Section 2 – Accounting Statements 2025/26 for Full Council 18 05 26 Agenda Item 10.3
| Year ending | Notes and guidance |
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| 31 March 2025£ | 31 March 2026£ | Please round all figures to nearest £1. Do not leave any boxes blank and report £0 or Nil balances. All figures must agree to underlying financial records. |
| 1. Balances brought forward | 1,210,426 | 1,526,719 | Total balances and reserves at the beginning of the year as recorded in the financial records. Value must agree to Box 7 of previous year. |
| 2. (+) Precept or Rates and Levies | 1,229,673 | 1,317,527 | Total amount of precept (or for IDBs rates and levies) received or receivable in the year. Exclude any grants received. |
| 3. (+) Total other receipts | 112,502 | 91,893 | 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 | 266,238 | 302,002 | 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 | 759,644 | 907,889 | 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 | 1,526,719 | 1,726,248 | Total balances and reserves at the end of the year. must equal (1+2+3) - (4+5+6). |
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| 8. Total value of cash and short term investments | 1,498,613 | 1,685,984 | 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 | 235,794 | 218,420 | 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
11 Do the figures in the accounting statements above exclude any trust transactions? ✓ For guidance refer to the Practitioners' Guide sections 2.31 to 2.33.
I certify that for the year ended 31 March 2026 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.
Laura Smond
18/05/2026
Date
I confirm that these Accounting Statements were approved by this authority on this date:
as recorded in minute reference:
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Signed by Chair of the meeting where the Accounting Statements were approved
Salle Chadwick