The Parish Council Action Plan sets out how the Parish Council will work for the residents and business of Sprotbrough and Cusworth. It sets out the activities and projects the Parish Council will commence or complete within 2024/25. The action plan is split into three categories; People, Place and Provision. The Action Plan will be reviewed annually.

External Audit 2023-24

The External Audit for the Parish Council has been completed. The documents can be found below.

External Audit 2022-23

The documents below set out the completed audit documents for 2022-23.

External Audit 2021-22

The documents below set out the completed Audit documents for 2021-22

External Audit 2019-20

The documents below set out the documents for the 2019-20 financial year including information relating to the precept.

External Audit 2018-19

Below are the completed external audit forms for 2018-19

The Parish Council also undertakes an internal audit process twice a year with an independent auditor. The latest internal audit report is below. The Parish Council also undertakes monthly internal controls which are set out below.

Each year the Parish Council sets its budget for the following financial year. This is based on current activities and income and those expected for the following year taking into account the agreed Action Plan.

The Precept is a tax that Parish Council's charge their local electors to meet their budget requirements. Parish Councils do not receive any direct funding from central government and rely on their Precept plus any other income they generate from services or facilities they provide. The Parish Council Precept is part of the Council Tax and is collected from local electors via their Council Tax payments from Doncaster Council.

The Parish Council is required to comply with Local Government Transparency Code 2014. The code requires that the council publishes details of each individual item of expenditure that exceeds £500. The Parish Council produces a schedule of accounts which sets out these items of expenditure which is approved by the Parish Council at its monthly meetings.

All of our Payment of Accounts can be found in the Documents section

The Parish Council set its fees and charges for its facilities every year.