Financial Information
End of Year Accounts and Audit
- Accounting statement 2016 17 (PDF, 712 Kb)
This document is sent to the external auditors (contracted by the Government) each year along with the Governance Statement and pages of explanations as to why the council has spent more or less than the previous year, and what regulations are in place to ensure best practice is adhered to.
- Auditor Report and Certificate
- Annual Governance Statement 2016 17
Precept
The Precept is the element of your Council Tax that is paid to Witherley Parish Council.
Every year, the Parish Council draws up budgets and calculates how much money it needs for the next Financial Year. These are then submitted to Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. HBBC co-ordinate the other demands from Leicestershire County Council, Police and themselves and come up with the rate to be paid from 1st April that year.
Budget
The Parish Council will agree the budget for the year usually at the December meeting, by latest the January meeting.
From the budget discussions the Council decides the level of Precept to request from Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council.
January 2017 meeting will decide both the budget and the precept levels.
Payment Schedules
The Parish publishes a monthly list of payments made in the Finance section (near the end) of the Minutes each month. These can be viewed in documents
Financial Regulations
- Financial Regulations 2016 (PDF, 729 Kb)
Witherley Parish Council has adopted the New Model Financial Regulations published by NALC.
- Notice of Public Rights & Publication of Unaudited AGAR (PDF, 291 Kb)
This notice advises of the dates during which a member of the public may apply to inspect the unaudited accounts of Witherley Parish Council
