The Council's Statement of Accounts is prepared in accordance with the Code of Practice on local authority accounting in the United Kingdom.
Statement of accounts 2025-26
A draft of the Council’s 2025-26 Statement of Accounts was authorised for issue by the Director of Finance and Resources on 30th June 2026. This document is now subject to public inspection and audit by the Council’s external auditors, Grant Thornton.
- Statement of Accounts for 2025-26 (draft) – subject to public inspection and audit
- Public inspection of accounts notice
Statement of accounts 2024-25
The Council’s 2024-25 Statement of Accounts was approved by the Audit and Procurement Committee on 2 February 2026. The Statement of Accounts includes the report and opinion of the Council’s external auditors, Grant Thornton UK LLP.
The external auditors have now issued their Independent Auditor’s Report on the financial statements. However, the audit has not yet been formally concluded, as the audit certificate cannot be issued until the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) process for 2024-25 has been completed. Once this work has been finalised and the audit certificate issued, we will publish the Notice of Conclusion of the Audit.
Previous years
You can also download the Statement of Accounts for previous years.