Documents
Finances and Grants
Our financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. We agree an annual budget in January each year and also decide how much the annual Precept* should be set at. We submit our annual accounts in the form of an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) to the external auditor, PKF Littlejohn.
Year-ending 31st March 2024
Budget for 23/24
Precept calculations from budget
Year-ending 31st March 2023
Notice of Electors Rights
AGAR Internal Audit Report 22/23
AGAR Section I Annual Governance 22/23
AGAR Section 2 Accounting Statement 22/23
Explanation of significant variances
Bank Reconciliation
Asset Register
Receipts over £100
Payments over £100
Notice of conclusion of Audit 22/23
AGAR Section 3 External Auditor's Report 22/23
Year-ending 31 March 2022
AGAR section 1 Annual Governance
AGAR section 2 Accounting Statement
AGAR section 3 External Auditor Report
AGAR Internal Audit report
Internal Auditors Report
Explanation of significant variances
Receipts and Payments over £100
Year-ending 31 March 2021
AGAR Sections Governance statement of accounts
Explanation of significant variances
Receipts and Payments over £100
Year-ending 31 March 2020
AGAR 2019-20 - sections 1 & 2: Governance, statement of accounts and internal auditor's report
Explanation of significant variances
Year-ending 31 March 2019
AGAR 2018-19 - sections 1 & 2: Governance, statement of accounts and internal auditor's report
Explanation of significant variances
Year-ending 31 March 2018
Conclusion of external audit notice and public right to inspect
*Parish Councils are empowered to raise money for their activities through a tax (the Precept) on the village residents which is collected on their behalf by South Norfolk Council, as an addition to the District and County Council Tax. This is then paid to the Parish Council in two equal instalments.
Annual return documents relating to previous years can be obtained from the Clerk.
The Council Tax Precept
The precept is the parish council’s share of the council tax. The precept demand goes to the billing authority, South Norfolk Council, which collects the tax for the Parish Council. The 'Precept' is converted into an amount per Council Tax Band that is added onto the Council Tax bill. Income and expenditure for the next financial year are calculated in the form of estimates.
Parish and town councils can apply for other funding such as grant and funding awards, but they do not receive funds direct from central government as principal authorities do.