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Notices

Here we publish formal notices, such as announcements about elections, audit and other governance matters.

Audit

Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2024

Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

  1. The audit of accounts for Gawsworth Parish Council for the year ended 31 March 2024 has been completed and the accounts have been published.
  2. The Annual Governance & Accountability Return is available for inspection by any local government elector of the area of Gawsworth Parish Council on application to: Adam Keppel-Green (Clerk and RFO), clerk@gawsworthpc.org.uk, Squirrel Brook 68 Manor Park South, Knutsford, WA16 8AN. 0900-1700 Monday to Friday.
  3. Copies will be provided to any person on payment of NIL for each copy of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return.

Announcement made by Adam Keppel-Green (Clerk and RFO)

Date of announcement: 30/09/2024

The audited AGAR can be seen here: AGAR 2023/24

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Elections

Notice of Vacancy

Following the resignation of Cllr Gordon Mitchell there is a vacancy for a Councillor for the Village Ward of the Parish of Gawsworth.

An election to fill the vacancy will be held if ten electors for the said Electoral area give notice to the Returning Officer requesting such an election within 14 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a Bank Holiday) of the date of this notice.

The address of the Returning Officer is:

The Returning Officer
Cheshire East Council
Westfields
Middlewich Road
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ

If no such notice is given the Parish Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.

For further advice on procedure please call the Elections Office at Cheshire East Council on 01270 685922

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Audit

Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2023/24

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

Date of announcement – 25th June 2024

Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd.  The unaudited AGAR has been published with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review. Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2024, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

Adam Keppel-Green (Clerk) – clerk@gawsworthpc.org.uk
Squirrel Brook, 68 Manor Park South, Knutsford, WA16 8AN

commencing on (c) Thursday 27th June 2024 and ending on (d) Wednesday 7th August 2024

Local government electors and their representatives also have:

  • The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and
  • The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of Audit Practice 2015.  The appointed auditor is:

PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
sba@pkf-l.com

5. This announcement is made by (e) Adam Keppel-Green, Clerk

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