Annual accounts

Audit of accounts year ended 31 March 2024 - 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 3 June 2024 to 12 July 2024 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 2024, 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; and
• 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, Chris Brown, Azets, 6th Floor Bank House, Cherry Street, Birmingham B2 5AL.

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

Last updated: 29/05/2024 13:33