The Combined Fire Authority for County Durham and Darlington Audit and Finance Committee was scheduled to meet on Friday 13 March 2026. The primary item on the agenda was the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

The committee was scheduled to consider the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. This report was prepared by the Deputy Chief Executive. The report and its associated documents, including the audited Statement of Accounts, were to be published on a supplement agenda. This process was in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, which allows for certain information to be made public. The report pack indicated that the Statement of Accounts for the year 2024-25 had been audited.

The meeting was scheduled to take place in the Morton Room at the Fire and Rescue Headquarters. The attendees included Councillor Ian Catchpole, Councillor Richard Bell, Councillor Dawn Bellingham, Councillor Christine Blatchford, and Councillor David Freeman, all from Durham County Council, and Councillor Andrew Anderson from Darlington Borough Council. The meeting was summoned by Helen Bradley, Clerk to the Combined Fire Authority for County Durham and Darlington.