Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR)

The Local Audit & Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts & Audit Regulations 2015 set out the responsibilities of all local councils in respect of their accounting and auditing procedures.

Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.

The Council is also required to complete an Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) which includes the findings of the Internal Auditor, together with Governance Statements and Financial Statements. The AGAR is then submitted to the independent external auditor appointed by the Audit Commission for examination.

A summary of this year’s audit process is detailed below, together with copies of the relevant documents.

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2020, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

Maxta Thomas, Clerk to Bramley Parish Council
Contact details: https://bramleypc.co.uk/en/council-contacts

commencing on Tuesday 25th August 2020

and ending on Tuesday 6th October 2020

Local government electors and their representatives also have:

• The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
• The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose between the above dates only.

The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littlejohn.com)

Attached below you will find an updated Audit Notice with reference to the Annual Governance Statement 2018/19 first published in June 2019

Smaller authority name: BRAMLEY PARISH COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

NOTICE

1. Date of announcement: 14TH June 2019

2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2019, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

Maxta Thomas, Clerk to Bramley Parish Council
Email: parishclerk@bramleypc.co.uk
Phone: 07810 692486

commencing on Monday 17 June 2019

and ending on Friday 26 July 2019

3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:

• The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
  
  
• The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. The appointed auditor is:

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
1 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littlejohn.com)

5. This announcement is made by Maxta Thomas, Clerk to Bramley Parish Council

NOTICE OF CONCLUSION OF AUDIT

Annual Return for the year ended 31 March 2018

Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

FOR

Bramley Parish Council (Hampshire)

NOTICE is hereby given that the audit for the year ended 31 March 2017 was completed on

10th December 2018

and the accounts are now available for inspection by local electors in accordance with Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. The requisite information as defined by Section 13(1)of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 is/is not displayed below this notice.

If the requisite information is not displayed below this notice, it is available for viewing by appointment.

To arrange a viewing please contact:

Maxta Thomas (Parish Clerk)
parishclerk@bramleypc.co.uk
Tel: 07810 692486

 10.00 am - 2.00 pm, Monday - Friday

A PDF version of the above notice can be downloaded from below.  The accounts are not included on this page but an inspection can be requested as detailed above. 

Smaller authority name: Bramley Parish Council 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2018 

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) 

Below you will find a copy of the Bramley Parish Council Annual Governance Statement for 2017/2018 and the Annual Return for 2017/2018.

NOTICE OF CONCLUSION OF AUDIT

(LOCAL AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2014
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT REGULATIONS 2015)

FOR

Bramley Parish Council (Hampshire)

NOTICE is hereby given that the audit for the year ended 31 March 2017 was completed on

11 September 2017

and the accounts are now available for inspection by local electors in accordance with Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. The requisite information as defined by Section 13(1)of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 is/is not displayed below this notice.

If the requisite information is not displayed below this notice, it is available for viewing by appointment.

To arrange a viewing please contact:

Maxta Thomas (Parish Clerk)
parishclerk@bramleypc.co.uk
Tel: 0118 981 5131

A PDF version of the above notice can be downloaded from below.  The accounts are not included on this page but an inspection can be requested as detailed above. 

Below you will find a copy of the Bramley Parish Council Annual Governance Statement for 2016/17

Below you will find a copy of the 2015-2016 Annual Return

Below you will find a copy of the 2015-2016 Governance Statement.