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Chard Town Council
NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF
UNAUDITED ANNUAL GOVERNANCE &
ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

NOTICE
1. Date of announcement Monday 30th June 2025(a)

with this notice. As it has yet to be reviewed by the appointed auditor, it is subject to change as a result of that review.
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which
the audit 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 2020, these documents
will be available on reasonable notice by application to:
(b) David Bell, Chief Executive & Town Clerk
The Guildhall, Fore Street, Chard, TA20 1PP
commencing on (c) Tuesday 1st July 2025
and ending on (d) Monday 11th August 2025
3. 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 in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above
dates only.

appointed auditor is:
PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
15 Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HD
(sba@pkf-littlejohn.com)
5. This announcement is made by (e) David Bell, Chief Executive & Town Clerk