Decision details

This had been added to the Agenda on 25^th June 2021 when received - Under Access to Information Procedure Rules “Where there are special circumstances requiring an item to be added to the agenda after publication, the revised agenda will be open to inspection from the time the item was added to the agenda.”

The purpose of this item was to receive and note the Annual Internal Audit Report 2020/21. This was not mandatory but was recommended by the External Auditors in their review last year. There were some suggested improvements that were to be recommended and these were going to be addressed now identified.

During the discussion of this item, Members made comments and asked questions which included:-

·       A concern was raised that these matters had not been addressed by the Finance Team.

·       Officers worked closely with the Finance team at SWT in terms of extracting a statement of accounts.

·       Why had the Charter Trustees not engaged South West Audit Partnership?

·       They were emailed and did not respond to a request to quote.

·       It was stated that an Action Plan to address these points needed to be put in place.

·       This was a good idea and it was considered that nothing in this report could not be addressed.

·       The discussion on risks to the Charter Trustees had felt to be considered but this would need to be formally recorded in a Risk Register.

·       It was suggested that looking at what other Charter Trustee areas did in this regard would be a good idea.

RESOLVED that the Annual Internal Audit Report 2020/21 was received and noted.