By scrolling down, you can refer to the following:-
- Financial Assistance to the Community
- Precept and Budget
- Income and Expenditure
- Annual Return and Audits
- Staff Costs
- Assets
- Payments to Councillor’s
- Financial Regulations
1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY
Applications for financial assistance are considered in January, April, July and October. The Council’s Application Form for funding can be found by clicking the links below:
Grant-Funding-Explained – January 2023
Application form – Jan-23 (PDF format)
Application form – Jan-23 (Word document format)
2. PRECEPT AND BUDGET
Precept: The Community Council finances its activities from part of the Council Tax (the Precept) paid by households in Llansteffan and Llanybri.
Budget 2022/2023: Please find a link below to the budget which was agreed by members at an Ordinary Meeting dated 17th Jan 22. Please also find explanatory notes below if required. The budget spreadsheet also includes the 3rd Quarter review and 4th Quarter estimates for 21/22.
The Council approved a Precept for the Financial Year 2022/2023 of £20,000.
Budget 1 Apr 22 – 31 Mar 23 (Approved)
Budget 1 Apr 22 – 31 Mar 23 Notes
Precept Proposals 2022 to 2023
Budget 2021/2022: Please find a link to the budget below.
The Council approved its Precept for the Financial Year 2021/22 at £20,000.
Budget 1 Apr 21 – 31 Mar 22 (Quarter 1 and 2 Review Completed)
3. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
The Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer keeps detailed Income and Expenditure records for every month and financial year. All expenditure is approved by the Council and listed in the Minutes of the monthly Council meetings.
4. ANNUAL RETURN AND AUDITS
You can download copies of annual returns here;
- Annual Return 21/22 (Electronic version)
- Internal Audit Report 21/22
- Annual Return 20/21 (Electronic version)
- Internal Audit Report 20/21
- Annual Return for 2016 / 17
- Annual Return for 2017 / 18
- Audit Wales Final Report – Inadequacies in Financial Management and Governance Llansteffan and Llanybri Community Council 17-18
- The Community Council’s response to the Audit Wales Report detailed above is below:
Covering Letter to Audit Wales 25 Jun 22
Fin. Gov Action Plan Response to Final Report
5. STAFF COSTS
The Community Council has one paid employee. Total staff costs for each month are shown in the Expenditure Records and Minutes and total annual staff costs are listed in the Annual Return (above).
The Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer is paid according to the scales agreed by the National Joint Council.
6. ASSETS
You can see a list of Council assets here.
7. PAYMENTS TO COUNCILLOR’S
Please download the following document for further information;
8. FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
The Council’s Financial Regulations were approved and adopted on 15th February 2021 and are reviewed annual at the Annual Meeting in May and can be found Financial Regulations Feb 2021.
If you have any questions about the Council’s finances, please contact us.