LOCAL COUNCIL NAME: ROPSLEY & DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL
COUNTY: LINCOLNSHIRE
BANK RECONCILIATION YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015
£
Balance per bank statement at 31 March 2015 (taken from
bank statement)
517
979
10577
12054
Outstanding items
Less unpresented cheques (to agree with attached list)
0
Plus uncleared payments into bank (to agree with
attached list)
0
Petty cash
Plus any petty cash balance held at 31 March 2015
0
Balance per cash book (council’s own records) at 31 March
2015 (Box 8 on Annual Return)
12054
Section 4
- Reconciliation between boxes 7 and 8 on section 1 of the Annual Return
LOCAL COUNCIL NAME:
ROPSLEY & DISTRICT PARISH COUNCIL
COUNTY: LINCOLNSHIRE
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN BOXES 7 AND 8 ON THE ANNUAL
RETURN
£
Figure in Box 8 of the Annual Return
12054
Less Creditors at 31 March 2014 (please supply a detailed
list of creditors)
0
Plus Debtors at 31 March 2014 (please supply a detailed
list of debtors)
0
Figure in Box 7 of the Annual Return
12054
Section 4
– Explanations for Variances
Box on section 1
2014
£
Variance
Increase (+) or
decrease (-)
(2015 less 2014)
2015 £
Explanation required?
Less than £250? - NO
More than 15% - YES
Less than 15% - NO
% (Variance divided by 2014
figure multiplied by 100)
£
Box 2
Precept
5475
5741
266
5%
No
Box 3
Total other receipts
5900
4285
(1615)
(27%)
No
Box 4
Staff costs
2511
3242
731
29%
YES
Box 5
Loan interest/
capital repayments
Box 6
All other payments
0
0
-
-
NO
7437
8884
1447
19%
YES
Box 9
Total fixed assets
18726
(12726)
13451
(5275)
725
28%
6%
No – see explanation below.
The 2013/2014 asset register total was
incorrectly inflated by £6000 for three
defibrillators. These were not funded
by the council but paid for with
funding and therefore the nominal
value in the asset register should have
been £1 each not £2000 each making
the total audit value £12726 not
£18726. The figures in red therefore
apply.
£
BOX NO 4 (STAFF COSTS)
Figure in 2014 column
2511
Figure in 2015 column
3242
Variance (2014 figure less 2015 figure)
731
Reasons (as many as are applicable)
Amount
£
The increase in salary is as a result of the Clerk being required to work additional hours to deal
with increased workload this financial year as a result of matters arising from the burial ground,
training days and planning matters. The Clerk does not work a fixed number of hours and annual
salary is therefore subject to change from year to year.
Reason 1
BOX
£
NO 6 (ALL OTHER PAYMENTS)
Figure in 2014 column
7437
Figure in 2015 column
8884
Variance (2014 figure less 2015 figure)
1447
Reasons (as many as are applicable)
Amount
£
A new John Deere Mower at a cost of £725.00. Burial Ground inspection carried out at a cost of
£450.00. Burial ground training for the Clerk at a cost of £192.00 and RoSPA health and safety
training for the Clerk at a cost of £100.00. The sum of this expenditure accounts for the variance.
Section 137 expenditure has also increased by £100 this financial year.
Reason 1
Section 4
-
Explanations for "No's" on Section 2 the Annual Governance Statement
If the council responds "no" to any of the 9 assertions on Section 2 of the Annual Return, you must supply us with an explanation
and describe how the council will address the weaknesses identified.
Assertion (1 to 9)
Explanation for "No" response
Explanations for "No's" or "Not covered" on Section 4 the Internal auditors' report
If the response to any of the 11 internal control objective conclusions A to K at Section 4 of the Annual Return is "no", the internal
auditor must provide the council and us with details of the implications and action being taken to address any weaknesses in
control identified.
If the response is "not covered" the council and/or internal auditor must tell us when the most recent internal audit work was done
in this area and when it is next planned or, if coverage is not required, the internal auditor must tell us why not.
Conclusion (A to K)
Explanation for "No" or "Not covered"
Details of any earmarked or restricted reserves held by the Council at 31 March 2015
Earmarked reserves are reserves set aside by the council for specific purposes or savings for future projects. Restricted reserves are
reserves that can only be used for certain purposes, for example the proceeds of an asset sale or the unspent part of a specific
grant.
Amount held at 31
March 2015 £
Purpose of reserve
£10557
The Parish Council have set aside a reserve for the future purchase of additional cemetery land.