Addendum giving new dates for completion of forms following the government's Coronavirus legislation

• Governance and Acccountability for Smaller Authorities in England: Practitioner's Guide - Addendum to 2020 guide (PDF, 106 Kb)

An overview for Councillors on the requirements of the Transparency Code

• The Good Councillor Guide to Finance and Transparency (PDF, 735 Kb)

A list of the changes that were were incorporated into the 2018 Governance and Accountability for Smaller Councils: A Practitioner's Guide

• 2018 Changes made to the Practitioner's Guide (PDF, 92 Kb)

A practitioner's guide to support completion of accounts

• 2018 Governance and Accountability for Smaller Authorities: A Practitioner's Guide (PDF, 491 Kb)

2018 Timeline to support completion of internal and external audit

• 2018 Timeline of Internal and External Audit processes (PDF, 473 Kb)

To be completed by all smaller authorities where either the higher of the gross income or gross expenditure exceeded £25,000 but did not exceed £6.5 million; and other smaller authorities that either are unable to certify themselves as exempt or have requested a limited assurance review.

• 2018 Annual Governance and Accountability Return - Part 3 (PDF, 304 Kb)

Return for smaller authorities where the higher of gross income or gross expenditure was £25,000 or less, that meet the qualifying criteria and that wish to certify themselves as exempt from a limited assurance review

• 2018 Annual Governance and Accountability Return - Part 2 (PDF, 310 Kb)

Certificate of Exemption and Declaration of no Accounts

• 2018 Annual Governance and Accountability Return - Part 1 (PDF, 204 Kb)