2026 Annual Returns
From the 1st July 2015 the Council is required to publish[1], on its website, its Annual Returns to include details of expenditure at or above £100, annual governance statement and auditors reports; together with councillor / member responsibilities and details of its public land and assets. As the financial information, statement and reports become available you will find them on this page.
You will find details for the councillor / member responsibilities on the Parish Council page.
The Council is also required to publish its meeting papers on its website, which you will find on the Meetings page.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY)
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)
Each year the smaller authority prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). The AGAR has been published with this notice. It will not be reviewed by the appointed auditor, since the smaller authority has certified itself as exempt from the appointed auditor’s review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2026, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to the Clerk (copies below)
clerk@cockshuttcumpetton-pc.gov.uk
commencing on Wednesday, 17 June 2026 and ending on Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Local government electors and their representatives also have: The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and the right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.
The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address below for this purpose between the above dates only.
The smaller authority’s AGAR is only subject to review by the appointed auditor if questions or objections raised under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 lead to the involvement of the auditor. The appointed auditor is:
PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
1 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littlejohn.com)
Mrs L McCormack
Clerk to Cockshutt cum Petton Parish Council
12 June 2026
AGAR Accounting Statement 2026
AGAR Governance Statement 2026
AGAR Certificate of Exemption 2026
Statement of Significant Variances 2026
Public Land and Assets
Asset Register 2025/26
Your Rights
Electors rights, notes and guidance
[1] s2 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (“the 1980 Act”), as amended by s38 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014