External Audit 2016-17

In accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, all Parish Councils are required to publish their Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement. These are Sections 1 and 2 of the Annual Return as submitted to the External Auditor. These were approved by the Parish Council at its meeting held on 13 April 2017. NOTE: THESE ARE UN-AUDITED. Confirmation of the completion of the external audit is usually received in September.

Please click on the link BELOW to download these Statements:

Ext Audit 2016-17 Annual Governance Statement

Ext Audit 2016-17 Annual Accounting Statement

Also included in the External Audit is the Section completed by the Internal Auditor, together with two annexes, the Confirmation of Bank Reconciliation, and the explanation of variations (10%) from the previous year. Please click on the link BELOW TO download these:

Ext Audit 2016-17 Annexes

Expenditure 2017-18

Please click on the link below to see the expenditure items incurred so far this year:

Expenditure 2017 -18

Financial Risk Assessment 2017-18

Please click on the link BELOW to download the Financial Risk Assessment 2017-18 document:

Financial Risk Assessment 2017-18

Budget 2017-18

Please click on the link BELOW to download the Budget for 2017-18:

Budget 2017-18

Audit for the year 2015-16

The audit of the year 2015/16 has now been completed.

The internal audit was completed in April, and reported to the Parish Council on 5 May 2016. Please click on the BELOW to download it:

Year end Internal Audit Report 2015-6

Sections 1 and 2 of the external audit, the Annual Governance Statement, and the Accounting Statement, that form part of the annual External Audit, were also comleted in May. Please click on the link BELOW to download these:

Annual Gov. and Accounting Statements

The external audit was completed in June, and was reported to the Parish Council on 1 September 2016. Please click on the links BELOW to download Section 3, the External Auditors Report and Certificate, and the Notice of Completion of Audit:

Ext Audit 2015-16 Sec 3

Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2015-16

Accounts 2015-16

Please click on the link BELOW to download the accounts for the year ending 31 March 2016:

Year End Accounts – 31 March 2016

Expenditure 2016-17

From 1 April 2015, all small Parish Councils are required by the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities to publish all items of expenditure of more than £100 on their websites. Havenstreet and Ashey Parish Council lists ALL its expenditure in its minutes each month, but for transparency, convenience, and compliance, a list of all expenditure items so far this year can be downloaded by clicking the link BELOW:

Expenditure 2016 -17

Financial Risk Assessment – 2016/17

Please click on the link BELOW to download the Financial Risk Assessment document:

Financial Risk Assessment 2016-17

Budget 2016-17

The 2016-17 budget was amended by minute 159/16 of the meeting held on 29 September 2016.
Please click on the link BELOW to download the amended 2016-17 budget:

budget-2016-17

Complaints Policy and Procedure

Please click on the link BELOW to download the complaints policy and procedure:

Complaints Policy