Agenda item

External Audit 2023/24 - Statement of Accounts and External Auditors' Reports

Minutes:

Members considered the report on the audited Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 and the External Auditor’s Audit Completion Report 2023/24 and the External Audit Annual Report for 2022/23 and 2023/24.  The report had also been presented to Members at the Authority meeting on 7 February 2025.

 

The recommendation as set out in the report was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried with one abstention.

 

RESOLVED:

 

1.     To approve the audited Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 at Appendix 1 of the report.

 

2.      To consider and note the External Auditor’s Audit Completion Report (ACR) 2023/24 at Appendix 2 of the report.

 

3.      To consider and note the External Audit Annual report (AAR) 2023/24 at Appendix 3 of the report.

 

4.      To consider and note the External Audit Annual report (AAR) 2022/23 at Appendix 4 of the report.

 

5.     To note that the Statement of Accounts & associated Letter of representation, needs to be signed by the Chair and by the Chief Finance Officer, once the external audit has been completed, provided that the overall opinion in the audit report remains unqualified.

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