Council accounts and Annual Governance Statement

We publish an annual Statement of Accounts to give electors, local taxpayers, councillors and other interested parties clear information about our finances.

The Council also publishes an Annual Governance Statement, which reviews our Local Code of Corporate Governance. This can be published alongside, or in the actual Statement of Accounts.

Information about our current Statement of Accounts, and our historic statements are published below.

Current Statement of accounts

Due to the delay in respect of prior years’ accounts finalisation there has been a delay until 30 June 2024 in the completion and subsequent publication of the current unaudited draft Statement of Accounts.

Draft Statement of Accounts 2023 to 2024 [PDF, 1.5MB]

Public inspection notice 2023 to 2024 [PDF, 95Kb]

Annual Statement of Governance [PDF, 0.6MB]

Statement of accounts 2022 to 2023

Unaudited Draft Statement of Accounts 2022 to 2023 [PDF, 0.8MB]

Annual Statement of Governance [PDF, 0.4MB]

Public Inspection

Public inspection notice 2022 to 2023 [PDF, 78Kb]

Audited Accounts

The publication date for audited Accounts for all local authority bodies is 30 September 2023, as set out within the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) regulations 2022. This is because our external auditors, EY LLP, have yet to finish auditing our financial statements for the year ending March 31, 2023. This delay is due to a complex set of factors affecting audits across the sector. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) paragraph (1) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. 

Our audit committee will soon review the 2022–23 audit results. After that, we'll publish the final audited accounts. You can read a guide about your rights in regards to our accounts.

Statement of accounts 2021 to 2022

Changes to financial reporting deadlines for 2021 to 2022

In response to an unprecedented situation relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to reduce the immediate pressure on councils and auditors to meet statutory audit deadlines, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 have been amended to allow the publication of the Statement of Accounts and the Public Inspection of the Accounts to be delayed.

Draft Accounts

The unaudited Statement of Accounts are required to be published on our website no later than 31 July 2022.

Draft Statement of Accounts 2021 to 2022 [PDF, 1.5MB]

Public Inspection

To give local authorities more flexibility, the requirement for the Public Inspection period to include the first 10 working days of June has been removed. Instead, local authorities must commence the Public Inspection period on 31 July 2022.

Public inspection notice 2021 to 2022 [PDF, 0.2MB]

Audited Accounts

The publication date for audited Accounts has moved from 31 July 2022 to 30 November 2022 for all local authority bodies.  

Historic Statements  

Please see below for Statement of Accounts for previous years.