2025 / 2026

 Hawthorn Parish Council


Parish Clerk : Lesley Swinbank  BSc MBA, Fellow SLCC

      Springwell House, Sedgefield,

Co. Durham. TS21 2HS


clerk@hawthornparish.co.uk


Audit Information 2025 / 2026

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. 


For 2025 / 2026 there is a new regulation that all parish / town Councils must comply with, and tHawthorn Parish Council must confirm that it meets the requirements.This is called Assertion 10.

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