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The Annual Governance Statement 2023-24 (13 MB) is now available. A high contrast version of the Statement is available here (14 MB).
To see our statements for the past five years, click on these links:
Each budget book sets out our financial information and how it is used to set Council Tax each year.
We usually review our fees and charges each year and they apply between 1 April and 31 March. Sometimes, we have to amend charges at other times.
The draft Statement of Accounts (3 MB) for the year ended 31 March 2024, which is subject to audit, is now available for inspection. The public notice of inspection period (75 KB) is also available.
The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (36 MB) has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to the complex set of factors contributing to audit delays across the sector. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2022/23 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 30th September 2023, as per paragraph (1). The Audit and Governance Committee will consider the results of the 2022/23 audit, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.
To see our accounts for the past four years, click on these links:
You can see the external auditor's annual reports of the findings and conclusions of the statutory audit by clicking on the headings below. Please note that the letters relate to the year of the accounts being audited and are therefore produced in the following year.
A monitoring report on Revenue and Capital is presented to the Executive on a half yearly basis:
For further information please contact the Finance section on Tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail finance@fareham.gov.uk.