We have made the expenditure from the start of the year available here. This document is updated monthly and includes every item of expenditure for transparency rather than just the legally required larger payments. If you would like a large print version please contact the Clerk.
Budgets | Final Expenditure | Annual Governance & Accountability Return (inc supporting docs) and mid year Internal Audit Report |
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2024-2025 | ||
2023-2024 | Mid Year Internal Audit Report 2023-24 | |
2022- 2023 | EXP 2022-23 | AR 2022-23 |
2021-2022 | EXP 2021-22 | AR 2021-22 |
2020-2021 | EXP 2020-21 | AR 2020-21 |
2019-20 | EXP 2019-20 | AR 2019-20 |
2018-19 | EXP 2018- 19 | AR 2018-19 |
2017-18 | EXP 2017-18 | AR 2017-18 |
2016-17 | EXP 2016-17 | AR 2016-17 |
2015-16 | EXP 2015-16 | AR 2015-16 |
AUDITED ACCOUNTS 2022/23
The accounts have now been audited by the external auditor. Please see the complete set of documents including the Notice of Conclusion of Audit here Audited AGAR 2022 2023
OUR PRECEPT 2023/2024
The Precept is the figure which a town or parish Council ask the local authority to collect from their residents alongside the Council tax.
For the financial year 2023/24 we have not increased the precept on a band D dwelling keeping it at £40.50, the same figure as the financial year 2022-2023.
Our total precept collected will be £125,534.19, which represents the bulk of our overall estimated income of £153,833.18. Our expected expenditure is £174,729.21 which means a shortfall of £26,896.03 will be funded from our savings or ‘reserves’.
The Council had at the forefront of their thinking that given we are all currently experiencing a ‘cost of living crisis’ we should do everything possible to not ask Colehill residents to find more money than last year.
Much of Colehill Parish Council‘s expenditure is fixed year on year and cannot be cut back on, and the large new assets the Council have taken on at the end of 2020 factor hugely. These new assets are Oliver’s Park field and the ancient woodland at Churchmoor Copse which have been underfunded for many years and pose a potential large spend albeit one which the residents of Colehill would hopefully welcome.
Increasing the precept or even making a reduction were discussed at length but it was acknowledged that given current uncertainty with the economy it would be wise to not make estimations on what the next year will look like financially and that Colehill Parish Council are confident in their ability to deliver new projects whilst maintaining reserves for any unplanned expenditure that the coming year could bring.
Colehill Parish Council are always open to discussing the finances with interested or concerned residents and would always welcome feedback. Contact details for the Clerk and all members are accessible on the home page and the Councillors pages.
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY (CIL) FUNDING
Local Councils must publish what funding they have received from the CIL in any one year, and what it has been spent on. Colehill Parish Council have received the following:
2018 – £9,022.50 (SPENT)
2019 – £21,336.00 (£11,496.91 OF THIS HAS BEEN SPENT)
2020 – £10,815.48
2021 – £10,736.76
2022 – £20,449.69 (two payments being £8,670.84 & £11,778.85)
2023 – £24,054.13 (two payments being £17,678.84 & £6,375.29)
Colehill Parish Council CIL spending – £2,635.00 on a bus shelter at Fryers Copse in February 2020
£1,255.00 towards bus shelters in November 2020
£16,629.41 on a path & benches in Oliver’s Park in September 2023
The balance of CIL remaining unspent as at end of December 2023 is £75,895.15
The Council resolved on 5th December 2023 to use CIL funding to replace some play equipment at Oliver’s Park play area – once this project has happened, this page will be updated.
s.106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)
Colehill Parish Council received £10,000 of s.106 funding from Bloor Homes in November 2018 with a condition that this must be spent on Oliver’s Park play area. Oliver’s Park play area has had extensive landscaping carried out in September and October of 2020 and part of the bill has been paid using this fund. This fund has therefore been spent in it’s entirety and in accordance with and therefore discharging this condition.
Please contact the Parish Clerk if you wish to discuss any matters relating to the Parish Council’s expenditure.