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:

Annual Statement of Accounts – delay in publication. The Council is experiencing unexpected staff absences at this time and this has provided additional challenges in finalising the accounts this year. It is important that the accounts are thoroughly and diligently prepared so we will be delaying the publication of accounts until satisfied they are completed to the required standard.
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 2017/1 8
Efficiency plan