Finance Minutes 6th May 2025
Finance Committee Meeting 6th May 2025 7.00 pm via Zoom
Present: Phil March, David Court, Gill Wilkinson
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Apologies: none
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Minutes of last meeting (1st April) - approved
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Action points from the last meeting.
Internal auditor report was presented to council on 29th April.
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April transactions and bank reconciliations
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Review items of expenditure
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Review forthcoming payments
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Bank reconciliations to be checked as correct at 13th May council meeting
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Review the 2024/25 accounts
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Review full year bank reconciliations - now audited
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Review progress against budget - note proposed changes to 2025/26 budget
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Increase the level of reserves from £10,000 to £14,000 representing four months of average expenditure (internal audit recommendation)
Increase ‘Audit’ from £570 to £3590 (late receipt of invoices from Audit Wales; appointment of internal auditor)
Increase Website maintenance & development from £130 (Wix fee last year) to
£1430 (four months of payments to VereNorth plus increased Wix fee) Increase VAT reclaims by £200 to £1786 to include VereNorth payments Increase GCSA from £0 to £500 (GC Juniors grant)
Reduce One Voice Wales from £500 to £0 (paid last year) Reduce Ysgol grants from £2500 to £0 (no power to fund)
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Audit Wales timetable
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DC has compiled the information for the 2024/25 audit; final job is to draft the explanation for ‘NO” answers in the Governance section and circulate to council.
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Proposed change of Finance Committee Terms of Reference
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Agreed to recommend to change Para 8 from: 'Meetings will be held monthly in the week prior to full Council meetings' to 'Meetings will be held as necessary to perform the functions of the committee’.
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Next meeting: Tuesday 3rd June to discuss the Audit Wales submission