From the 1st July 2015 the Council is required to publish[1], on its website, its Annual Returns to include details of expenditure at or above £100, annual governance statement and auditors reports; together with councillor / member responsibilities and details of its public land and assets. As the financial information, statement and reports become available you will find them on this page.
You will find details for the councillor / member responsibilities on the Your Council page.
The Council is also required to publish its meeting papers on its website, which you will find on the Meetings page.
The audit of accounts for Loppington Parish Council for the year ended 31st March 2021 has been concluded. A copy of the annual return can be viewed in the Annual Return 2021 document below. Any elector in the parish may inspect the original document upon application to the Clerk
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY)
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
The Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/404)
Each year the smaller authority prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). The AGAR has been published with this notice. It will not be reviewed by the appointed auditor, since the smaller authority has certified itself as exempt from the appointed auditor’s review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it 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 2020, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to the Clerk
clerk@loppingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
commencing on Monday, 14 June 2021 and ending on Friday, 23 July 2021
Local government electors and their representatives also have:
The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.
The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose between the above dates only.
The smaller authority’s AGAR is only subject to review by the appointed auditor if questions or objections raised under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 lead to the involvement of the auditor. The appointed auditor is:
PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
1 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littlejohn.com)
Mrs L McCormack
Clerk to Loppington Parish Council
25 May 2021
Statement of Significant Variances
Public Land and Assets
Your Rights
Electors Rights Notes & Guidance
[1] s2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”), as amended by s38 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014