Thurston
As part of the Parish Council's commitment to openness and transparency, the following financial documents can be viewed on this page:
Thurston's Financial Regulations - to download a copy of the latest financial regulations as adopted by Thurston Parish Council dated May 2024, please use this link>>
Annual Budget
The Parish Council’s annual budget gives an estimated detail of income and expenditure for the year and can be found in this section. Management of Council’s income and expenditure is delivered through the Council as a corporate body, as well as being monitored by the Policy and Resources Committee.
Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025
In accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, the Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015 and the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, there is a requirement for the parish council to publish a number of documents on a public website - all of which are available to download direct from this website. Please note that in order to comply with the Accounts and Audit Regulations, it is stipulated that the Parish Council must provide a scanned version of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). Unfortunately, this is inaccessible to screen readers, so this Council has chosen to publish the full, signed, AGAR in a slightly more accessible format.
In accordance with the accounting records for the financial year ending 31 March 2025, (which includes all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records) will be made available for inspection by any person interested, during a period of 30 working days set by the smaller authority which must include the first 10 working days of July 2025.
For details of the dates set for Thurston please use this link which will allow you to download the details which also include an article on: Local Authority Accounts: A Summary of Your Rights - please revist this page in April 2025.
For a copy of the detailed guide produced by the National Audit Office 'Local authority accounts: a guide to your rights' please click here to download the guide.
During the year, a number of documents will be made avaialbe to view, on a quarterly basis, which can be find using the links below. For details of financial transactionbs considered by the council, please visit the Agenda and Minutes page and view the associated papers for each meeting.
| Notice of Conclusion of the Audit for the year ending 31 March 2025 | External auditors certificate and report for year ending 31 March 2025 (Section 3 of the AGAR) |
| Audited Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 (Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR) | Narrative Annual Internal Audit Report for 2024 - 2025 |
| Annual Internal Audit Report from the AGAR 31 March 2025 | Annual Governance Statement for the year ending 31 March 2025 (AGAR Section 1) - signed |
| Unaudited Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 (AGAR Section 2) - signed | Year-end Bank Reconciliation as at 31 March 2025 |
| Explanation of Reserves held at 31 March 2025 | Explanation of Significant Variances for year ending 31 March 2025 |
| Draft Accounts for year ending 31 March 2025 | Donations for the year ending 31 March 2025 |
| Asset Register for year ending 31 March 2025 | Internal Control Policy for 2024 - 2025 |
| Risk Management Strategy 2024 - 2025 adopted February 2025 | Risk Assessment and Management (Financial) for 2024-2025 adopted February 2025 |
| Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 4 | Budget versus Actual Income and Expenditure review - to 31 March 2025 |
| Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 3 | Budget to Actual for the period ending 31 December 2024 - Quarter 3 |
| Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 2 | Budget to Actual for the period ending 30 September 2024 - Quarter 2 |
| Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 1 | Budget to actual for the period ending 30 June 2024 - Quarter 1 |
| Insurance Details to 30 September 2025 | |
| Insurance Certificate to 30 September 2024 | Finalised Budget for 2024-2025 |
