Statement of accounts

The availability of the accounts and supporting documents for inspection is advertised before the audit begins. 

The Notice of the Commencement of the Period for the Exercise of Public Rights in relation to the 2024/25 statement of accounts is shown below:

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Audit of Accounts

Notice of the Commencement of the Period for the Exercise of Public Rights

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

NOTICE is hereby given that the unaudited statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be published on the Council’s website by 30 June 2025. The statement of accounts is unaudited and may be subject to change.

NOTICE is given that from 17 June to 12 July 2025 between 9.00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, any person interested or any journalist (any person who produces for publication journalistic material, whether paid to do so or otherwise) may on reasonable notice inspect and make copies of the accounts of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council for the year ended 31 March 2025 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts, except as provided for in Section 26(4) to 26(6) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 in relation to commercially confidential and personal information. The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at the address below, or otherwise by arrangement.

NOTICE is given that from 1 July to 12 July 2025 the auditor, at the request of a local elector for the Council’s area, will give the elector or his representative an opportunity to question him about the accounts.

NOTICE is also given that from 1 July to 12 July 2025, at the request of a Local Government Elector for any area to which the accounts relate, will give the Elector or his/her representative an opportunity to make written objections as to any matter in respect of which the Auditor could take action under Section 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. The written notice of objection must state the facts on which the Elector relies, the grounds on which the objection is being made and particulars of:

1. any item of account which is alleged to be contrary to law; and
2. any matter in respect of which it is proposed that the auditor could make a public interest report under section 24 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Act.

No objection may be made unless the auditor has previously received written notice of the proposed objection, specifying the facts on which the objector relies and the grounds on which the objection is being made.

The written notice of objections should be addressed to Richard Lee, KPMG LLP, 1 St Peters Square, Manchester, M2 3AE. A copy of the notice of objection must also be sent to Sarah Wilkes, Service Director for Finance (Section 151 Officer) at the address shown below.

Sarah Wilkes, Service Director for Finance (Section 151 Officer), Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 1BL.

After the audit has been completed, the auditor sends an annual audit and inspection letter to us which contains their findings, drawing elected members' attention to any matters which they feel they should be made aware of.

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The audit of the 2023/24 statement of accounts has been concluded and the statement of accounts has been published. The external auditors provided an unmodified opinion on our 2023/24 statement of accounts.
  

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