Town Council’s End of Year Accounts available to view soon

Hailsham Town Council’s unaudited Annual Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2015 will be available to view at their offices in Market Street from Friday 8th May.

The documents report the financial position of the Council at the end of the year and all income and expenditure transactions throughout the annual period.

Any person interested has the opportunity to inspect and make copies of the documents, including the unaudited Annual Return and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts.

These documents will be available on reasonable notice on application to Mr J. Harrison, Inglenook, Market Street, Hailsham, BN27 2AE or by email john.harrison@hailsham-tc.gov.uk between the hours of 9am and 3pm on weekdays between Friday 8th May 2015 and Friday 5th June 2015.

Town Clerk and Responsible Finance Officer for the Town Council said:

“All local authorities are required by law to produce an annual accounts document at the end of the financial year, which is made available to members of the public to view.

These accounts, which have been in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly format, demonstrate to tax payers effective stewardship for public money , whilst allowing them to hold us to account by seeing where their money goes.

Open local government is essential for good democracy and that’s why councils make their income and expenditure details available to the public – everyone has a right to know how their taxes are spent.”