Finance

In the interests of being open and transparent, all Bucklesham Parish Council Accounts can be viewed.

Please select the year required (on the right) to view all the accounts documentation, as well as our Internal and External Audit Reports. If you would like the opportunity to view a hard copy of the accounts, please contact the Parish Council Clerk at clerk@buckleshamparishcouncil.gov.uk

Auditors

Bucklesham Parish Council's Internal Auditor is Suffolk Association of Local Councils (SALC). Should you wish to speak to SALC about BPC's accounts, please contact the Parish Council Clerk clerk@buckleshamparishcouncil.gov.uk and your details will be passed on to them.

Bucklesham Parish Council's Accounts are accepted by External Auditor  PKF Littlejohn LLP. They can be contacted at sba@pkf-littlejohn.com 

Transparency 

The Local Government Transparency Code 2015 was issued to meet the government’s desire to place more power into citizens’ hands to increase democratic accountability, and make it easier for local people to contribute to the local decision-making process and help shape public services. Transparency is the foundation of local accountability and the key that gives people the tools and information they need to enable them to play a bigger role in society. The Code requires all Parish Councils to publish data if they have a gross annual income or expenditure exceeding £200,000. Bucklesham Parish Council's annual income and expenditure is significantly less than this, however, we adhere to the Code in line with best practice.

The Code specifies how frequently data is to be published, be it quarterly, annually or once only, but in many cases encourages more frequent publication. Bucklesham Parish Council aims to publish information on a more frequent basis where it considers this would be beneficial.

In accordance with the Code, we publish the required information for 2025/26 below:

Annually

• Local Authority Land and Property

Description	Location	What 3 Words reference
Playing Field	Levington Lane	///crowns.populate.leafing
Allotments	Green Crescent	///asset.digitally.twirls
Village Hall	Levington Lane	///plotting.decoded.receiving

 

• Constitution – Standing Orders and Financial Regulations

 

• Grants to Local Organisations 

Date	Organisation	Type	Grant awarded	Details
July 2025	Bucklesham School Association	Charity	£125	For No-idling banner
November 2025	Bucklesham Village Hall	Charity	£2,000	For Solar Panels on Hall roof
November 2025	Bucklesham village Hall	Charity	£1,300	For repairs to Hall garage

 

• Staff Organisation Chart

Parish Clerk/ Responsible Finance Officer

LC SCP 18

40 hours per month

clerk@buckleshamparishcouncil.gov.uk

 

• Staff Pay Multiple – N/A 

 

• Senior Salaries Exceeding £50,000 – N/A

 

• Social Housing Asset Value – N/A

 

• Waste Contracts – N/A

 

• Fraud – N/A

 

Quarterly (At Each Meeting - 6 times a year)

• Expenditure exceeding £500 - All monthly transactions (regardless of size) are published on every Agenda and recorded in Minutes, also published separately in Monthly Income and Expenditure Analysis and Bank Reconciliation 

• Parking Spaces - N/A

 

• Parking Account N/A

 

• Procurement information - tenders and contracts exceeding £5,000 (were also as appendices to Agendas)

Organisation	Goods/Services	Amount (Net of VAT)	Date awarded	Procurement Method
TGC Landscapes	Gazebo/shelter - Playing Field	£6,500.00	July 2025	Direct award following quotation process
NGF Play	Play Equipment - Playing Field	£86,427.05	November 2025	Direct award following quotation process

 

• Trade Union Facility Time N/A

 

• Government Procurement Card Transactions - N/A

 

• Waste Contracts - N/A