Financial information
Financial services provide a range of financial support activities to all other services within the Council. The main activities include:
- Preparation and publication of the annual statement of accounts and the supporting summary document at the end of each financial year
- Preparation of revenue and capital budgets on an annual basis
- Providing comprehensive financial information and advice
- Making payments to our suppliers for goods and services provided to the Council
- Issuing invoices to our customers for services provided
- Maintaining insurance covers
- Managing the Council's investments
- Completion and submission of various Government and other statistical returns
- Advice and support for procurement of goods and services
- Management of assets
Efficiency Plan - The Council has produced an Efficiency Plan.in response to the Secretary of State’s offer of four-year Local Government Finance Settlement. This covers the funding sources of Revenue Support Grant, Transitional Grant, and Rural Services Delivery Grant for the period 2016/17 to 2019/20. The document can be found here
Financial publications available for download:
- Draft Statement of Accounts 2018-19
- Fees and charges 2019/20 (fees & charges applicable from 1st April 2019)
- Corporate Debt Recovery Strategy Nov 2018
- Statement of accounts 2017-18
- Contract Procedure Rules 2017
- Public Inspection of Accounts Notice
- Annual Audit Letter - Year Ending 31 March 2017
- Appointment of External Auditors 2018/19
- Annual statement of accounts 2016/17
- Notice of completion of accounts 2017/18
- Efficiency plan