At the end of each financial year, we produce an annual statement of accounts. These statements show:
- what our services cost in the year
- where the money came from
- what our assets and liabilities were at year end.
2024/25 Statement of Accounts
Notice of Public Rights at Audit
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Unaudited Statement of Accounts for year-end 31 March 2025.
Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015, Regulations 9, 14 and 15, Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, Sections 25, 26 and 27, The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Notice is given that the Unaudited Draft Statement of Accounts, including the Narrative Statement and Draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS), for the year ended 31 March 2025 have been published on this website.
The Unaudited Statement of Accounts are subject to audit by Auditor Ms Karen Murray at Forvis Mazars LLP, One St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 3DE (telephone 0161 238 9248) and may be subject to change.
The period for the exercise of Public Rights commences at 10am on Thursday 16 October 2025 and will conclude at 4pm on Wednesday 26 November 2025.
Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:
From Thursday 16 October 2025 to Wednesday 26 November 2025 between 10am and 4pm, any person may inspect the accounting records of the Council for the financial year to 31 March 2025 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) on request from Neil Kissock Director of Finance (S151 Officer), Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury. BL9 0SP. Telephone 0161 253 5419, except as provided for in Section 26 (4) to 26 (6) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 in relation to commercially confidential and personal information. They may also make copies of the accounts, narrative statement, AGS and documents.
From 10am on Thursday 16 October 2025 to 4pm on Wednesday 26 November 2025 at the request of a local government elector the local auditor must give the elector or any representative of the elector an opportunity to question the auditor about the accounting records of the Council.
From 10am on Thursday 16 October 2025 to 4pm on Wednesday 26 November 2025 a local government elector for the area of the Council or their representative may object to the Council's accounts as set out in sections 26 and 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Written notice of the proposed objection and the grounds on which it will be made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and also copied to the Council at the address also given above. Any objection must state the grounds on which the objection is being made and particulars of:
a) Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 namely to apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law and/or
b) Any matter in respect of which it is proposed that the auditor could make a public interest report under section 24 of and paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.
Neil Kissock
Director of Finance (S151 Officer)
Date: 15 October 2025
Statement of accounts downloads
- pdf file
- pdf file
Notice of delayed publication of the Draft 2024/25 Statement of Accounts
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (as amended), the council has not been able to publish the Draft Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 by the 30 June statutory deadline, to commence the 30-day period for the Exercise of Public Rights.
This notice is to inform that there will be a delay in the commencement to the period for the Exercise of Public Rights.
The delay in publishing the Draft Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, is due to the delay in finalising the non-current asset valuations.
The Council will as reasonably practicable, publish both the Draft 2024/25 Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement to commence the period for the Exercise of Public Rights and a further notice will be issued in due course setting out the period.
Neil Kissock
Director of Finance (S151 Officer)
Date: 27 June 2025