Annual accounts

Audit of accounts year ended 31 March 2023 - notice of public rights

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2022  

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 15 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, that from 1 June 2023 to 12 June 2023 between 10am and 4pm on weekdays, any person may inspect, and make copies of the accounts and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other related documents of the council for the year ended 31 March 2023, as stipulated in Section 25 and 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.

Should you wish to inspect the accounts and other documents please email your request to Ilyas.bham@hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk or telephone 01455 255 924.

During this period, a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, or their representative, may object to the council’s accounts, asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under section 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor at the address given below and copied to the Head of Finance of Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council at the following address: 

Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Hinckley Hub
Rugby Road
Hinckley
Leicestershire LE10 0FR.

Any objection must state the grounds on which the objection is being made and particulars of:

• Any item of account which is alleged to be contrary to law
• Any matter in respect of which it is proposed that the auditor could make a public interest report under section 24 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Objections should be addressed to the auditor, Hayley Clark, Ernst & Young LLP, No. 1 Colmore Square, Birmingham B4 6HQ, United Kingdom.

Date: 26 May 2023

Ashley Wilson – Head of Finance
Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council
Hinckley Hub, Rugby Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0FR

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