Notice of Public Rights & Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance & Accountability Return

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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 2026
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 1st June 2026 (a)
2. Each year the smaller authority’s Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) needs to be
reviewed by an external auditor appointed by Smaller Authorities’ Audit Appointments Ltd. The unaudited
AGAR has been published 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 2026, 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) Wednesday 3 June 2026

and ending on (d) Tuesday 14 July 2026
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.
4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is subject to review by the appointed auditor under the provisions of the
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 and the NAO’s Code of
Audit Practice 2024. The appointed auditor is:
PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)
30 Churchill Place
London E14 5RE
(sba@pkf-l.com)
5. This announcement is made by (e) David Bell, Chief Executive & Town Clerk