Statement of Accounts

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31ST 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

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 specify that Draft Accounts should be approved and published by the 31 May. For the last few years this has been deferred to the 31 July under The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and 2022 in recognition of the impact of the pandemic.

On 31 March 2023, local authorities were informed that the deadline for the Draft Accounts would be returned to the 31 May. While every effort has been made to meet this deadline, information commissioned to support the accounts was based on the previous deadline and therefore, there has been a slight delay to allow appropriate scrutiny before publication.

Notice is hereby given under the amended regulations for accounts with the year ended 31st March 2023 that from Tuesday 20th June to Monday 31st July 2023 between 10:00am and 4:00pm 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 Cheshire fire Authority for the year ended 31st March 2023, as stipulated in Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.

The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at Clemonds Hey, Oakmere Road, Winsford, CW7 2UA by prior arrangement. Please contact the auditor at the address given below to make arrangements to ask any questions. In the current climate, it may be necessary to make alternative arrangements other than onsite visits.

During this period, a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, or their representative, may question the auditor about the accounts, or make an objection to the accounts as set out in sections 26 and 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Any objection, and the grounds on which it is made, must be sent to the auditor in writing, with a copy to the Treasurer, Clemonds Hey, Oakmere Road, Winsford, CW7 2UA. Any objection must state the grounds on which the objection is being made and particulars of:

i) any item of account which is alleged to be contrary to law; and

ii) 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, Grant Thornton UK LLP at Landmark, St Peter’s Square, 1 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB.

A guide to your rights can be found at:

https://www.nao.org.uk/code-audit-practice/council-accounts-a-guide-to-your-rights

Date: 19th June 2023

Paul Vaughan
Treasurer
Cheshire Fire Authority,
Clemonds Hey, Oakmere Road, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 2UA

Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2022-23

2021-22

Notice of Conclusion of Audit

Notice is hereby given that the Audit of the 2021-22 Accounts of Cheshire Fire Authority have been concluded as in accordance with Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act and the Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 Part 5 regulation 16. 

Cheshire Fire Authority has issued its Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2022. These were approved by the Authority at its meeting on 28 September 2022.

The Statement of Accounts includes a narrative report, a statement of responsibilities, the financial statements, the independent auditors report and the annual governance statement.

Download a copy of the Statement of Accounts 2021-22:

Statement of Accounts 2021-22 (new window)

View the Statement of Assurance:

Statement of Assurance

You can also find a full copy of the accounts at the Authority's Headquarters in Winsford. If you are a Local Government Elector in any of the Local Authority areas we serve (Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton or Warrington), under Section 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act, you have the right, if you wish, to:

• Inspect and make copies of the accounts

• Inspect and make copies of reports made to the body by an auditor

• Ask the Authority to make copies of the statements or reports, for which there would be a reasonable charge.

If you want to speak to someone about this, please contact:

Paul Vaughan: Treasurer (Section 151 Officer) to Cheshire Fire Authority. 

Telephone: 01606 868700

Email: feedback@cheshirefire.gov.uk

External Audit

Auditor’s report dated 24 November 2022 is included the statements of accounts page 99-104.

Audit closure certificate 2021-22 dated 23rd March 2023 (new window)

The Annual Audit letter for Cheshire Fire Authority - year ended 31st March 2022