Notice of Public Rights
City of Lincoln Council
Audit of Accounts
2022/2023
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015
The accounts of the City of Lincoln Council are subject to external audit by Mark Surridge, Director, Mazars LLP, 45 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2RT. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:
From 1 June to 15 June 2023 between 10.00am and 4.00pm on Monday to Friday any person may inspect the accounts of City of Lincoln Council for the year ended 31 March 2023 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to these accounts.
They may also make copies of the accounts and documents. Please note that some documents containing personal or commercially privileged information may not be available for inspection.
The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at the address shown below by prior arrangement.
Please telephone 01522 873361 or email colleen.warren@lincoln.gov.uk to make arrangements to inspect the accounts and accompanying documents.
The unaudited accounts for 2022/23, which include the Narrative Report and the Annual Governance Statement, will be available to view at www.lincoln.gov.uk by 31 May 2023.
From 1 June to 15 June 2023, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts or make an objection to the accounts as set out in sections 26 and 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.
Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and copied to me at the address given below.
Any written notice of objection must state:
- The facts on which the local government elector relies;
- The grounds on which the objection is being mad
- So far as is possible, particulars of:
(i) Any item of account which is alleged to be contrary to law; and
(ii) Any matter in respect of which it is proposed that the auditor could make a public interest report under section 24 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to, the above Act.
Colleen Warren
Financial Services Manager (Deputy S.151)
31 May 2023
City Hall
Beaumont Fee
Lincoln
LN1 1DB