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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 Counciol 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 2023

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 2023, (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 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. 

Narrative Annual Internal Audit Report for 2022-2023 Annual Internal Audit Report from the AGAR
Unaudited Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2023 (AGAR Section 2) Year-end Bank Reconciliation as at 31 March 2023
Explanation of Reserves held at 31 March 2023 Explanation of Significant Variances for year ending 31 March 2023
Draft Summary of Accounts for year ending 31 March 2023 Donations for the year ending 31 March 2023 
DRAFT Asset Register for year ending 31 March 2023 Internal Control Policy for 2022 - 2023
Risk Management Strategy 2022 - 2023 adopted February 2023  Risk Assessment and Management (Financial) for 2022-2023 adopted February 2023
Budget versus Actual Income and Expenditure review - to 31 March 2023 Budget versus Actual Income and Expenditure review - to 31 January 2023
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 4 Budget versus Actual Income and Expenditure review - to 31 October 20223
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 3 Budget versus Actual Income and expenditure review - Quarter 2
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 2  Budget versus Actual income and expenditure review - Quarter 1
Internal Control Audit Review - Quarter 1 Finalised Budget for 2022 - 2023