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 January 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.
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All the Councils finances and procedures are fully audited annually by an external party.
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2026-2027 Financial Year
Parish Council Precept Request 2026-2027
Parish Council Budget 2026-2027
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2025-2026 Financial Year
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Parish Council Precept Request 2025-2026
Parish Council Budget 2025-2026
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Financial Reports 2025-2026
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Quarter four Internal control report
Quarter four budget v expenditure report
March 2026
Feb 2026
Jan 2026
Quarter three Internal control report
Quarter three budget v expenditure report
Dec 2025
Nov 2025
Oct 2025
Quarter two Internal control report
Quarter two budget v expenditure report
Sept 2025
August 2025
July 2025
Quarter one Internal control report
Quarter one budget v expenditure Report
April 2025​​
2024-2025 Financial year
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Parish Council Precept request 2024-2025
Parish council Budget 2024-2025
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Year end 2024-2025 documents
Conclusion of Audit 2024-2025
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AGAR Section 1 Annual governance Statements
AGAR section 2 Accounting Statements (Restated)
AGAR Section 3 External Audit Report
Conclusion of Audit Electors rights 2024-2025
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AGAR Section 1 Annual Governance statements
AGAR section 2 Accounting Statements 2024-2025
AGAR Internal Auditors Report 2024-2025
Internal Auditors Report 2024-2025
Year end Financial Report 2024-2025
Year end Variances report 2024-2025
Provision of Electors rights 2024-2025
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Financial Reports 2024-2025
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2023-24 Financial Year
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Year end 2023-2024
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Conclusion of audit Electors Rights
PKF Littlejohn External auditors report 2023-2024
Internal Audit report
Section 1 AGAR Annual Governance Statements 2023-202
Section 2 AGAR Accounting Statements 2023-2024
AGAR Internal Audit Report 2023-2024
Provision of exercise of Electors rights 2023-2024
Bank Reconciliation year end 2023-2024
Explanation of Variances 2023-2024
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Financial Reports 2023-2024
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2022-23 Financial Year
Notice of Completion of Audit 2022-2023 Electors Rights
AGAR section 3 Completion of External Audit and Certificate 2022-2023
AGAR 2022-23 Section 2 Restated
Notice of Exercise of Public Rights
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2021-22 Financial Year
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Notice of Conclusion of Audit and Public Rights
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2020-21 Financial Year
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POLICIES
Finance
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Clerk and Councillors Expenses Policy
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Governance
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Declaration of Acceptance of Office
LGA Code of Conduct
Bullying and Harassment Policy
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Data
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Model Publication scheme FOI Document
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Historic Documents
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Hapton Meadow old Chapel land Registry map
Hapton Meadow old Chapel Restrictive Covenants 1
Hapton Meadow old Chapel Restrictive Covenants 2
Hapton Meadow byelaws made on 5.5.10
Plan 1 of 2 relating to Deed of Gift 1989
Plan 2 of 2 relating to Deed of Gift 1989
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The Council Tax Precept
The precept is the parish council’s share of the council tax. The precept demand goes to the billing authority, South Norfolk District Council, 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.