Annual report and accounts

Audit of Accounts - Notice of Public Rights

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (as amended 2022) and the Local Audit (Public Access to Documents) Act 2017.

In line with the above legislation, notice is given of the commencement of the period for the exercise of public rights to inspect the draft Statement of Accounts and supporting documents for 2023/24.

Notice is given that from 3 June to 12 July 2024 between 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, any person interested may on reasonable notice inspect and make copies of the accounts of Newcastle City Council for the year ended 31 March 2024. A copy of the full statutory notice is provided.

• Notice of Inspection 2023-24 (pdf, 233kb)
• Draft Statement of Accounts 2023-24  (pdf, 2.28mb)
• Draft Narrative Report 2023-24 (pdf, 1.03mb)
• Draft Annual Governance Statement (pdf, 697kb)

Files may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Please email Service Manager - Financial Accounting, anthony.francis@newcastle.gov.uk if you need an accessible version.

Past Annual Reports

2022-23

• Draft Statement of Accounts 2022-23 (pdf, 3.1mb)

2021-22

• Statement of Accounts 2021-22 (pdf, 30.8mb)
• Audit Certificate 2021-22 (pdf, 403kb)

2020-21

• Statement of accounts 2020-21 (pdf, 5.7mb)
• Audit Certificate 2020-21 (pdf, 1.1mb)

2019-20

• Statement of accounts 2019-20 (pdf, 2.2mb)
• Audit Certificate 2019-20 (pdf, 111kb)

2018-19

• Statement of accounts 2018-19 (pdf, 2.8mb)
• Audit Certificate 2018-19 (pdf, 480kb)

2017-18

• Statement of accounts 2017-18 (pdf, 3.79mb)
• Audit Certificate 2017-18 (pdf, 696kb)

2016-17

• Statement of accounts 2016-17 (pdf, 9.88mb)
• Audit Certificate 2016-17 (pdf, 659kb)

2015-16 

• Statement of accounts 2015-16 (pdf, 3.75mb)
• Audit Certificate 2015-16 (pdf, 674kb)

2014-15

• Statement of accounts 2014-15 (pdf, 1.01mb)

2013-14

• Statement of accounts 2013-14 (pdf, 924kb)

2012-13

• Statement of accounts 2012-13 (pdf, 1.0mb)

Notice of appointment of a Local Auditor to Newcastle City Council from 2019/20

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.

On 21 July 2017 Newcastle City Council made an appointment of a Local Auditor, as part of a collaborative procurement with North Tyneside Council and Northumberland County Council. The Local Auditor appointed is Ernst and Young, and the period of their appointment is from 1 April 2018 until 31 March 2023.

The independent Auditor Panel convened to advise Newcastle City Council on the selection and appointment of Local Auditor recommended the appointment of Ernst and Young for this period. The report of the independent Auditor Panel was considered at a meeting of full council on 28 June 2017 and is attached below.

Council's decision at that meeting was to follow the advice of the independent Auditor Panel,  and to endorse the Auditor Panel's recommendation that Ernst and Young be appointed as Local Auditor for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023.

• Report of the independent auditor panel (pdf, 156kb)

For the period 2023-24 to 2027-28, Ernst and Young were appointed as Local Auditor through the Public Sector Audit Appointment (PSAA).