What we spend and how we spend it
Annual accounts
Last updated September 2023
Each year we have to produce a set of accounts. The formal document is the Statement of Accounts which sets out the financial aspects of our activities and draws attention to the main characteristics of our financial position.
The accounts are currently audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. The audit of the 2022-23 accounts has been completed by the statutory deadline of 30 September 2023. The statement of accounts is published below.
The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the preparation of the statement of accounts in accordance with the Code of Practice of Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom.
Annual statements of accounts
2022 - 23
Audited statement of accounts 2022-23 and external auditors report
2021 - 2022
Audited Statement of Accounts 2021 - 2022 (PDF 7.7MB)
External Auditor's Findings report 2021 - 2022 (PDF 4.6MB)
2020 - 2021
Final Audit Certificate (PDF 271KB)
External Auditor's Report 2020 - 2021: notice of delay
Statement of Accounts 2020-21 (including Annual Governance Statement) (PDF 6.3KB).
2019 - 2020
Statement of Accounts 2019-20 (including Annual Governance Statement) (PDF 7.5MB)
View the notice of conclusion of audit 2019-20
Previous years
View archived statement of accounts
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