the Accessibility Regulations. The National Audit Office are aware that the two pieces of legislation are not compatible, therefore smaller authorities are advised to make it clear on their website that the document is a scan and will not be fully compliant with the Accessibility Regulations".

Audit of the 2021/22 Final Accounts

At the Parish Council Meeting held on 8th June, 2022, Members received the internal Auditors signed-off report of the Annual Accounts 2021/22.  Members also received, considered and approved the Annual Governance Statement, Annual Accounting Statements and supporting documents for 2021/22.

All financial statements and supporting documents have now been forwarded to the External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn, for review and therefore please note that all Accounting Statements are currently "UNAUDITED AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE".

The Notice of Electors Rights and Inspection dates were also agreed and have been placed on the website and noticeboard, with dates being:

                                                                          Monday 13th June to Friday 2nd July, 2022

The Conclusion of Audit Notice has now been received from PKF Littlejohn, informing the Council that "the information in Sections 1 & 2 of the AGAR is in accordance with Proper Practices and no other matters have come to their attention giving cause for concern that relevant legislation and regulatory requirements have not been met" and "that there were no other matters affecting their opinion which needed to be drawn to the attention of the authority".

Audit of the 2019/20 Final Accounts

At the Parish Council Meeting held on 8th July, 2020, Members received the Internal Auditors signed-off report of the Annual Internal Audit Report 2019/20.  Members also approved the Annual Accounting Statements and supporting documents for 2019/20.

Members had previously approved the Annual Governance Statement 2019/20 at the Parish Council Meeting held on 10th June.

All financial statments and supporting documents have now been forwarded to the External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn for review and therefore all Accounting Statements are currently "unaudited and subject to change".

The Notice of Electors Rights and Inspection Dates were also agreed and have been placed on the website and noticeboard.

20th October, 2020 - The External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn have now completed the review of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ended 31st March,2020.

"On the basis of our review of Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR, in our opinion the information is in accordance with Proper Practices and no other matters have come to our attention giving cause for concern that relevant legislation and regulatory requirements have not been met".

Audit of the 2017/18 Final Accounts

At the Parish Council meeting held on 16th May 2018, members agreed the Annual Governance Statement 2017/18, the Internal Auditor signed-off the Annual Internal Audit Report 2017/18 and members and the Chairman agreed the Accounting Statements.

All financial statements and their supporting documents have now been forwarded to the External Auditors PKF Littlejohn for inspection.

The External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP, have now concluded the review of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) fo the year ended 31st March, 2018:

"On the basis of our review of Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR, in our opinion the information is in accordance with Proper Practices and no other matters have come to our attention giving cause for concern that relevant legislation and regulatory requirements have not been met".

Copies of the Conclusion of Audit statement, together with copies of certified AGAR (Sections 1,2 and 3) can be found below.