Decision details

RESOLVED: That the Committee:

(1)   Notes the KPMG Annual Report as attached at Appendix B and the KPMG Year End Report to the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee at Appendix C.

(2)   Approves the 2023/24 Statement of Accounts as attached at Appendix A (with the Auditors Report to be added), and that they can be signed by the Chair.

(3)   Approves the signing of a Management Representation by the Chair of the Committee. This will be a standard format and is in the process of being finalised by KPMG.

REASON FOR DECISION: To ensure that the Council abides by the Audit and Account Regulations 2015, which require the approval and publication of audited Statement of Accounts. Furthermore, to meet the back-stop deadlines set out in the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024.