AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS - YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025

The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Grant Thornton UK LLP, 8 Finsbury Circus, London EC2M 7EA. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

1. From 01 July 2025 to 11 August 2025 between 9.00 am and 4.00 pm any person may inspect the accounts to be audited and books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them at the address given below.  They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.
2. From 01 July 2025 to 11 August 2025 between 9.00 am and 4.00 pm, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts.  Please contact the auditor at the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
3. From 01 July 2025 to 11 August 2025 between 9.00 am and 4.00 pm, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under section 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014).  Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor (c/o Ade O Oyerinde, Director), at the address given above and copied to me at the address given below.

From 30 June 2025, a full set of the draft financial statements will be found on the Council’s website.

Dated 30 June 2025

Amanda Fahey

Assistant Chief Executive & Responsible Financial Officer

Runnymede Borough Council

Runnymede Civic Centre, Station Road, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2AH