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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.