Issue - meetings
Draft Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26
Meeting: 20/05/2026 - Council (Item 12)
12 Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26 
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Report of Assistant Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Purpose of report
This report presents the annual report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee for the municipal year 2025/26. It has been prepared to enable the committee to demonstrate to Council how it has fulfilled its terms of reference.
Recommendations
Council resolves:
1.1 To note the annual report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee for the municipal year 2025/26.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee annual report 2025-26, item 12
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- Webcast for Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26
Minutes:
The Assistant Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) submitted a report which presented the annual report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee for the municipal year 2025/2026. It had been prepared to enable the committee to demonstrate to Council how it has fulfilled its terms of reference.
Resolved
(1) That the Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit & Risk Committee for the municipal year 2025/2026 be noted.
Meeting: 18/03/2026 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 80)
80 Draft Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26 PDF 234 KB
Report of Assistant Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer)
Purpose of report
This report presents the draft annual report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee for the year 2025/26. It has been prepared to enable the committee to demonstrate to Council how it has fulfilled its terms of reference.
Recommendations
The Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee resolves to:
1.1 Review the draft annual report, agree any required amendments to its content, and request officers to finalise it accordingly, in preparation for the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee Chair’s presentation to Council.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Draft Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26, item 80
PDF 493 KB
- Webcast for Draft Annual Report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee 2025/26
Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the draft annual report be finalised in preparation for the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee Chair’s presentation to Council.
Minutes:
The Assistant Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) submitted the draft annual report of the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee for the financial year 2025/26. It had been prepared to enable the Committee to demonstrate to Council how it had fulfilled its terms of reference.
In introducing the report, Ed Lambert-Martin, Audit Manager at Veritau, provided the Committee with details on how it had discharged its duties during the 2025/26 period through the reports it had reviewed. Members were advised that Veritau planned to carry out a self-assessment exercise in the next financial year to review the effectiveness of the Committee against the CIPFA position statement.
Resolved
(1) That the draft annual report be finalised in preparation for the Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee Chair’s presentation to Council.