Report of the Director of Finance and Commercial (S151 Officer)

The subject of the decision:

This report informed the Committee that, further to the reports to this Committee in October 2020 and March 2021, the Financial Report – Statement of Accounts – 2019/20 had not yet been finalised as the audit was still ongoing.  It was the aim that the audit would be finalised by the end of September 2021 for the Audit, Governance and Standards meeting where the Audit Results Report would be accepted by the Committee and the Financial Report 2019/20 would be approved.

Alternative options considered:

None.

The reason for the decision:

The Committee acknowledged that the external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020 had not yet been completed by the Council’s external auditors, Ernst Young LLP.

The decision:

That the report be noted.