Financial Information

The Council has small grants scheme where community groups can apply for a grant up to £1500.00 in any financial year.

Maximum that the scheme can award is £250.00.00 per annum

The application form and further details can be found here.

The Grant Scheme, Policy and Application Form is being revised and updated. This will be posted here once approved.

Budgets & Estimates are set at the Parish Council meeting held January each year

If groups / residents have any projects or ideas that they would like the Council to consider undertaking please contact the Clerk or any Parish Councillor.

Hugglescote & Donington Le Heath Parish Council is required, in accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations, to complete an Annual Return setting out Accounting Statements and an Annual Governance Statement for each financial year. These statements and their supporting documentation are audited by the Council's Internal Auditor and an External Auditor.

A Parish Council Precept is a tax charged on each property in a parish, and is seen on your Council Tax bill. It is used to fund all the activities that a Parish Council undertakes for the benefit of the community.

Each January this Council's precept is agreed by Members through a process of setting budgets which forecast the expected expenditure and income for the following financial year. The precept is collected by the District Council on behalf of the parish council in the form of Council Tax, to which all of the Parish electorate contribute.

Managing Risk

Risk is the threat that an event or action will adversely affect an organisation's ability to achieve its objectives and to successfully execute its strategies. Risk management is the process by which risks are identified, evaluated and controlled. It is a key element of the framework of governance together with community focus, structures and processes, standards of conduct and service delivery arrangements.

This document has been produced to enable the Parish Council to assess the risks that it faces and satisfy itself that it has taken adequate steps to minimise them. The Council is aware although some risks can never be eliminated fully, it has in place a strategy that provides a structured, systematic and focused approach to managing risk which:

• Identifies the key risks facing the Council
• Identifies what he risk may be
• Identifies the level of risk
• Evaluates the management and control of the risk and records findings
• Reviews, assesses and revises procedures if required.

Under the Local Government Transparency Code 2014, local authorities are required to publish data which also applied to Parish Councils which have a gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is the higher) exceeding £200,000.

Hugglescote & Donington Le Heath Parish Councils gross income or expenditure is less than £200,000 however in the spirit of the code publishes information in accordance with the codes requirements.

Further information on the code can be found here

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015

All accounts are reported to Council for approval and details of ech payment can be found appended to the Minutes