Financial Information & Grants
INFORMATION ON GRANTS CAN BE FOUND BELOW YEAR END ACCOUNTS
The Parish Council has to prepare and approve a budget each year and must spend within that budget. The Council’s income and expenditure is subject to both internal audit and external audit. Every financial year Cottingham Parish Council produces a projected budget, from this the Parish Council asks East Riding of Yorkshire Council to place a charge on every council tax payer in the Cottingham area. East Riding Council send out a council tax bill, included with this is the Parish Council Precept leaflet – a copy of this leaflet can be found below:
End of Year Accounts for 2023/2024
The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 require that:
The accounting records for the financial year 2022/2023 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, during a period of 30 working days that must include the first 10 working days of July
The records for Cottingham Parish Council 2022/2023 will be available from 3 June 2024 to 12 July 2024 by prior arrangement with the Clerk.
Supporting documents, including the Annual Return, can be found below
Exercise of public rights 2023-24
AGAR – Annual internal Audit Report
AGAR – Section 1 -Annual Governance Statement
AGAR – Section 2 – Accounting Statements
Explanation-of-Variances-2023-24
Final Internal Audit Report – Cottingham PC 2023-24
End of Year Accounts for 2022/2023
Making-provision-for-the-exercise-of-public-rights-2022-23
Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Bank Reconciliation as at 31 March 2023
Explanation of Variances 2022-23
Cottingham – Notice of Conclusion of Audit 2023
External Auditor’s Certificate 2022-2023
End of Year Accounts for 2021/2022
2021-2022 Accounts Notice of Conclusion of Audit – Year ended 31.3.22
End of Year Accounts for 2020/2021
End of Year Accounts for 2019/2020
Supporting documents, including Sections 1 ,2, and 3 of the Annual Return as well as the Notice of Conclusion of Audit, can be found by clicking here.
End of Year Accounts for 2018/2019
Supporting documents, including Sections 1 & 2 of the Annual Return, can be found by clicking here.
End of Year Accounts for 2017/2018
Supporting documents, including Sections 1 & 2 of the Annual Return, can be found by clicking here.
End of Year Accounts for 2016/2017
Supporting documents, including Sections 1 & 2 of the Annual Return, can be found by clicking here.
Grants To Voluntary Bodies
Under Section 137 of the Local Government Act of 1972 the Parish Council can approve grants to organisations operating within the village on anything which, in the opinion of the council, is in the interests of the village, or part of it, or is in the interests of all or some of its inhabitants. However there are strict criteria which apply to such grants:
- That the applicant organisation should be based and operate within Cottingham.
- That the activities of the applicant organisation should be of benefit to substantial numbers of people in Cottingham.
- That the Council may, and in most cases should, ask for the production of accounts of the applicant organisation to ensure that the application was not simply to “top up” their accounts but was a request generated by a real need.
- Parish Council Grants CANNOT be used to pay for the hire of premises nor utility bills or routine staffing cost and is to be spent ONLY on the project/event as specified on the application form.
- Organisations/individuals may only make ONE grant application per financial year (April to March)
We are unable to consider applications from Educational Institutions.
Full details of the grant scheme and an application form can be obtained from the Parish Council Office or the link below:
We also issue small grants (up to £50) which go through a more informal process: