Transparency
Annual Governance & Accountability Return
The Annual Governance & Accountability Return (AGAR) is the document that is submitted by local councils presenting a summary of their audit and financial information.
By law any interested person has the right to inspect the parish council’s accounts.
If you are entitled and registered to vote in local council elections, then you also have the right to ask the appointed auditor questions about the council’s accounts or object to an item of account within them.
The auditor does not have to answer questions about the council’s policies, finances, procedures or anything else not related to the accounts. Your question must be about the accounts for the financial year just ended. The auditor does not have to say whether they think something the council has done, or an item in its accounts, is lawful or reasonable.
Draycott PC is exempt from a limited assurance review because its income is under £25,000. The current Exemption Certificate can be found on page 1 of the 2019/20 accounts.
The auditor requires that any significant variances in income & expenditure year on year are explained.