Financial Information
Budget & Precept
How does the Parish Council decide what to spend money on?
The Parish Council prepares a new budget for each financial year, much of what we spend is either pre-committed such as The Clerk's salary or things we are obliged to pay such as insurance premiums or for the electricity to keep the street lights running. We then build in funds for a whole range of work that we either wish to continue or plan to start in the coming financial year, for example maintenance of council property such as the play equipment or committing monies to spend on speed monitoring equipment / independent traffic reports to aid traffic flow and improve road safety. Full details of how we plan to spend are shown in the separate 2022/23 budget document below.
Finance Approved Budget 2022-23 (PDF, 284 Kb)
Approved Budget for 2022/23
How does the Parish Council get the money it wants to spend?
Once we know what we want to spend, we have to consider where the money will come from. We have very limited sources of income, bank interest is minimal. Our main source of income is therefore the precept; an annual sum of money collected with the Council Tax by Stratford District Council. The precept for 2022/23 is £71,300 which is £65.89 for a current Band D Council tax property.
Can I comment on how the Parish Council spends its money?
All meetings of the Parish Council take place in public so anyone is welcome to come along and observe. You can ask questions or make points for the Council to consider during the Public Forum between 7.15pm and 7.30pm. Budget and precept setting normally forms part of meetings that take place in December and January and are shown on the published agendas.
Auditing Process
The Parish Council is open and transparent about the way it manages its finances. All payments made by the Parish Council are reported in the Full Council minutes. Each year the Council appoints an internal auditor who assesses the Council's compliance with relevant legislation and a further audit is carried out by an external auditor appointed by the Smaller Authorities' Audit Appointments Ltd.
Accounts for year ending 31st March 2024
Finance, Notice of Public Rights 2024-06-28 (PDF, 143 Kb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Finance, Annual Governance Statement 2024-03-31 (PDF, 814 Kb)
Annual Governance Statement for the year ending 31 March 2024
Finance, Accounting Statements 2024-03-31 (PDF, 857 Kb)
Accounting Statements for the year ending 31 March 2024
Finance, Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2024-09-25 (PDF, 75 Kb)
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Finance, External Auditor Report 2024-09-25 (PDF, 466 Kb)
External Auditor Report and Certificate
Finance, CIL Monitoring Report, 2024-03-31 (PDF, 127 Kb)
Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring Report for the year ending 31 March 2024
Accounts for year ending 31st March 2023
Finance, Notice of Public Rights 2023-06-30 (PDF, 1.4 Mb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Finance, Annual Governance Statement 2023-03-31 (PDF, 1 Mb)
Annual Governance Statement for the year ending 31 March 2023
Finance, Accounting Statements 2023-03-31 (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Accounting Statements for the year ending 31 March 2023
Finance, Significant Variations 2023-03-31 (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Significant Variations for the year ending 31 March 2023
Finance, Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2023-09-04 (PDF, 76 Kb)
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Finance, External Auditor Report 2023-09-04 (PDF, 438 Kb)
External Auditor Report and Certificate
Finance, CIL Monitoring Report 2023-03-31 (PDF, 131 Kb)
Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring Report for the year ending 31 March 2023
Accounts for year ending 31st March 2022
Finance Internal Audit Report (PDF, 1.1 Mb)
Internal Audit Report for the year ending 31 March 2022
Finance AGAR 2022-03-31 (PDF, 1.9 Mb)
Annual Governance and Accounting Statements for the year ending 31 March 2022
Finance Notice of Public Rights 2022-06-29 (PDF, 3.8 Mb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Finance Significant Variations 2022-03-31 (PDF, 1.6 Mb)
Significant Variations for the year ending 31 March 2022
Finance Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2022-09-27 (PDF, 485 Kb)
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Finance External Auditor Report 2022-09-27 (PDF, 120 Kb)
External Auditor Report and Certificate
Finance CIL Monitoring Report 2022-03-31 (PDF, 136 Kb)
Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring Report for the year ending 31 March 2022
Accounts for year ending 31st March 2021
Finance AGAR 2021-03-31 (PDF, 2.6 Mb)
Annual Governance and Accounting Statements for the year ending 31 March 2021
Finance Notice of Public Rights 2021-06-30 (PDF, 2.9 Mb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Finance Significant Variations 2021-03-31 (PDF, 786 Kb)
Significant Variations for the year ending 31 March 2021
Finance Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2021-09-22 (PDF, 954 Kb)
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Finance External Auditor Report 2021-09-22 (PDF, 19 Kb)
External Auditor Report and Certificate
Finance CIL Monitoring Report 2021-03-31 (PDF, 128 Kb)
Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring Report for the year ending 31 March 2021
Accounts for year ending 31st March 2020
Finance AGAR 2020-03-31 (PDF, 7 Mb)
Annual Governance and Accounting Statements for the year ending 31 March 2020
Finance Notice of Public Rights 2020-08-28 (PDF, 3 Mb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Finance Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2020-11-30 (PDF, 520 Kb)
Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Finance External Auditor Report 2020-11-30 (PDF, 125 Kb)
External Auditor Report and Certificate
Finance CIL Monitoring Report 2020-03-31 (PDF, 150 Kb)
Community Infrastructure Levy Monitoring Report for the year ending 31 March 2020