Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Audit and Risk Committee
23 Apr 2026 - 16:00 to 16:45
Occurred
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Meeting Details
Public Session
1 pdf Minutes (38Kb)
To approve the minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee meeting of 5 February 2026. 
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RESOLVED: that the minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee of 5 February 2026 be approved and signed by the Chairman.
2 Apologies

To receive any apologies for non-attendance.

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Apologies were received from Councillors J Michell and S Szalapski.  
3 Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest.

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There were no declarations of interest. 
Report of the Director of Finance (S151 Officer) and Corporate Director of Governance (Monitoring Officer)
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RESOLVED: that Members supported the 2026/27 work programme. 
Report of Azets, External Auditor
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RESOLVED: that Members approve the External Audit Plan 2025/26.
Report of the Internal Audit Manager
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RESOLVED: that Members approve the Internal Audit Strategy for 2026/27 and the Internal Audit Plan and Counter Fraud Plan in line with the Committee's responsibilities detailed in the Internal Audit Charter 2026. 
Report of the Audit Manager
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RESOLVED: that Members endorse the Internal Audit Charter 2026 and authorise the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee to sign the Charter in conjunction with the Chief Audit Executive and Senior Management. 
Report of the Finance Manager and Deputy S151 Officer
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RESOLVED: that Members approved the critical judgements that have been used in applying the accounting policies along with the assumptions about the future and other major sources of estimation uncertainty detailed in appendix 1. 
Report of the Finance Director (S151 Officer)
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RESOLVED: that Members note the contents of the report.
10 Exclusion of Press and Public

To resolve that the Press and Public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that they are likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 or 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12(A) to the Local Government Act 1972.

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RESOLVED: that the Press and Public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that they are likely to involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. 
11 Quarter 4 Risk Management Update 2025/26 - DS2
This item is exempt in accordance with Schedule 12A Local Government Act 1972
  • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);
  1. APPENDIX 1 PRIVATE Q4 Risk Register Reporting 2025-26
    • Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information);

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
Councillor John Michell  
Councillor Sue Szalapski  
Absent
NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
Councillor Warren Fisher  

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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