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Finances inc. Financial Transparency

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 February 2023, 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.

    Parish Council Budget 2024 - 2025 Narrative
Parish Council Budget 2024 - 2025 Adopted Parish Council Budget 2023 - 2024 Narrative Parish Council Budget 2023 - 2024 Adopted
Parish Council Budget 2022 - 2023 Narrative  Parish Council Budget 2022 - 2023 Adopted  Parish Council Budget 2021 -2022 Adopted
Parish Council Budget 2020 - 2021 COVID-19 Parish Council Budget 2020 - 2021 Adopted Parish Council Budget 2019 - 2020 
Parish Council Budget 2018 - 2019 Parish Council Budget 2017 - 2018 Parish Council Budget 2016 - 2017

 

Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024

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 2024, (which includes all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records) were 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 2023. 

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. 

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. 

Notice of Conclusion of the Audit for the year ending 31 March 2024 External auditors certificate and report for year ending 31 March 2024 (Section 3 of the AGAR)
Audited Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024 (Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR) Narrative Annual Internal Audit Report for 2023-2024
Annual Internal Audit Report from the AGAR Annual Governance Statement for the year ending 31 March 2024 (AGAR Section 1) - signed
Unaudited Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024 (AGAR Section 2) - signed  Year-end Bank Reconciliation as at 31 March 2024
Explanation of Reserves held at 31 March 2024 Explanation of Significant Variances for year ending 31 March 2024
Draft Accounts for year ending 31 March 2024 Donations for the year ending 31 March 2024 
Asset Register for year ending 31 March 2024 Internal Control Policy for 2023 - 2024
Risk Management Strategy 2023 - 2024 adopted February 2024  Risk Assessment and Management (Financial) for 2023-2024 adopted February 2024
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 4 Budget versus Actual Income and Expenditure review - to 31 March 2024
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 3 Budget to Actual for the period ending 31 December 2023 - Quarter 3
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 2 Budget to Actual for the period ending 30 September 2023 - Quarter 2
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 1 Budget to actual for the period ending 30 June 2023 - Quarter 1
Insurance Certificate to 30 September 2024 Insurance Details to 30 September 2023
  Finalised Budget for 2023-2024