Financial information

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PO Box 530
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Telegraph House
Baillie Street
Rochdale OL16 9DJ

Tel: 01706 925002
Fax: 01706 924185
Email: Finance Services

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Policy and strategy

Budget strategy

Annual Audit Letters

Each year the Council’s external auditor, currently the Audit Commission, publishes the Annual Audit Letter. This document contains the auditor’s assessment of the Council’s performance and its accounts and governance arrangements. It also contains information relating to future work to be undertaken by the auditor.

Statement on Internal Control (SIC)

Regulation 4 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003 (revised 2006) require authorities to conduct a review, at least once a year, of the effectiveness of its system of internal control and publish a Statement on Internal Control (SIC) each year with the authority’s financial statements.

The purpose of the SIC process is to provide a continuous review of the effectiveness of the Council’s internal control and risk management systems, so as to give assurance on their effectiveness and/or to produce a management action plan to address identified weaknesses in either process. At its most effective, the process of preparing the SIC adds value to the corporate governance and internal control framework of the Council.

Statement on Internal Control (123kb pdf)

Below are the notes to support the Statement on Internal Control;

Notes to support the Statement on Internal Control (277kb pdf)