SINGLETON PARISH COUNCIL
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
The Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/404)
| NOTICE |
| 1. Date of announcement – 26 May 2022 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 2022, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to: Verena Henderson, Clerk to Singleton Parish Council 4 Chesham Lodge, Great Eccleston Preston PR3 0ZG Tel: 01995 670455 Email: Clerk@SingletonParishCouncil.org commencing on Monday 6 June 2022 and ending on Friday 15 July 2022 3. Local government electors and their representatives also have: The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; andThe 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) 15 Westferry Circus Canary Wharf London E14 4HD (sba@pkf-littlejohn.com) 5. This announcement is made by Verena Henderson, Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer of Singleton Parish Council |
SINGLETON PARISH COUNCIL
ACCOUNTING STATEMENTS FOR 2021/22
| Year Ending 31/03/2021 | Year Ending 31/03/2022 | |
| Balances brought forward | £ 24,643 | £ 35,498 |
| Total amount of Precept | 21,765 | 22,281 |
| Total other receipts including any grants | 7,067 | 1,768 |
| Staff costs | 2,738 | 2,583 |
| Loan repayment | 1,775 | 275 |
| All other Payments | 13,464 | 15,054 |
| Balances carried forward | 35,498 | 41,635 |
| Total borrowings | 275 | 0 |
SINGLETON PARISH COUNCIL
BANK RECONCILIATION FOR END-OF-YEAR ACCOUNTS
31 MARCH 2022
Bank balances as at 31/03/2022 £
Community Direct Plus Account 23,263.43
Business Select Account 19,648.68
TOTAL 42,912.11
LESS – Late payments – Online 21 139.60
Online 17 165.00
Online 19 254.93
Online 20 90.00
Chq 200682 147.00
Chq 200683 97.20
Online 18 275.00
Chq 200685 108.00 (uncashed) 1,276.73
Balance carried forward to 01/04/2022 41,635.38
Verena M Henderson
Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer
12 May 2022