Notices
The following public notices have been issued for our accounts of 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24.
Statement of Accounts 2023/24 - notice of late publication for public inspection
Legislation:
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
- The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (Revised)
The council's draft 2023/24 Statement of Accounts will not be available for public inspection by the deadline of 1 June 2024 as required by the Regulation 10 paragraph (1) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. We have not been able to complete the draft Statement of Accounts due to the ongoing audit for 2020/21. The delays in the audit, approval and publication of the 2020/21 Statement of Accounts relate to the complexity of the accounting of the council's investments and the nationwide technical accounting issues relating to Infrastructure assets and intangible assets, coupled with additional audit procedures due to changes in auditing standards, auditor's methodology and auditor's quality review processes.
A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period once the draft 2023/24 Statement of Accounts have been finalised.
Publication date: Friday 31 May 2024.
Statement of Accounts 2022/23 - notice of late publication for public inspection
Legislation:
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
- The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (Revised)
The council's draft 2022/23 Statement of Accounts will not be available for public inspection by the deadline of 1 June 2023 as required by the Regulation 10 paragraph (1) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. We have not been able to complete the draft Statement of Accounts due to the ongoing audit for 2020/21. The delays in the audit, approval and publication of the 2020/21 Statement of Accounts relate to the complexity of the accounting of the council's investments and the nationwide technical accounting issues relating to Infrastructure assets and intangible assets, coupled with resource limitations of the audit team.
A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period once the draft 2022/23 Statement of Accounts have been finalised.
Publication date: Wednesday 31 May 2023.
Statement of accounts 2021/22 – notice of late publication for public inspection
Legislation:
- The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
- The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (Revised)
- The Accounts and Audit Amendments Regulations 2022
The council's draft 2021/22 Statement of Accounts will not be available for public inspection by the deadline of 1 August 2022 as required by the Regulation 10 paragraph (1) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 as amended by The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2022. We have not been able to complete the draft Statement of Accounts due to the ongoing audit for the preceding year requiring increased assurance work coupled with resource limitations of the audit team which has caused a delay in the audit, approval and publication of the 2020/21 Statement of Accounts.
A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period once the draft 2021/22 Statement of Accounts have been finalised.
Publication date: Wednesday 17 August 2022.
Audit of accounts 2020/21 – notice of audit still in progress
Legislation:
- Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015
Notice is hereby given that the audit of the accounts of Thurrock Council for the year ended 31 March 2021 is still in progress.
The council's auditor has commenced their audit, however, due to resource limitations of the audit team, this is not scheduled to finish by 30 September 2021.
The work is in progress and the audit will be completed as soon as practicable.
The accounts certified by the Section 151 Officer were available on the council’s website from 30 July 2021, as planned.
A subsequent notice will be published following the conclusion of the audit.
Publication date: Thursday 30 September 2021.