Agenda item - Internal Audit Annual Report and Opinion 2024-25

RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the work undertaken and the performance of Internal Audit in 2024/25 and the resultant annual opinion of the Chief Internal Auditor.

2)       Determined whether there are any matters that the Committee wishes to

consider for the inclusion in the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.

3)       Agrees that the Council’s arrangements for internal audit proved effective during 2024/25.

9.1      The committee considered the Internal Audit Annual Report and Opinion 2024-2025, the report also provides members with an update on all internal audit and counter fraud activity completed during quarter 4 (2024/25), including a summary of all key audit findings.

9.2      Councillors Guilmant, Hewitt, Meadows, and West asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

9.3      RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the work undertaken and the performance of Internal Audit in 2024/25 and the resultant annual opinion of the Chief Internal Auditor.

2)       Determined whether there are any matters that the Committee wishes to

consider for the inclusion in the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.

3)       Agrees that the Council’s arrangements for internal audit proved effective during 2024/25.