Please reply to:

 

 

Contact:

Christeen Abee

 

Service:

Committee Services

 

Direct Line:

01784 446224

 

E-mail:

c.abee@spelthorne.gov.uk

 

Date:

17 March 2026

 

 

Notice of meeting

 

 

Audit Committee

 

 

Date:

 

Thursday, 26 March 2026

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)

G. Neall

 

L. E. Nichols

H.R.D. Williams

P.N. Woodward

 

R. Chandler

P. Briggs

S. Seehra

 

 

Substitute Members: Councillors

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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1.  

Apologies and Substitutes

 

 

 

To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutions.

 

 

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2.  

Minutes

 

 

 

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 24 February 2026.

 

Minutes to follow.

 

 

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3.  

Disclosures of Interest

 

 

 

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

 

 

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4.  

Internal Audit Charter and Annual Audit Plan 2026-27

 

5 - 42

 

Committee is asked to:

1.    Provide input to and approve the Internal Audit Charter 2026-27

2.    Provide input to and approve the Internal Audit Annual Audit Plan 2026-27

 

 

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5.  

Internal Audit Progress Report

 

43 - 60

 

Committee is asked:

1.    To note the Internal Audit Progress Report – February 2026

2.    To approve the adjustments to the internal audit plan 2025/26.

 

 

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6.  

External Quality Assessment - Final Report

 

61 - 96

 

The Committee is asked to note:

1.    The report of the External Assessor following the External Quality Assessment of the Southern Internal Audit Partnership against the Global Internal Audit Standards in the UK Public Sector; and

2.    The action plan developed against suggested opportunities for future development.

 

 

</AI6>

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7.  

Governance Assurance Update

 

Verbal Report

 

Committee will receive an update on Governance Assurance and Risk Management from Rob Winter.

 

 

</AI7>

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8.  

Committee Forward Plan

 

97 - 100

 

To consider and approve the work programme for the municipal year

 

 

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