Council accounts

Our statements of accounts have detailed information on our yearly spending, reserves and income.

Statement of Accounts 2023-24

Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Pension Fund - delayed notice of inspection

The Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 - Regulation 10, as amended by The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2022 require the Council to publish the unaudited Statement of Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2024 by 31 May 2024. Regulation 15 requires the Council to commence a period for the exercise of public rights which includes the first 10 working days of June.

Notice is given that the draft unaudited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 are not able to be published on the Council’s website on 31 May 2024 and will be delayed until the 8 July.

The Statement of Accounts is not being published due to the heightened political sensitivity during the pre-election period.

Notice A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period.

Mrs Louise Aynsley

Chief Financial Officer (S151 Officer)

Endeavour House

Russell Road

Ipswich

IP1 2BX

Telephone: 01473 264347

Email: FinanceCorporateTeam@suffolk.gov.uk

Dated: 3 June 2024

Statement of Accounts 2022-23

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 has not yet been completed by the Council’s external auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, due to the complex set of factors contributing to audit delays across the sector.

This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015.

Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that the Council are not yet able to publish the audited 2022/23 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 30th September 2023, as per paragraph (1).

The Audit Committee will consider the results of the 2022/23 audit once they are received, after which the final audited accounts will be published.

Statements of accounts

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Annual Governance Statement

Annual Audit Report (previously called Audit Letter)

Annual Audit Certificate

Appointment of Auditor Notice