Statement of Accounts

Financial Statements – 2020/21

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Statement of Accounts

Here you can find the current, and previous years’, statement of accounts.

The Financial Report includes an explanatory foreword, the annual governance statement and independent auditor’s report, as well as the statement of accounts itself.

The current and previous statements of accounts can be accessed in the box below. Links on the right also provide more information on our finances, the transparency agenda, and a link to the Audit Commission’s website.

The Annual Governance Report issued by the Council’s appointed auditors is presented annually, in September, to the Audit and Governance Committee. Copies can be accessed below.

Statement of Accounts

Here you can find the current, and previous years’, statement of accounts.

The Financial Report includes an explanatory foreword, the annual governance statement and independent auditor’s report, as well as the statement of accounts itself.

The current and previous statements of accounts can be accessed in the box below. Links on the right also provide more information on our finances, the transparency agenda, and a link to the Audit Commission’s website.

The Annual Governance Report issued by the Council’s appointed auditors is presented annually, in September, to the Audit and Governance Committee. Copies can be accessed below.

The finance service is responsible for providing financial and accounting advice to the Council, its members and its officers. It is responsible for the preparation and control of budgets; the formal setting of council tax; publishing the council’s annual statement of accounts; audit; fees and charges; financial transparency; capital accounting and treasury management; income receipting; VAT and advice; and payable and receivable accounts.