Finance

Internal Audit Report

Each year the Parish Council appoints an Internal Auditor provided through NCALC to carry out an extensive audit of the councils affairs before submission of the annual return.

The Parish Council will then use any comments highlighted in the audit to create an action plan for any improvements required.

All payments and receipts made to and by the Parish council are reported at each meeting, attached is a copy of the year end accounts. All current Receipts and payments for this financial year can be found included in the Minutes from the meetings.

Click here to download the Expenditure document for 2020/21

Click here to download the Expenditure document for 2021/22 (pdf)

End of Year Accounts |

The accounts are continuosly compared to the annual budget to ensure spending is falling within the budgeted amounts. Below is the year end actual compared to budget for the year end.

• Click here to download the Comparison budget (xls)

Each year the figures are compared to the previous years to highlight any areas of concern for over or underspending.

Click here to view the 2021/22 schedule of differences

Annual Return

As Part of the new external audit process Little Houghton qualifies to certify itself as exempt to a full audit, the Annual report and exemption certificates can be viewed below. To view any of the Parish Councils financial documents and processes you can contact the Clerk whose details can be found on the Contact page of the website.

• Click here to download the Annual Return (pdf)