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Parish Meetings - specific information | PKF Littlejohn LLP
AGAR forms:
There are new AGAR forms this year which are intended for use by Parish Meetings where there is no separate parish council ONLY.
AGAR Part 1PM: to be completed and published by exempt parish meetings with no accounts - printable 'paper' PDF version and electronically enabled PDF version.
AGAR Part 2PM: to be completed, approved and published by exempt parish meetings with financial transactions during the year - printable 'paper' PDF version and electronically enabled PDF version.
AGAR Part 3PM: to be completed, approved and published by all parish meetings subject to a limited assurance review - printable 'paper' PDF version and electronically enabled PDF version.
Public rights Notice for parish meetings subject to a review - including guidance on advertising the period during which electors and interested persons may exercise rights relating to the Accounting Statements; the pro forma notice of public rights and publication of unaudited annual return (including our suggested dates to assist smaller authorities to comply with the Regulations); and the guidance notes for the public ‘Local authority accounts – a summary of your rights’.
Public rights Notice for exempt parish meetings - including guidance for exempt authorities only on advertising the period during which electors and interested persons may exercise rights relating to the Accounting Statements; the pro forma notice of public rights and publication of annual return (including our suggested dates to assist smaller authorities to comply with the Regulations); and the guidance notes for the public ‘Local authority accounts – a summary of your rights’.
For those parish meetings completing an AGAR Part 3PM which is subject to our review, please refer to the useful documents and links page for the associated pro forma templates to be submitted with the AGAR Part 3PM. Further background information and guidance can also be found there.
Governance & Accountability for Smaller Authorities in England (March 2018). Please note this version applies for 2018/19, however Governance & Accountability for Smaller Authorities in England (March 2019) is available for early adoption. The Joint Panel on Accounting & Governance (JPAG) has only clarified proper practices - there have been no material changes. Please note that sections 1 & 2 constitute 'proper practices' that smaller authorities must follow.
Guidance for parish meetings:
Please see Section 5 of our detailed instruction document. Please also refer to our decision tree for the quick guide to the information that you are required to submit.
SAAA have published some helpful summary guidance:
SAAA Flowchart 2018-19 for parish meetings.
SAAA Step-by-step-guide for parish meetings 2018-19.
2018/19 training update recorded on 19 March 2019:
The recording of the presentation can be viewed here.
PowerPoint slides, including speaker's notes, are available here.
2017/18 Detailed training webinar recorded on 23 Jan 2018