Agenda

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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 10 November 2025 as a correct record.

To review the action tracker.

This report provides an update to Audit Committee on progress against the recommendations arising from the Internal Audit Review of Financial Assessments (FA) of Clients (final report issued December 2024), which concluded with a Limited Assurance opinion. It also sets out the current position in relation to Adult Social Care (ASC) income collection and debt recovery.

For those charged with Governance (the Audit Committee) to consider the statutory Annual Report from KPMG, which highlights their findings from the audit of the Council’s statutory accounts, value for money and other relevant information.

This report presents this Committee with the updated TMSS for 2026/27, subject to its scrutiny at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee at its meeting on 19th January 2026, and subject to consultation with the lead Cabinet Member for Finance and Corporate Services

This report provides an update to the Audit Committee on the Council’s treasury management activities and performance for the six months ending 30^th September 2025, in accordance with the CIPFA Code.

This report details the work undertaken by Internal Audit in the period 1 September to 31 December 2025 and focuses on progress on internal audit coverage relative to the approved internal audit plan, including the number of audit reports issued and finalised - work undertaken by the external provider (Forvis Mazars).

This report details the work undertaken by the in-house resources in the Audit and Risk team and communicates a third quarter update on completion of the work plan for 2025/26.

To update the Committee and provide assurance on the progress to address the significant governance issues identified within the 2024/25 Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

Under its terms of reference, the Committee is also required to note the Council’s Corporate Risk Register and be satisfied appropriate mitigating actions are being completed in a timely manner.

Any other business.