This section contains information about the council’s finances.
This includes details about:
- financial statement of accounts
- payments over £500
- our contracts register
- senior salaries and pay policy
- members' allowance scheme
- trade union facility time
- internal financial regulations
Financial statement of accounts
These are the most recent approved statements of accounts and external auditors’ report on accounts:
| Delay to Audit Certificate 2024-2025 |  (PDF 53 KB) |
| Statement of Accounts 2024-2025 | (PDF 1.92 MB) |
| Independent Auditor's Report to Members 2024-2025 | (PDF 192 KB) |
| Audit Report 2024-2025 | (PDF 736 KB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2023-2024 | (PDF 1.91 MB) |
| Audit Certificate 2023 to 2024 | (PDF 76 KB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2022-2023 | (PDF 1.22 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2021-2022 | (PDF 1.95 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2020-2021 | (PDF 1.48 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2019-2020 | (PDF 1.7 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2018-2019 | (PDF 4.42 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2017-2018 | (PDF 1.33 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2016-2017 | (PDF 2.02 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2015-2016 | (PDF 2.58 MB) |
| Statement of Accounts and Audit Report 2014-2015 | (PDF 792 KB) |
Inspecting our accounts
Find out when you can inspect our accounts here
Payments over £500
In line with government requirements, we publish online details showing items of spend over £500 made to suppliers for goods and services.
Contracts register
We use an eProcurement system called Proactis. Supplier registration and all of our procurement activity is usually via this system. The Proactis system is used to record and publish all new and current contracts directly to a publicly viewable contracts register. View the contracts register.
Senior salaries and pay policy
The senior salary information as at 31 March 2025 is as follows:
- Chief executive: £124,748.29
- Executive director: £103,848
- Statutory Chief Officer £85,493.79
The headcount as at 31 March 2025 - 1120
The number of FTEs as at 31 March 2025 - 842.47
Section 38 (1) of the Localism Act 2011, requires all local authorities in England and Wales to produce a Pay Policy Statement. The Act and supporting statutory guidance provides details of matters that should be included in this statutory pay policy which must be complied with when setting the terms and conditions of chief officers. The policy must be formally approved by full council each year and published on the council’s website.
| Senior Pay Policy 2025 to 2026 | (PDF 204 KB) |
| NJC pay scales 2025 to 2026 | (PDF 42 KB) |
We also report our housing director remuneration and management costs information.
Members’ allowances scheme
The scheme for payments to members is included in part 6 of the Constitution.
Summary of allowances paid to members. This is published annually.
Trade Union TU Facility Time
The requirement to publish Trade Union Facility Time information was removed by section 66 of the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Internal financial regulations
| Constitution Part Four: Rules of Procedure | (PDF 945 KB) |