Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested.
For the year ended 31 March 2026, these documents will be available on reasonable notice between Wednesday 3 June 2026 and Tuesday 14 July 2026 by application to the Clerk of the Council. Contact details are provided in the Notice of Public Rights document below.
2025/26 Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Local Councils in England with an annual turnover of £1m or less must complete an Annual Return which summarises its financial activities at the end of the financial year. The financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. The Annual Return, which summarises the Council’s payments and receipts, is externally audited by PKF Littlejohn. The Council’s basis of accounting is ‘Income and Expenditure’.
Unaudited 2025/26 Annual Return documents will be published below as they become available. These documents remain unaudited until receipt of the External Auditor's report which is expected in September 2026.
2025/26 Statement of Accounts
The Council is pleased to publish the following information:
- its most recent 2025/26 statement of accounts
- a schedule of payments made by the Council in excess of £500 + VAT (updated quarterly)
The items below remain unaudited until receipt of the External Auditor's report which is expected in September 2026.
2025/26 Council declarations
The Parish Council is required to publish information relating to grants made, land and buildings and procurement in order to comply with the Local Government Transparency Code 2015. This requirement applies to all local councils which have either gross annual income or expenditure exceeding £200,000.
Council declarations are updated quarterly.
2025/26 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
Periodically, the Parish Council receives Community Infrastructure Levy monies from the District Council. The 2025/26 Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Expenditure Report is provided below: