The Parish Council maintains a set of policies and procedures to help carry its duties out effectively and to comply with regulations. These documents are reviewed and updated where required.
DOCUMENTS
FINANCES
Our financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. We agree an annual budget in October each year and also decide how much the annual Precept should be set at. We submit our annual accounts in the form of an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) to the external auditor, PKF Littlejohn.
All the Councils finances and procedures are fully audited annually by an external party.
Year-Ending 31 March 2021
Dates of Exercise of Public Rights
Summary of Receipts and Payments
Certified AGAR sections 1,2 & 3
Summary of Receipts and Payments
Year-Ending 31 March 2019
Summary of Receipts and Payments
Parish Council are empowered to raise money for their activities through a tax (the Precept) on the village residents which is collected on their behalf by the Borough Council, as an addition to the Borough and County Council Tax. This is then paid to the Parish Council
Annual return documents for previous years can be obtained from the Clerk.
POLICIES
The Council Tax Precept
The precept is the parish council’s share of the council tax. The precept demand goes to the billing authority, the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, which collects the tax for the Parish Council. The 'Precept' is converted into an amount per Council Tax Band that is added onto the Council Tax bill. Income and expenditure for the next financial year are calculated in the form of estimates.
Parish and town councils can apply for other funding such as grant and funding awards, but they do not receive funds direct from central government as principal authorities do.
Copies of documents are available from the Clerk upon request.