Hawthorn Parish Council
Parish Clerk : Lesley Swinbank BSc MBA, Fellow SLCC
Springwell House, Sedgefield, Co. Durham. TS21 2HS
07950 944275
clerk@hawthornparish.co.uk
Audit Information 2024 / 2025
The Council accounts are examined by the Internal Auditor every year at the end of the finacial year but as the Parish Council has neither income nor expenditure over £25,000 it now is able to certify the council as exempt each year from a limited assurance review under Section 9 of the Local Audit (Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015.
The accounts must still be approved by full council and the AGAR (Annual Governance and Accountability Return) competed and published on this website. Full details are shown below following the year end on March 31st 2025.
However for the 2024 / 2025 year the expenditure did exceed £25,000 due to the one-off play area project. As such the accounts do have to be sent to the external auditors
By law all interested persons have the right to inspect the accounts, and those registered to vote in Hawthorn can also ask questions of the external auditors. Details of this will be posted on June 1st, 2025 allowing inspection of the accounts between 2nd June and 12th July. Included within this time - is the June Monthly Meeting on Monday June 16th - and the accounts will be made available before this meeting - from 6.30pm in the Community Centre.
