Important Documents

The Transparency Code for smaller authorities applies to parish councils with an annual turnover not exceeding £25,000.

Bearley Parish Council has a budgeted expenditure that exceeds £25,000. Its accounts are externally audited. It provides information expected of smaller authorities, including Minutes, Agendas and Associated Papers.

Councils with an income which exceeds £200,000 are expected to comply with the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 .

The Parish Council is required to publish its signed annual governance statement according to the format included in the Annual Return form, no later than 1 July, in the year immediately following the accounting year to which it relates.