Spelthorne Borough Council     

Services Committees Forward Plan and Key Decisions

 

This Forward Plan sets out the reports which the Audit Committee expect to consider over the forthcoming months.

 

Any topics identified during consideration of the business at this meeting will need to be included in the above Forward Plan.

 

Other issues Members wish to raise for consideration at the next or any future meeting and agreed by the Committee, may be included in the Forward Plan.

 

External audit may have one or two reports that arise from time to time which are not possible to predict in advance but will be incorporated into the Forward Plan or appear on the agenda as appropriate. In the event of the Council receiving external auditor reports between scheduled meetings of the Committee it may be necessary to call additional meetings of the Committee.

 

Managers may be required to attend the Committee, similarly to that resolved in Minute No. 227/06, to explain why they have not implemented the recommendations of Internal Audit. It is not possible to predict these circumstances, but they will be dealt with as and when they arise either by incorporating into the Forward Plan or appearing on the agenda as appropriate.

 

Please direct any enquiries about this Plan to CommitteeServices@spelthorne.gov.uk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                               Spelthorne Borough Council

 

Service Committees Forward Plan and Key Decisions for 1 July 2025to 25 September 2025

 

Anticipated earliest (or next) date of decision and decision maker

Matter for consideration

Key or non-Key Decision

Decision to be taken in Public or Private

Lead Officer

<PI1>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

Approach to Risk Management Training

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI1>

<PI2>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

Argus Software Discussion

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI2>

<PI3>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

CIPFA Audit Committee Self-Assessment

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI3>

<PI4>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

Corporate Policy and Resources Committee 08 09 2025

 

Corporate Risk Management

Non-Key Decision

 

 

 

Lee O'Neil, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI4>

<PI5>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

External Audit Plan

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Joanne Brown, Audit Partner, Grant Thornton

</PI5>

<PI6>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

Internal Audit Charter

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI6>

<PI7>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

Internal Audit Progress Report

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI7>

<PI8>

Audit Committee 10 07 2025

 

Update on Building Control Audit

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Heather Morgan, Group Head - Place, Protection and Prosperity, Lee O'Neil, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI8>

<PI9>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Action Plan to address Annual Audit Report

Non-Key Decision

 

 

 

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive, Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI9>

<PI10>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Action Plan to address Audit Findings Report

Non-Key Decision

 

 

 

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive, Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI10>

<PI11>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Annual Assessment of Effectiveness of Internal Audit

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive, Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI11>

<PI12>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Annual Governance Statement 2024-25

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI12>

<PI13>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Annual Internal Audit Conclusion

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI13>

<PI14>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Consolidated Action Plan

Non-Key Decision

 

 

 

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive, Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI14>

<PI15>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

Corporate Policy and Resources Committee 13 10 2025

 

Corporate Risk Management

Non-Key Decision

 

 

 

Lee O'Neil, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI15>

<PI16>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Internal Audit External Quality Assessment

To inform and assure members of SIAP's approach for the External Quality Assessment against the Global Internal Audit Standards.

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

 

</PI16>

<PI17>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Internal Audit Progress Report

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI17>

<PI18>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Internal Audit Strategy

To approve the Internal Audit Strategy.

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

 

</PI18>

<PI19>

Audit Committee 25 09 2025

 

Value for Money Reports - BDO

Non-Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI19>

<PI20>

Audit Committee 27 11 2025

 

Annual Review of Confidential Reporting Code

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI20>

<PI21>

Audit Committee 27 11 2025

 

Corporate Risk Management

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Lee O'Neil, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI21>

<PI22>

Audit Committee 27 11 2025

 

Improvement and Recovery Plan Progress Updates

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI22>

<PI23>

Audit Committee 24 02 2026

 

Audit Findings Report

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI23>

<PI24>

Audit Committee 24 02 2026

 

Corporate Risk Management

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Christeen Abee, Senior Democratic Services Officer, Lee O'Neil, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI24>

<PI25>

Audit Committee 24 02 2026

 

Draft Annual Audit Report

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Natalie Jerams, Deputy Head of Southern Internal Audit Partnership

</PI25>

<PI26>

Audit Committee 24 02 2026

 

Improvement and Recovery Plan Progress Updates

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive

</PI26>

<PI27>

Audit Committee 26 03 2026

 

Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy

Key Decision

 

 

Public

Linda Heron, Group Head - Corporate Governance, Monitoring Officer

</PI27>

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