Issue - meetings

2018/19 Statement of Accounts and Audit Findings

Meeting: 30/07/2019 - Strategy and Resources Committee (Item 6)

6 2018/19 Statement of Accounts and Audit Findings PDF 90 KB

This report covers Grant Thornton’s audit findings and presents the Statement of Accounts for 2018/19 following the external audit.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Following consideration, it was resolved:

That the Committee:

(1) Approved the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019;

(2) Agreed the Annual Governance Statement included within the Statement of Accounts;

(3) Received the Audit Findings for 2018/19;

(4) Agreed the management action in response to audit recommendations;

(5) Agreed that the Chairman or Vice Chairman of Strategy and Resources Committee and the Chief Finance Officer sign the Letter of Representation on behalf of the Council;

(6) Delegate any further amendments to the 2018/19 Statement of Accounts to the Chief Finance Officer in consultation with the Chairman or Vice Chairman of Strategy and Resources Committee.

Minutes:

The Committee received a report covering Grant Thornton’s audit findings and presenting the Statement of Accounts for 2018/19 following the external audit.

The following matter was considered:

a) Unqualified opinion on the Council’s accounts and thanks to Officers. The Committee noted that the External Auditor proposed an unqualified opinion of the Council’s Accounts, and was informed by the Chairman that this was the 20^th year in a row that this had been achieved. The Committee expressed its thanks and congratulations to the Chief Finance Officer, Chief Accountant and their team for their work to achieve this. In particular, the Committee thanked the Chief Accountant for his work to accommodate changes in pension regulations.