2024/25 - Accounts

Declaration by the Section 151 Officer

Declaration by the Section 151 Officer accompanying the Statement of Accounts (Account and Audit Regulations 2015 S15(2)) and the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024.

I declare, as Section 151 officer for Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Pension Fund that these accounts are unaudited and the Statement of Accounts as published are subject to change.

Name: Rob Powell

Signed: R Powell

Date: 30 June 2025

These accounts will now be audited by our external auditors, Grant Thornton, before being approved and published by 27 February 2026.

In accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 the Statement of Accounts 2024/2025 includes a narrative report which includes commentary on the authority’s financial performance and economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of its resources over the financial year.

In addition a copy of the draft Annual Governance Statement 2024/2025 is also included in the above document.

Details of the spending of each service group which makes up the authority’s spending in these accounts can be found in the 2024/2025 Financial Outturn Report, which was presented to Cabinet on 12 June 2025.

The draft accounts are open to public inspection from 1 July 2025 as per the details below for Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Pension Fund.

Under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (amended by the Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024) regulations 9 and 15, the commencement period for the exercise of public rights to inspect the draft 2024/2025 accounts and related documents, based on an accounts completion date of 30 June 2025, should include the first 10 working days of July, with inspection dates being between 1 July 2025 and 11 August 2025.

WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2024/2025 – NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 & Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024

1. The Accounts of Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Pension Fund are subject to audit by Grant Thornton, of The Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus, Birmingham, B4 6AT (Engagement Lead, Mr Avtar Sohal: Telephone 0121 212 4000).
2. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process in accordance with the regulations above.
3. These accounts will be available for public inspection for thirty full working days from Tuesday 1 July 2025 to Monday 11 August 2025 inclusive during normal office hours (9am-5pm Mondays to Thursdays, and 9am-4pm Fridays) when copies of all or part of any of the accounts and other documents mentioned may be made available including all the books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them. These rights do not permit a person to require disclosure of personal or certain commercially sensitive information as defined in Section 26 of The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. These will be available for inspection at the office at which they are normally kept, or otherwise by arrangement. Application should be made initially to Rob Powell, Executive Director for Resources, Shire Hall, Warwick, CV34 4RL (Telephone 01926 412045).
4. During the inspection period 9am on 1 July 2025 to 5pm on 11 August 2025, at the request of a local government elector for the area of the Council, the local auditor must give the elector or any representative of the elector, an opportunity to question the auditors about the accounting records of the Council. Please contact the auditor at the address in paragraph 1 above to make arrangement to ask any questions.
5. During the inspection period 9am on 1 July 2025 to 5pm on 11 August 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council or their representative may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest or apply for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful under Section 28 of The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Written notice of the proposed objection and the grounds on which it will be made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and also copied to the Council at the address given below.

Dated this 30 June 2025

Rob Powell, Executive Director for Resources

Monica Fogarty, Chief Executive

Warwickshire County Council, Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4RL

1. Warwickshire County Council Narrative Statement 2024-25 Unaudited (PDF, 2 MB)
2. Warwickshire County Council Statement of Accounts 2024-25 Unaudited (PDF, 729 KB)
3. Warwickshire County Council Annual Governance Statement 2024-25 Unaudited (PDF, 883 KB)
4. Warwickshire Pension Fund Statement of Accounts 2024-25 Unaudited (PDF, 729 KB)