Statement of financial accounts, examined by external auditors, are published each year.
The statement of accounts sets out how the money was spent and raised throughout the year. It also shows a year-end balance sheet that summarises the value of all our assets and liabilities.
In March 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) passed new legislation, The Accounts and Audit Amendment Regulations 2021, which relate to financial years ending 31 March 2021 and 31 March 2022. The amendment stipulates that unaudited accounts must be published by 31 July in each of these years but local authorities can choose to publish earlier. We elected to publish the unaudited accounts on 14 June 2021. Final, audited accounts must be published by 30 September in each of these years.
Unfortunately the external audit of the draft Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 was delayed but the final, audited accounts were published on 22 December 2021.
Councils must produce an annual Statement of Accounts in accordance with legislative requirements and the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the UK. Our final audited 2020-21 annual Statement of Accounts are available below.
2020-21 accounts
- Statement of accounts 2020-21 (pdf / 1 MB)
- Notice of Completion 2020-21 (pdf / 67 KB)
- Public Rights of Inspection Notice 2020-21 (pdf / 118 KB)
2019-20 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice -2019-20 (pdf / 468 KB)
- Statement of Accounts 2019-20 (pdf / 932 KB)
- Notice of completion 2019-20 (pdf / 284 KB)
2018-19 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2018-19 (pdf / 237 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2018-19 (pdf / 655 KB)
- Notice of completion 2018-19 (pdf / 39 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2018-19 (pdf / 309 KB)
2017-18 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2017-18 (pdf / 235 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2017-18 (pdf / 628 KB)
- Notice of completion 2017-18 (pdf / 39 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2017-18 (pdf / 1 MB)
2016-17 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2016-17 (pdf / 235 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2016-17 (pdf / 1 MB)
- Notice of completion 2016-17 (pdf / 143 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2016-17 (pdf / 216 KB)
2015-16 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2015-16 (pdf / 236 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2015-16 (pdf / 1 MB)
- Notice of completion 2015-16 (pdf / 64 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2015-16 (pdf / 182 KB)
2014-15 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2014-15 (pdf / 66 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2014-15 (pdf / 1 MB)
- Annual audit letter 2014-15 (pdf / 296 KB)
2013-14 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2013-14 (pdf / 8 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2013-14 (pdf / 1 MB)
- Notice of completion of audit of accounts 2013-14 (pdf / 76 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2013-14 (pdf / 848 KB)
2012-13 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2012-13 (pdf / 12 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2012-13 (pdf / 2 MB)
- Notice of completion of audit of accounts 2012-13 (pdf / 17 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2012-13 (pdf / 336 KB)
2011-12 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2011-12 (pdf / 14 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2011-12 (pdf / 916 KB)
- Notice of completion of audit of accounts 2011-12 (pdf / 19 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2011-12 (pdf / 225 KB)
2010-11 accounts
- Public rights of inspection notice 2010-11 (pdf / 14 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2010-11 (pdf / 736 KB)
- Notice of completion of audit of accounts 2010-11 (pdf / 20 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2010-11 (pdf / 171 KB)
2009-10 accounts
- Summary of accounts 2009-10 (pdf / 73 KB)
- Statement of accounts 2009-10 (pdf / 501 KB)
- Annual audit letter 2009-10 (pdf / 198 KB)