Financial Accounts, Documents & Policies

Accounting statements show the cash balance, precept, staff costs and other income and expenditure for the last accounting year.

Bank Reconciliations show whether the council's bank account statements match the accounting cashbook at the end of the financial year.

Councils are obliged to set a budget each year.

Receipt payments over yearly accounts period

The Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) is the document that is submitted by local councils presenting a summary of their audit and financial information.

The Annual Internal Audit is a signed checklist showing whether certain aspects of the council running has been internally reviewed, and whether the council conforms.

Certificates of Exemptions are created if a local council is below the £25,000 threshold for expenditure. This forms part of the AGAR.

This is a document confirming that the accounts for the last accounting year have been published.

This is a certificate signed by an external auditor after a review of the AGAR.

This is a certificate presented after an internal audit of the council.

This shows whether income or expenditure has gone up or down between two accounting years.

Details of the council's owned assets.

CIL, or NCIL, is a charge on developers that came into force in 2010. The purpose of the CIL is to fund infrastructure to support local development.

Adopted September 2024 (next review September 2025)

Adopted September 2024 (next review September 2025).

Documents outlining other council policies

Adopted November 2024 (next review November 2027)

Information on Insurance

These documents outline risk assessments carried out by the local council.

Written rules for the local council, confirming the procedures and procedural matters for meetings.

Freedom of Information

A web accessibility statement is an information page on your website that clearly states the level of web accessibility to which the website aims to conform.

A privacy policy is a statement or legal document that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client's data.

Policy detailing the council's responsibilities for retaining certain documents, and how long they should be retained.