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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.