Issue - meetings

This item is to approve the Annual Governance Statement for submission to the Charter Trustee’s external Auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP.

The Clerk advised that the report had been circulated and it was a requirement for the Charter Trustees to acknowledge certain statements as part of the Annual Governance Return. The Clerk advised that part of the requirements for a Charter Trustee body, which had been established in the Unparished Area in 2019 by Statutory Instrument, was an offer to become part of the Small Auditors Appointments Regime (SAAA), which the Charter Trustees had accepted previously to be a part of. Every year the Charter Trustees needed to submit an Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statements for audit, to ensure that the proper use of public funds was being discharged.

RESOLVED to approve the Annual Governance Statement 2020/2021 for submission to the Taunton Charter Trustees External Auditors, PKF Littlejohn LLP.