Financial Information

Audit 2019-2020
Annual Internal Audit Report 2019-2020
Audit: Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) Internal Audit, Financial Year 2019 - 2020 (PDF, 2.5 Mb)
Audit 2019-2020: Internal Audit Report for the financial year 2019-2020 and Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR)
Notice of conclusion of AGAR 2019-2020
Audit: Notice for the provision of exercise of Public Rights (PDF, 211 Kb)
Audit 2019-2020: Notice of public rights and publication of the unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). The thirty working day inspection period starts Thursday 30th July 2020, and ends Thursday 10th September 2020.
Please note that as Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council is a 'smaller authority' the 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-littlejohn.com
Annual Accounts and Annual Returns
For further details of the annual accounts and returns please contact the Clerk. Annual Returns will remain on the website for 5 years.
Audited accounts and reports 2015-2016 to 2018-2019
Audit: External Auditor Report and Certificate 18/19 (PDF, 253 Kb)
Notice from External Auditor of conclusion of audit 2018/2019
Audit 2018-19 Notice of conclusion of audit (PDF, 406 Kb)
Notice of conclusion of audit
Audit 2018-2019 Sections 1 - 3 (PDF, 3 Mb)
Audit papers for 2018-2019
Audit 2018-2019 the exercise of public rights (PDF, 111 Kb)
Confirmation of dates, for the provision of exercise of public rights 2018/2019.
Audit 2018-2019 Local Authority Accounts (PDF, 90 Kb)
Local Authority Accounts - a summary of your rights
Audit 2017-2018 Notice of conclusion of audit (PDF, 445 Kb)
Notice of conclusion of audit
Audit 2017-2018 Sections 1 - 3 (PDF, 2.2 Mb)
Audit 2017-2018 Sections 1 - 3
Audit 2017-2018 Notice of Public Rights (PDF, 62 Kb)
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return 2017/18
Audit 2017-2018 Local Authority Accounts (PDF, 115 Kb)
Local Authority Accounts - a summary of your rights
Audit 2016-2017 Annual Governance Sections 1-3 (PDF, 2.4 Mb)
Audit 2016-2017 Annual Governance Sections 1-3
Audit 2016-2017 Annual Governance Notice of Conclusion of Audit (PDF, 391 Kb)
Audit 2016-2017 Annual Governance Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Audit 2015-2016 Notice of Conclusion of Audit (PDF, 414 Kb)
2015-2016 Notice of Conclusion of Audit
Audit 2015-2016 Annual Return (PDF, 2.6 Mb)
2015-2016 Annual Return
Financial reference documents
Financial Regulations (PDF, 335 Kb)
Financial Regulations (adopted October 2019)
Statement of Internal Control 2018-19 (PDF, 182 Kb)
Statement of Internal Control 2018-2019
Background to Parish Council finances

The parish precept maintains Wye's Public WCs, and many other facilities
Budget and Precept
For details of the Parish Council's budget for the current financial year please contact the Clerk.
Parish Grants
For details of about eligibility for Parish Council grants to support local voluntary organisations and events for local benefit, please contact the Clerk.
Potential applicants please note:
Wye with Hinxhill Parish Council Section gives financial support to several local organisations, however its ability to do this is limited by both its budget and the law.
Section 137 (1) of the Local Government Act 1972 (LGA72) is a statutory power. This only gives the Parish Council the power 'to incur expenditure for purposes not otherwise authorised.' within a strict limit, calculated on the number of electors in the parish. The Parish Council may only use this power when there is no other specific power available; it is therefore a 'power of last resort'. Furthermore, the Parish Council may only use the power to benefit some or all parish inhabitants, not an individual. Nor can S.137 be applied retrospectively.
The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 amended LGA72 S137 to stipulate that the amount of expenditure and the public benefit must be 'proportionate'.
S137 payments are index-linked under LGA72 Schedule 12B and rise annually. The national figure for the 2020 - 2021 financial year is £8.32 per elector. The annual S137 budget for the parish is capped and calculated by multiplying £8.32 by the total number on the electoral role on 1st April each year. The Parish Council's financial records must show a separate account for S137 spending. Source: NALC Briefing LO4-14 December 2014
Example:
The Parish Council makes an annual donation of £75 to the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal for a wreath to lay at the Remembrance Day service in Wye on behalf of all residents. This is an example of 'proportionate expenditure' under S137.