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Statement Accounts 2023/24

Statement of Accounts 2023/24 - Public Inspection Notice
Notice of the Commencement of the Period for the Exercise of Public Rights
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

The period for the exercise of public rights commences on the 3 June 2024 and will conclude at 4pm on the 12 July 2024.

The following documents will be made available:

The Statement of Accounts
The Annual Governance Statement
The Narrative Report

The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Karen Jones of Azets Holdings Ltd, Exchange Place, 3 Semple Street, Edinburgh EH3 8BL.

(1) From 9.00 am on 3 June 2024 to 4pm on 12 July 2024 any person may inspect the accounting records of the Council for the financial year to 31 March 2024, and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also request copies of the accounts and documents.

(2) From 9.00 am on 3 June 2024 to 4pm on 12 July 2024 at the request of a local government elector, the local auditor must give the elector, or any representative of the elector, an opportunity to question the auditor about the accounting records of the Council.

(3) From 9.00 am on 3 June 2024 until the conclusion of the audit process a local government elector for the area of the Council or his/her representative may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest or apply for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful under section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Written notice of the proposed objection and the grounds on which it will be made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and also copied to the Council at the address given below.

pdf 2024 DRAFT Statement of Accounts for website (6.36 MB)

The Statement will be available until 12 July 2023.

Jayne Pickering
Deputy Chief Executive
Wychavon District Council
Civic Offices
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore
WR10 1PT

Statement of Accounts 2022/23

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 has not yet been started by our external auditor, Ernst and Young LLP, due to the planned phased approach to delivering the 2022/23 audits in light of a variety of complex factors contributing to audit delays in previous years. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (See attached link: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made). Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2022/23 final statement of accounts in line with the deadline of 30 September 2023, as per paragraph (1). The Audit Committee will consider the final results of the 2022/23 audit in due course, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.

pdf Draft Statement of Accounts 2022/23 (5.24 MB)

Jayne Pickering
Deputy Chief Executive
Wychavon District Council
Civic Offices
Queen Elizabeth Drive
Pershore
WR10 1PT

Statement of Accounts 2021/22

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 has not yet been completed by our external auditor, Ernst and Young LLP, due to the planned phased approach to delivering the 2021/22 audits in light of a variety of complex factors contributing to audit delays in previous years. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (See attached link: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made). Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2021/22 final statement of accounts in line with the deadline of 30 November 2022, as per paragraph (1). The Audit Committee will consider the final results of the 2021/22 audit in due course, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.

pdf Read draft Statement of Accounts 2021-22 (4.64 MB)

Statement of Accounts 2019/20 and draft Statement of Accounts 2020/21

2024-2025 Budget book

pdf View Budget Book (3.90 MB)

Other information

For further information on Financial Services please contact:

Alice Mason
Head of Financial Services
Wychavon District Council
Telephone: 01386 565501
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Civic Centre,
Queen Elizabeth Drive,
Pershore
Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Tel: 01386 565000
Fax: 01386 561092