This report updates the Committee on progress with the completion of the Council’s Final Accounts for 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.

Further to Minute 33 of the meeting held on 16 April 2019, Matt Davis, Assistant Director of Finance, submitted a report providing an update on progress with the completion of the Council’s Final Accounts for 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19.  The Committee was advised that the 2016/17 Accounts had now been signed off and published on the Council’s website.  The draft 2017/18 Accounts were in the final stages of being completed and would shortly be handed over to the Council’s external auditors.  It was anticipated that the formal period of public inspection would begin in the week beginning 29 July 2019.  Once the 2017/18 Accounts had been completed, officers would turn their attention to the 2018/19 Accounts.  At this stage, it was anticipated the draft 2018/19 Accounts would be presented to EY in time to commence the public inspection by early September 2019.

Resolved:   

(1)     That the 2016/17 accounts had now been signed off by the Council’s external auditors be noted;

(2)     That the expectation that the accounts for 2017/18 would be available for the statutory 30-day public inspection period in the week beginning 29 July 2019 be noted;

(3)     That the progress being made towards closing the 2018/19 accounts be noted.