Agenda

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The Chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual, or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

To receive any apologies for absence.

The Chair will consider the admission of any late items of Urgent Business. (Late items will be considered under the agenda item where they appear. New items will be dealt with under item 7 below).

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

To consider any requests received in accordance with Part 4, section B, Paragraph 29 of the Council’s Constitution.

To confirm and sign the minutes of the Audit Committee meeting held on 12 March 2026 as a correct record.

To review the action tracker.

This report updates the Committee on the Council’s plan for the audit of the Statement of Accounts for 2025/26, which includes the Collection Fund and Housing Revenue Account.

This report updates the Committee on the Council’s Draft Statement of Accounts 2025/26.

To inform the Audit Committee of the statutory requirements to produce an Annual Governance Statement for 2025/26 (AGS) and to provide a draft statement relating to the 2025/26 financial year for review and approval.

To inform Members of the overall adequacy and effectiveness of the system of internal control and risk management operating throughout 2025/26 and present a summary of the audit work undertaken to formulate the opinion, including reliance placed on work by other bodies.

This report also fulfils the relevant statutory requirements of the 2025 Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) and the accompanying Application Note; the 2017 Local Government Transparency Code; and the Audit Committee’s terms of reference.

This report provides an update to the Audit Committee on the Council’s treasury management activities and performance for the 12 months ending 31^st March 2026, in accordance with the CIPFA Code.

The Audit Committee is responsible for providing assurance about the adequacy of the Council’s Risk Management Framework and Policy and monitoring the effectiveness of systems for the management of risk across the Council and compliance with them as part of its Terms of Reference.

This report details the work undertaken by the in-house resources in the Audit and Risk team and communicates a fourth quarter update on completion of the work plan for 2025/26.  Please note the content of this report as well as the other three from the financial year will also be summarised in the 2025/26 Annual Internal Audit Report.

Report to follow.