Annual report and accounts

Publication of the Final Audited Accounts 2022/23

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, Ernst & Young 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 (http://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 the deadline of 30th September 2023, as per paragraph (1). The Council's Audit Committee and Constitutional Committee will consider the results of the 2022/23 audit, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.

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

Audit of Accounts - Notice of Public Rights

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (as amended 2021) 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 2022/23.

Notice is given that from 9 June to 20 July 2023 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 2023. A copy of the full statutory notice is provided.

• Notice of Inspection 2022-23 (pdf, 114kb)

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

2021-22

• Statement of Accounts 2021-22 Unsigned (pdf, 4.9mb)

2020-21

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

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)