Annual Audit 2024
Every year the Parish Council must submit their documents to an internal auditor who then prepares a report to assist the Parish Council with governance and risk. In the spirit of transparency, the Parish Council would like to inform those that the internal audit report highlights that the Parish Council unfortunately did not comply with the set dates for the public inspection period of the financial records. The dates must includes the first 10 days of July but the Parish Council set them in August 23-September 23.
During the public inspection period in August 23-September 23, the Parish Council did not, in any event receive any requests from residents for copies of the financial records.
The internal audit report has highlighted an area the Parish Council must improve on and have committed to the below:
- A new Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer is now in place who fully understands the rules and regulations regarding the AGAR.
- The Parish Clerk will continue to receive full training throughout the year to ensure compliance.
- All key dates set by the AGAR have and will continue to be diarised.
- The Parish Clerk has subscribed to all key guidance.
Full details of the AGAR and Internal Report are listed below.
The Parish Council also wish to inform residents that they are fully entitled to inspect the Parish Council’s records from 13th June 2024 – 13th July 2024. Further details on how to request this are below.
