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.
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
Finance Policies & Regulations
Budget and Precept 2024/25
The approved budget for 2024/2025 is.
Income
Precept £228,492.62
Income £27,072.95
Transfer from Reserves £0.00
Total Income £255,565.57
Expenditure
Council Administration £174,603.26
Salaries £101,702.10
Total Expenditure £276,305.36
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
Grant Applications
Land and Buildings
Bray Parish Council FY2022-23 Land and Buildings
Procurement Information
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.