Please reply to:

 

 

Contact:

Christeen Abee

 

Service:

Committee Services

 

Direct Line:

01784 446224

 

E-mail:

c.abee@spelthorne.gov.uk

 

Date:

15 September 2025

 

 

Notice of meeting

 

 

Audit Committee

 

 

Date:

 

Thursday, 25 September 2025

Time:

 

7.00 pm

Place:

 

Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

 

To the members of the Audit Committee

 

Councillors:

 

J. Button (Chair)

K. Howkins (Vice-Chair)

Neall

 

L. E. Nichols

H.R.D. Williams

P.N. Woodward

 

R. Chandler

P. Briggs

S. Seehra

 

 

Substitute Members: Councillors

M. Arnold, C. Bateson, J.R. Boughtflower and T. Burrell

 

Councillors are reminded that the Gifts and Hospitality Declaration book will be available outside the meeting room for you to record any gifts or hospitality offered to you since the last Committee meeting.

 

Agenda

 

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<AI1>

1.  

Apologies and Substitutes

 

 

 

To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutions.

 

 

</AI1>

<AI2>

2.  

Minutes

 

5 - 10

 

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 10 July 2025.

 

 

</AI2>

<AI3>

3.  

Disclosures of Interest

 

 

 

To receive any disclosures of interest from Councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for members.

 

 

</AI3>

<AI4>

4.  

Committee Forward Plan

 

11 - 14

 

To consider and approve the work programme for the municipal year

 

 

</AI4>

<AI5>

5.  

Public Questions

 

15 - 16

 

The Chair, or their nominee, to answer any questions raised by members of the public in accordance with Standing Order 40.

 

At the time of publication of this agenda 3 questions were received.

 

 

 

 

</AI5>

<AI6>

6.  

External Audit Quality Assessment

 

17 - 36

 

Committee is asked to note arrangements for the pending external assessment of the Southern internal Audit Partnership against the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector.

 

 

</AI6>

<AI7>

7.  

Annual Internal Audit Report and Conclusion 2024-25

 

37 - 66

 

The Committee is asked to consider and note the Annual Internal Audit Conclusion 2024-25.

 

 

</AI7>

<AI8>

8.  

Internal Audit Strategy

 

67 - 80

 

The Committee is asked to note the Internal Audit Strategy 2025-28.

 

 

</AI8>

<AI9>

9.  

Internal Audit Progress Report

 

81 - 100

 

The Committee is asked to:

 

1.    Note the Internal Audit Progress Report – August 2025 (appendix A); and

 

2.    Approve the adjustments to the internal audit plan 2025-26.

 

 

</AI9>

<AI10>

10.  

Annual Governance Statement

 

101 - 128

 

The Committee is asked to review and approve the draft Annual Governance Statement as outlined in Appendix 1.

 

 

</AI10>

<AI11>

11.  

Value for Money Reports - BDO

 

129 - 186

 

The Committee is asked to consider the Value for Money report from BDO

 

 

</AI11>

<AI12>

12.  

Value for Money - Grant Thornton

 

 

 

Report to follow

 

 

</AI12>

<AI13>

13.  

Audit Committee Governance Arrangements

 

 

 

Verbal update

 

 

</AI13>

<AI14>

14.  

Corporate Risk Management  (Corporate Risk Register)

 

 

 

Verbal Update

 

 

</AI14>

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