INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR INTERNAL AUDIT REVIEW FEB 2024
- The signed minutes for the Full Council and relevant financial or staffing committees for the period April 2023 to date
- If minutes have not yet been approved please provide a copy of the draft minutes
- Agendas for the period April 2023 to date
- Standing Orders – an electronic copy is sufficient
- Financial Regulations – an electronic copy is sufficient
- Code of Conduct – an electronic copy is sufficient
- The bank reconciliations from 31 March 2023 onwards
- The cheque books and bank paying in books covering the period 1 April 2023 to date
- Payment schedules for the period 1 April 2023 to date
- A printed copy of the cash books for the period 1 April 2023 to date
- Bank Statements from 31 March 2023 to date for all accounts
- All invoices paid during the period 1 April 2023 to date
- All records relating to income other than the precept for 1 April 2023 to date
- Any remittance advices and vouchers received for the period 1 April 2023 to date
- Any VAT reimbursement claims that you have sent to HMRC for 2023-24
- The latest budget update information provided to the Council at their last meeting.
- A copy of the budget information for 2023-24 when setting the precept
- A copy of the 2023-24 precept request (as submitted in January 2023)
- A copy of the most recent risk assessment agreed by the Council
- The insurance documentation for 2023-24 – an electronic copy is sufficient
- The Asset Register for the Council 2023-24
- Employee contracts of employment
- Employee payslips for 1 April 2023 to date
- Details of PAYE and NI paid to HMRC and Pension Contributions if paid to a pension provider
- Trust deed for the charity for which Council is sole managing trustee
- Minutes of trustee meetings in 2023-24 for which Council is a sole managing trustee
- The 2023 Annual Governance and Accountability Return and all the accompanying information that was sent to the external auditor and the final external auditor’s report for 2022-23
- If possible – a print or other documentary evidence from the Council’s website to show when the 2023 Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return was put on the Council’s website, and if it is not still on the website, evidence of when it was taken down.
- An update on the action taken in respect of the recommendations made in my last detailed report
- Posted: 5th February 2024