Lindsey Village Website
2020-2021
At its meeting of 6 May 2021, Lindsey Parish Council declared itself eligible to consider itself as an exempt authority and signed the Certificate of Exemption thereby exempting it from a limited assurance review.
As the Parish Council is a smaller authority, it is eligible to exempt itself from having a limited assurance review of its accounts as conducted by an (appointed) external auditor. There is no change to the requirement for all smaller authorities to complete and approve the the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), and to provide for public rights and the Parish Council as an exempt authority must meet a number of specified criteria to enable it to only submit a copy of its exemption certificate to the appointed external auditor.
In accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, the Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015 and the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities there is a requirement to publish a number of documents on a public website - all of which are available to download direct from this website:
In accordance with The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 the accounting records for the financial year ending 31 March 2021 (which includes all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records) must be available for inspection by any person interested, during a period of 30 working days set by the smaller authority and must include the first 10 working days of July. Once the period has been set by the Responsible Financial Officer for Lindsey for inspection for the year ending 31 March 2021 this will be advertised via this website. For a copy of the dates set please use this link.
For a copy of the detailed guide produced by the National Audit Office 'Local authority accounts: a guide to your rights' please click here to download the guide.
