Audit information
NOTICE OF THE PERIOD OF THE EXERCISE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS
Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 & 27
The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 Regulations 9, 14 & 15
The Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2021
The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The period for the exercise of public rights commences at 10:00am on the 15 April 2024 and ends at 4:30pm on 28 May 2024.
The following documents will be available.
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The unaudited statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
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The annual governance statement
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The narrative report
The statement of accounts as published are unaudited and may be subject to change.
The Authority’s accounts are subject to external audit by Ernst & Young LLP, Debbie Hanson, 400 Capability Green, Luton LU1 3LU. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process.
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From Monday 15 April 2024 to Tuesday 28 May 2024 inclusive between 10.00am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday, any person may, on reasonable notice on application to the person named below, inspect the accounts and certain related documents (comprising of books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for the year ended 31st March 2023 at Myddelton House, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9HG, (telephone number 01992 709864; email info@leevalleypark.org.uk). They may also receive copies of the accounts and documents.
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From Monday 15 April 2024 to Tuesday 28 May 2024 inclusive, a local government elector or his or her representatives may ask the auditor questions about the accounts. Please contact the auditor at the address given above to make arrangements to ask questions.
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From Monday 15 April 2024 to Tuesday 28 May 2024 inclusive, a local government elector, or his or her representatives may object to the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under sections 26 and 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014) and / or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). Written notice of the proposed objection and the grounds on which it was made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above, and copied to me at the address given below.
Keith Kellard
Head of Finance
Myddelton House
Bulls Cross
Enfield
Middlesex EN2 9HG
Date of announcement: Friday 12 April 2024
Notice of delayed publication of audited 2021/22 Statement of Accounts, and Auditor’s Annual Report
The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2022 has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to the complex set of factors contributing to audit delays across the sector.
This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made).
Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2021/22 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 30 November 2022, as per paragraph (1). The Audit Committee will consider the results of the 2021/22 audit, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.
Notice of delayed publication of audited 2022/23 Statement of Accounts, and Auditor’s Annual Report
The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to the complex set of factors contributing to audit delays across the sector.
This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made).
Therefore, this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2022/23 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 30 September 2023, as per paragraph (1). The Audit Committee will consider the results of the 2022/23 audit, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.
Notice of appointment of a Local Auditor
to Lee Valley Regional Park Authority from 2017/18
Under Section 8(2) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, this Authority must publish a notice relating to the appointment of its Local Auditor.
Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) is responsible for appointing an auditor to principal local government and police bodies that have chosen to opt into its national auditor appointment arrangements. Lee Valley Regional Park Authority opted into this arrangement.
The PSAA appointed Ernst and Young to audit the accounts of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for 2017/18.
The PSAA appointed Ernst and Young to audit the accounts of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority for a period of five years, for the accounts from 2018/19 to 2022/23.
This appointment is made under regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Persons) Regulations 2015.
Information relating to the appointment process can be viewed on the Public Sector Audit Appointments' website.