| Year ending 31 March 2022 £ |
Year ending 31 March 2023 £ |
Notes and guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Balances brought forward | 5,412 | 8,854 | Total balances and reserves at the beginning of the year as recorded in the financial records. Must agree to Box 7 of previous year. |
| 2. (+) Precept or Rates and Levies | 8,000 | 8,760 | Total amount of precept (or for IDBs rates and levies) received or receivable in the year. Exclude any grants received. |
| 3. (+) Total other receipts | 33 | 26 | Total income or receipts as recorded in the cashbook less the precept or rates/levies received (line 2). Include any grants received. |
| 4. (-) Staff costs | 1,384 | 1,729 | Total expenditure or payments made to and on behalf of all employees. Include gross salaries and wages, employers NI contributions, employers pension contributions, gratuities and severance payments. |
| 5. (-) Loan interest/capital repayments | 0 | 0 | Total expenditure or payments of capital and interest made during the year on the authority’s borrowings (if any). |
| 6. (-) All other payments | 3,207 | 5,126 | Total expenditure or payments as recorded in the cashbook less staff costs (line 4) and loan interest/capital repayments (line 5). |
| 7. (=) Balances carried forward | 8,854 | 10,783 | Total balances and reserves at the end of the year. Must equal (1+2+3) – (4+5+6). |
| 8. Total value of cash and short term investments | 8,854 | 10,783 | The sum of all current and deposit bank accounts, cash holdings and short term investments held as at 31 March – To agree with bank reconciliation. |
| 9. Total fixed assets plus long term investments and assets | 7,407 | 7,607 | The value of all the property the authority owns – it is made up of all its fixed assets and long term investments as at 31 March. |
| 10. Total borrowings | 0 | 0 | The outstanding capital balance as at 31 March of all loans from third parties (including PWLB). |
| For Local Councils Only | Yes | No | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11a. Disclosure note re Trust funds (including charitable) | The Council, as a body corporate, acts as sole trustee and is responsible for managing Trust funds or assets. | |||
| 11b. Disclosure note re Trust funds (including charitable) | ✓ | The figures in the accounting statements above do not include any Trust transactions. |
I certify that for the year ended 31 March 2023 the Accounting Statements in this Annual Governance and Accountability Return have been prepared on either a receipts and payments or income and expenditure basis following the guidance in Governance and Accountability for Smaller Authorities – a Practitioners’ Guide to Proper Practices and present fairly the financial position of this authority.
Signed by Responsible Financial Officer before being presented to the authority for approval
[handwritten, see original document]
Date 16/05/2023
I confirm that these Accounting Statements were approved by this authority on this date:
16 MAY 2023
as recorded in minute reference:
15/23.9
Signed by Chairman of the meeting where the Accounting Statements were approved
[handwritten, see original document]
Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2022/23 Form 2
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