Bray Parish Council Finance Committee meets at least every three months with additional meetings as required. It is responsible for recommending the budget and precept to Main Council, for monitoring the income and expenditure of the Council, and considering the Annual Accounts before they are placed before Council as part of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return.
  • Terms of Reference Finance Committee
  • Finance  Policies and Regulation
  • Annual Accounts
  • Budget and Precept
  • Basic Allowances
  • Payments
  • Procurement
  • Grants
  • Assets – Land and Buildings
  • Transparency Code
  • CIL Income Report FY 2024-25

Finance Policies and Regulation

Annual Accounts

To comply with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015, Bray Parish Council publishes the following information.

Section 1 – Annual Governance Statement

Section 2 – Accounting Statement NB: The unaudited accounts as published may be subject to change

Notice of the period for the exercise of public rights

Conclusion of External Audit

Trust Funds

Bray Parish Council does not hold monies in trust funds

2025/26
2024/25

Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return Year End 31 March 2025

Declaration of Accounting Statements and Local Authority a Summary of Your Rights 02.06.2025

BPC Interim and Final Report 2024-25

Section 1 Annual Governance Statement 2024-25 and Section 2 Accounting Statements 2024-25

Section 3 External Auditor’s Report and Certificate 20024-2025

Notice of conclusion of audit Annual Governance and Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2025

2023/24

Bray Parish Council Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return Year End 31 March 2024

Declaration of Accounting Statements and Local Authority a Summary of Your Rights 02.06.24

Bray PC Final Report 2023-24

Section 1 Annual Governance Statement 2023-24 and Section 2 Accounting Statements 2023-24

Section 3 External Auditor’s Report and Certificate 2023-24

Notice of conclusion of audit Annual Governance and Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2024

2022/23

Bray Parish Council Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Unaudited Annual Governance and Accountability Return Year end 31 March 2023

Declaration of Accounting Statements and Local Authroity a Summary of Your Rights 02.06.23

Bray PC Final Report 2022-23

Section 1 Annual Governance Statement 2022-23 and Section 2 Accounting Statements 2022-23

Section 3 External Auditor’s Report and Certificate 2022-23

Notice of conclusion of audit Annual Governance and Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2023

Budget & Precept

The approved Budget and Precept 2025/26

Income

Precept £255,806.00

Income £20,760.00

Total Income £276,566.00

Expenditure

Council Administration £52,860.00

Grants £10,000.00

Land Management £119,660.00

Salaries £113,186.00

Total Expenditure £295,706.00

Transfer from Reserves £19,140.00

Basic Parish Allowances 

Payments Over £500

Procurement

The code requires that local authorities must publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000.

For each invitation, the following details must be published:

  • Reference number
  • Title
  • Description of the goods and/or services sought
  • Start, end and review dates
  • Local authority department responsible

The code requires that local authorities must also publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000.

For each contract, the following details must be published:

  • Reference number
  • Title of agreement
  • Local authority department responsible
  • Description of the goods and/or services sought
  • Supplier name and details
  • Sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
  • Value Added Tax (VAT) that cannot be recovered
  • Start, end and review dates
  • Whether or not the contract was a result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender

Bray Parish Council publishes details of invitations to tender and contracts as below

Grant Applications

Assets Land and Buildings

Transparency Code

Bray Parish Council meets the definition of a local authority covered by the requirements of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015, defined as ‘a parish council which has gross annual income or expenditure (whichever is higher) exceeding £200,000’. Bray Parish Council complies with the requirements of the code by publishing the information on this website.

The following information that is required to be published annually under the code is not applicable to Bray Parish Council and is therefore not published.

  • Social Housing
  • Organisation Chart
  • Trade Union Facility Time
  • Parking Account
  • Parking Spaces – Bray Parish Council has two car parks, for which there is no fee to use, these are situated at Bray High Street (38 spaces) and The Causeway Bray (23 spaces).
  • Senior Salaries
  • Pay Multiple
  • Fraud

The following information is required to be published quarterly but is not applicable to Bray Parish Council, therefore is not published.

  • Government Procurement card transactions

Salary Information

Under the Transparency Code 2015, the Council must publish details of any employee earning over £50,000.

One Officer, the Clerk, has a salary of over £50k p.a., band £50,000 to £55,000.