Annual accounts
The council is legally required to publish its accounts
following the end of the financial year.
Accounts for 2010/11
Statement of accounts
The accounts are prepared in accordance with statements of
recommended practice and contain a large amount of information
about the council’s income and expenditure during the year and its
financial position at the end of the year. Separate “group”
statements within the accounts show the position of the council
when combined with that of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Ltd (The
Council’s Arms Length Housing Company).
Statement of Accounts
2010/11 (832kb pdf)
Audit of accounts
The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by the
Auditor:
Mr M Heap,
Audit Commission,
2nd Floor, Aspinall House,
Aspinall Close,
Middlebrook, BL6 6QQ,
Telephone 01204 877300.
Members of the public and local government electors have certain
rights in the audit process. You can read the full Notice of Public Rights.
Asking questions about the accounts
If you are an elector in the borough, you or your representative
can ask the auditor questions about the accounts. You can do this
any time until the end of the audit process. Please contact the
auditor to arrange to ask any questions.
Objecting to the accounts
If you are an elector in the borough, you or your representative
can object to the Council’s accounts, asking that the auditor issue
a report in the public interest and/or apply to the court for a
declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law under
section 17 of the Audit Commission Act 1998. You can do this any
time until the end of the audit process.
You must give written notice of a proposed objection and the
grounds on which it is made to the auditor. You must also send a
copy of this to:
Service Director for Finance
Finance Services
PO Box 530,
Floor 7, Telegraph House,
Baillie Street,
Rochdale OL16 9DJ.
Telephone 01706 925409.
The law relating to our accounts
Accounts from previous years
You can also look at our accounts from
previous years.