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 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.
Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2024
The limited assurance review for Thurston has now been completed by the External Auditors: PKF Littlejohn LLP (28 August 2024).
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234), set out what the Parish Council must do at the conclusion of the review. In summary, we are required to:
Copies of all of the documents stated above can be seen below.
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 2024.
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.
