Finance  2019 - 2020


Given the context of the Covid 19 Pandemic, in April 2020 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government issued Statutory Instruments relevant to the governance of Parish Councils. 


SI 2020/404 The Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) Amendment Regulation 2020 amended the usual deadlines by which the Annual Governance Statement; Statement of Accounts and the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) must be published. And it set the  requirement that the 30-working day period  for the exercise of public rights should start on or before the first working day of September 2020.


Regulations  introduced in 2018 provide the option for smaller authorities with income and expenditure both less than £25,000 to consider if they meet the requirements to complete a Certificate of Exemption. This exempts such authorities from the Audit Review previously required and carried out by nationally appointed auditors and which was at no cost to very small authorities. This regime requires such small authorities to either exempt themselves or bear the cost of an Audit Review. 

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020
The period for Exercise of Public Rights was 28 August  - 9 October 2020

Click here for the Notice 

The Notice:
  • explained that the Annual Governance and Accountability Return will not be reviewed by the nationally appointed Auditor since as a Smaller Authority the Parish Council was able to complete a Certificate of Exemption;
  • described how any person interested may examine the Parish Council's Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) and has the right to inspect the accounting records for 2019-20. The notice provided the detail of this process; AND
  • confirmed the arrangements for any Local Elector to question the appointed Auditor about the accounting record ~this has to be done during the period for the exercise of such rights - i.e between 28 August  - 9th Octber 2020;
  • provided a summary of  rights on page 2 and 3 of the notice.

For a copy of  the Certificate of Exemption,   CLICK HERE


For a  copy of the Annual Governance Statement,   CLICK HERE,  and 

For a copy of  the Statement of Accounts,  CLICK HERE  

The above Accounting Statements include summary data from the Parish Council's Accounts and compares the figures for the current year 2019-20 with the previous year 2018-19. Where the variance between the two figures for each year is greater than 15% then an explanation for the variance is required. A bank reconciliation is also required to show the funds held by the Parish Council at 31 March 2020.
For a copy of the analysis of variance and the bank reconciliation    CLICK HERE

We are grateful for our Local  Internal Auditor completing an internal audit of our practices and accounts.
For a copy of the Annual Internal Audit Report   CLICK HERE


You can look at the Parish Council's  Summary End of Year  Accounts 2019-20  CLICK HERE

To look at the Accounts for 2018-19 go to the Finance 2018-19 PAGE
To look at the Accounts for 2017-18 go to the Finance 2017-18 PAGE
To look at the Accounts for 2016-17 go to the Finance 2016-17 PAGE
To look at the Accounts for 2015-16 go to the  Finance 2015-16 PAGE

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