Dyserth Community Council Finances
The Community Council accounts and financial policies of the Council, are audited each year by an Internal auditor. The accounts are also subject to a further audit by the Wales Audit. The Electors Rights to inspect the accounts and audit report are advertised each year within the community, in accordance with the rules and regulations.
Publication of audited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023
Regulation 15(5) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 (as amended) requires that by 30 September 2023, Dyserth Community Council publish its accounting statements for the year ended 31 March 2023 together with any certificate, opinion, or report issued, given or made by the Auditor General.
The accounting statements in the form of an annual return have been published on the Council’s website (as below). However, the accounts are published before the conclusion of the audit as the Auditor General has not yet issued an audit opinion.
Wales Audit – Annual Return for the Year Ended 31st March, 2023
Accounting Statements for 2022 / 2023
Dyserth Community Council – End of Year Report – 2022 / 2023
Under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Section 52) – all Town & Community Councils in Wales are required to produce an annual End of Year Report.
Dyserth Community Council – Annual Report Year Ending 31st March 2023
Payments (Allowances) to Members of Dyserth Community Council – 2022 / 2023
In accordance with Section 151 of the Local Government Measure 2011, Community and Town Councils must publish within their authority area the remuneration received by their members by 30th September following the end of the year to which the payment relates. The information must also be sent to the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales by the same date.
Please click on the below link, which will open a pdf document providing details of the Dyserth Community Council Members Payments (Allowances) for 2022 / 2023.
Payment (Allowance ) – 2022 / 2023
Dyserth Community Council – Training Plan (Councillors & Staff)
Under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Section 67) – all Town & Community Councils in Wales are required to produce a training plan.
Dyserth Community Council (Councillors & Staff) Training Plan
Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Section 6
Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Duty
Town & Community Councils in Wales are required to produce a Policy Statement & Action Plan under the above Act; the Dyserth Community Council Policy can be perused by clicking on the below link:
Policy Statement & Action Plan – 2021 – 2026
Precept Information (Community Charge) – 2023 / 2024
The Dyserth Community Council precept for the financial year 2023 / 2024 is £48,500.00. This amount is precept on residential properties within the community and equates to a figure of £41.92p per household on a Band D property. The Band D household precept for the Dyserth Community Council area, is made up as follows:
Denbighshire County Council – £1,535.35
Police & Crime Commissioner – £333.09
Dyserth Community Council – £41.92
Financial Support and Donations
The Dyserth Community Council welcome applications from the Community for financial support. However, the application must be from a bone fide group, or committee, that at least one or more of the Councillors are aware of. There are strict guidelines that the Community Council must adhere to, when considering and granting financial support. Financial support is also granted to organisations and charitable institutions outside the Council area, but these applications must in some way benefit the community.
The Minutes of the Community Council (see separate web pages), provide full details of all applications for financial support, that have been granted by the Council. The Minutes also show the various accounts paid by the Council. Further details in respect of applying for financial support from the Community Council, or any other financial information, can be obtained from the Clerk and Financial Officer – as per the contact details below.
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications)
Accessibility Regulations 2018
Please click following link to open a pdf copy of this Council’s Accessibility Statement
Clerk and Financial Officer To Dyserth Community Council
R. Phillip Parry,
Clerk and Financial Officer To Dyserth Community Council,
Ty Cornel,
51 St. Michael’s Drive,
CAERWYS,
Flintshire,
CH7 5BS.
Telephone: 01352 – 720547
E-mail: clerk@dyserthcouncil.wales