Draft Statement of Accounts 2022/23
Status of the Draft Accounts 2022/23 made available for Public Inspection
The draft Statement of Accounts 2022/23 dated 23rd June 2023 have been made available for public inspection for thirty working days from Monday 26th June 2023, as required under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. The status of these draft accounts is unaudited. The draft Statement of Accounts is therefore subject to change. It is anticipated the council's final audited Statement of Accounts will be published in October / November 2023, as soon as the auditors have completed their work.
Mick Wildman, Director of Corporate Resources (s.151 Officer)
23.06.2023
Delay in the completion Certificate for 2021-22
Regulation 10 of the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2015 requires councils to publish a notice where there has been a delay in publishing the Statement of Accounts (either draft of audited) and the reason for this delay. Whilst the audit of the financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2022 is now largely completed there are some significant matters that remain outstanding, these include finalising the work with respect to General Fund / Council dwelling valuations and the national issue surrounding the valuation of the net defined benefit pension liabilities as at 31st March 2022. The audited Statement of Accounts will be published, together with any certificate or opinion from the auditor, as soon as the audit work is concluded.
Delay in Issuing the Auditor’s Annual Report 2021/22
The 2020 Code of Audit Practice requires our external auditors to issue their Auditor’s Annual Report within three months of issuing their opinion on the financial statements, and before 30 September. Where this is not possible, they are required to write to the council setting out the reasons for the delay in an ‘audit letter’. A letter has today been issued by Mazars with the purposes of compliance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations (2015). The letter states:
“As a result of an extension to the accounts and audit timetable for 2021/22, which extended the audit deadline to 30th November 2022, our Auditor’s Annual Report will not be issued by 30 September 2022. We anticipate issuing this, as required under the Code, no more than three months after the date of the opinion on the 2021/22 financial statements.”
Statement of Accounts 2022/23
Each year the Council is statutorily required to produce a Statement of Accounts. This document sets out a summary of our financial affairs and performance. It also provides information relating to the Council’s assets and liabilities at the end of the financial year, the cost of the services provided by the Council and the way in which these services were financed. These documents are draft and, until the conclusion of the audit may be subject to change.
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Statement of Accounts 2021/22
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View previous statement of accounts on our Open Data website.
Last Updated on Wednesday, August 16, 2023