EXERCISE of ELECTORS RIGHTS RELATING TO THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) is reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd.   The unaudited AGAR is published with this notice.

Click here to view the unadited AGAR 2023 / 24

Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2023, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

 Gina Wilding, Town Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer, The Guildhall, Mill Street, Ludlow SY8 1AZ.  T: 01854 871 970   E: townclerk@ludlow.gov.uk

commencing on (c) __Monday 1 July 2023 _______________________

and ending on (d) ___Friday 9 August 2023 ________________________

Local government electors and their representatives also have:

·         The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and

·         The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in the paragraph below for this purpose between the above dates only.

The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015. 

The appointed auditor is:

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)

15 Westferry Circus

Canary Wharf

London E14 4HD

(sba@pkf-l.com)

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