Every year Wales Audit or their agents send the Community Council a card form to complete, the annual return. The forms asks questions about the finances of the community council and it's governance. The finances are covered by accounting statements which summarise the year in question and compares it to the previous year. The governance questions cover the way the council has been run in the year. All the finances and some of the governance questions are covered by the internal auditor who is independent and of standing in the community. The annual return and the external auditors report for each year from 2023 are presented for download below:
The Independent Remuneration Panel requirement is a table of all payments made to councillors during the year. It must be published by 30th September of the year concerned.
Publication of audited accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023
Regulation 15(5) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 (as amended) requires that by 30th September 2023, Ystradfellte Community Council publish its accounting statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 together with any certificate, opinion, or report issued, given or made by the Auditor General.
The accounting statements in the form of an annual return have been published on the Council’s website. However, the accounts are published before the conclusion of the audit.
