Financial Information

The council’s financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. Information for the current and last financial year are below. For earlier years see the Archive page.

Financial Regulations November 2019

2023-24 Financial Year

Accounts and Audit for 2023-24 financial year

The preparation, audit and publication of parish councils’ accounts is a formal process governed by The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. The following gives an overview of the process for this Council.

In April 2024 the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, including the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), were prepared and an Internal Audit Report undertaken. The accounts and AGAR (including the Internal Auditor’s report) were approved by the Meeting of the Council on 26 May 2024.  Again  Council’s expenditure exceeded £25,000.  In this case Council cannot declare itself exempt from external audit so the accounting documents are currently marked as “Unaudited” and have been sent to the Government appointed external auditor who will carry out a limited assurance review.  These and other financial documents relating to 2023-24 are published below.

When received the external auditor’s review will be published.

Following Council approval of the accounts and Annual Return, there is a statutory period of 30 working days for the public and local electors to exercise their rights to inspect these documents and other financial documents underlying them (such as invoices and receipts). Additionally local electors may submit questions or objections to the external auditors. The notice of “Exercise of Public Rights 2023-24” is given below and has also been placed  on public noticeboards around the Group Parish concerning the dates for this, which are Monday 1 July 2024 until Friday 9 August 2024 inclusive.

Humber Ford & Stoke Prior AGAR Form 3 2023-24
Bank Reconciliation Statement 2023-24 v2
Statement of Accounts 2022-24
HFSP Group Parish Council Internal Audit Report 2023-24
Note on non-compliance item D Internal Audit Report 2023-24
HFSP Asset Register 2023-24
EXPENDITURE ITEMS OVER £100

2022-23 Financial Year

Accounts and Audit for 2022-23 financial year

The preparation, audit and publication of parish councils’ accounts is a formal process governed by The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. The following gives an overview of the process for this Council.

In April 2023 the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, including the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), were prepared and an Internal Audit Report undertaken. The accounts and AGAR (including the Internal Auditor’s report) were approved by the Meeting of the Council on 17 May 2023.  For the first time the Council’s expenditure exceeded £25,000.  In this case Council cannot declare itself exempt from external audit so the accounting documents are currently marked as “Unaudited” and will be sent to the Government appointed external auditor who will carry out a limited assurance review.  These and other financial documents relating to 2022-23 are published below.

When received the external auditor’s review will be published.

Following Council approval of the accounts and Annual Return, there is a statutory period of 30 working days for the public and local electors to exercise their rights to inspect these documents and other financial documents underlying them (such as invoices and receipts). Additionally local electors may submit questions or objections to the external auditors. The notice of “Exercise of Public Rights 2022-23” is given below and will also be placed  on public noticeboards around the Group Parish concerning the dates for this, which are Monday 19 June 2023 until Friday 28 July 2023 inclusive.

Section 1 – Annual Governances Statement 2022-23
Section 2 – Accounting Statements 2022-23
Banking Reconciliation 2022-23(1)
Annual Internal Audit Reports 2022-23
HFSP Notice of Public Rights 2022-23
HFSP Expenditure items over £100 2022-23

2021-22 financial year

Accounts and audit for 2021-22 financial year

The preparation, audit and publication of parish councils’ accounts is a formal process governed by The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. The following gives an overview of the process for this Council.

In April 2022 the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022, including the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), were prepared and an Internal Audit Report undertaken. The accounts and AGAR (including the Internal Auditor’s report) were approved by the Meeting of the Council on 18 May 2022. These and other financial documents relating to 2021-22 are published below:
Statement of Accounts and Asset Register 2021-22
Annual Governance & Accountability Return 2021-22
Banking Reconciliation for 2021-22
HFSP Expenditure-items-over-£100-2021-22

Following approval of the accounts and Annual Return, there is a statutory period of 30 working days for the public and local electors to exercise their rights to inspect these documents and other financial documents underlying them (such as invoices and receipts). Additionally local electors may submit questions or objections to the external auditors. The notice of “Exercise of Public Rights 2021-22” is given below and will also be placed  on public noticeboards around the Group Parish concerning the dates for this, which are Monday 27 June 2022 until Friday 5 August 2022 inclusive.

Exercise of Public Rights notice for 2021-22

External auditors are appointed for the Council, but as the Council has a turnover of less than £25,000 it certifies itself as exempt from external audit (see Certificate of Exemption  within the Annual Governance and Accountability return 2021-22 above).