RESOLVED: That the Finance, Audit and Risk Committee:
(1) Noted the 2022/23 Annual Statement of Accounts as set out in Appendix B.
(2) Delegated to the Chair of the Committee the final approval of the 2022/23 Annual Statement of Accounts. This would include confirming that the Chair of the Committee can sign the Statement of Accounts to confirm that they have been approved by the Committee.
(3) Noted that the Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23 was approved by the Committee in September 2023, and that nothing has been identified since that date that would require a change to that Annual Governance Statement.
(4) Noted the progress made in the audit of the 2023/24 Annual Statement of Accounts.
(5) Noted the additional audit fees that have been notified by KPMG in relation to ISA315r of £11,597, which will be subject to approval by PSAA.
(6) Noted the completion report and the process that would be followed for the approval of the 2022/23 Accounts as detailed in paragraph 8.13 of the supplementary report.
(7) Formally thanked to Ernst and Young for their work and support to the Committee over the last eight years.
REASON FOR DECISIONS:
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.