HILBOROUGH
PARISH COUNCIL
Documents
BUDGETS AND FINANCES
The Councils financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. The annual budget is discussed and precept agreed in January each year.
The Council complete an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) if income and expenditure is under £25,000 the council is declared as exempt from the external audit process.
2025-26 Financial Year
The Asset register can be found HERE.
Financial Risk Assessment can be found HERE.
Financial Regulations can be found HERE
End of year bank reconciliation can be found HERE
Explanation of variances can be found HERE
2024-25 Financial Year
2023-24 Financial Year
2022-23 Financial Year
Internal Auditors Report 2022-23
Explanation of Variances 2022-23
Declaration regarding external audit
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Code of Conduct (.doc file)
Standing Orders (.doc file)
The Equality Policy for 2026 can be found HERE
Internal Controls can be found HERE
The FOI Publication Scheme can be found HERE
The IT Policy for 2026 can be found HERE
GDPR Policy and Privacy Notice
THE COUNCIL TAX PRECEPT
Parish Councils are empowered to raise money for their activities through a tax (the Precept) on the village residents which is collected on their behalf by Breckland District Council, as an addition to the District and County Council Tax. This is then paid to the Parish Council in two equal instalments.
Parish and town councils can apply for other funding such as grant and funding awards, but they do not receive funds directly from central government as principal authorities do.
For the financial year 2026/27, a precept has been set for the sum of £10,253.87.