2023-2024 Audit Notice & Inspection of Documents

Notice of appointment of the date for the exercise of electors’ rights

Llanbadoc Community Council

Financial year ending 31 March 2024

  1. Date of announcement 10.07.2024
  • Each year the annual accounts are audited by the Auditor General for Wales. Prior to this date, any interested person has the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the accounts and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts etc relating to them for 20 working days on reasonable notice. For the year ended 31 March 2024, these documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to:

Llanbadoc Community Council
The Clerk’s Office
15 Caerau Road
Newport
NP20 4HL

between the hours of  11:00  and 19:00  on Monday to Friday – APPOINTMENT ONLY!

commencing on                      23 July 2024

and ending on                         20 August 2024

  • From 12 September 2024, until the audit has been completed, Local Government Electors and their representatives also have:
  • the right to question the Auditor General about the accounts.
  • the right to attend before the Auditor General and make objections to the accounts or any item in them. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the Auditor General. A copy of the written notice must also be given to the council.

The Auditor General can be contacted via: Community Council Audits, Audit Wales, 1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ or by email at communitycouncilaudits@audit.wales.

  • The audit is being conducted under the provisions of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004, the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 and the Auditor General for Wales’ Code of Audit Practice. 

The 2023/2024 audit for Llanbadoc Community Council has been completed by the Clerk / RFO

Certification and approval of annual accounts for 2023-24

Regulation 15(1) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 (as amended) requires that Responsible Financial Officer of Llanbadoc Community Council sign and date the statement of accounts and certify that it properly presents Llanbadoc Community Council’s receipts and payments for the year. The Regulations required that this be completed by 30 June 2024.

Due to ongoing health concerns the Responsible Financial Officer has not signed and certified the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024. The statement of accounts will be prepared, and the Responsible Financial Officer will sign and certify the statement of accounts by 31st July 2024

Documents will be available to inspect from Tuesday 23rd July 2024 until Tuesday 20th August 2024 by appointment only at The Clerk’s Office.