Statement of Accounts 2023-24
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS: YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
NOTICE OF LATE PUBLICATION OF ACCOUNTS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION
The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2015 – Regulation 15, paragraph (1a)
Under section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, any persons interested have a right at the audit of the accounts each year to inspect the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records.
Regulations 14 and 15 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (as amended) require that this right (and associated rights) are exercisable over a single period of 30 working days, commencing no later than the first working day in June.
The Council has been unable to complete the draft 2023/24 Statement of Accounts by the 31 May 2024 and therefore commence the public inspection period by the statutory date of 3 June 2024. This is due to a delay in the Council receiving the fixed asset valuations from an external provider. The fixed asset valuations are needed for material transactions and disclosures. Therefore it is necessary to delay the publication of the Council’s 2023/24 Draft Statement of Accounts for public inspection.
A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period once the draft 2023/24 Statement of Accounts have been finalised and published. This is anticipated to be by either late June 2024 or early July 2024.
This notice is issued under Regulation 15, paragraph 1A of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015.
Annual Accounts
The Annual Accounts provide information on the income and expenditure of the Council during the financial year and records the assets and liabilities as at the year-end.
Our Annual Accounts are examined every year by external auditors to ensure that our financial accounting and the presentation of our accounts are conducted according to strict guidelines.
The Annual Accounts include information such as:
- The Comprehensive Income and Expenditure Statement - shows all the money we have received and all the money we have spent
- The Balance Sheet - shows the Council's assets (land, buildings, equipment, funds) and liabilities (money owed) at the end of the financial year.
More detailed information is included in these 100-page reports, such as:
- Employee costs & pensions
- Capital accounts
- Assets held
- Grants
Our Annual Governance Statement is published with the Annual Accounts and is available to download below.
Draft Statement of Accounts 2023-24
Previous Years Accounts
2022-23
2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15