Council finance and budget management

Managing capital and revenue budgets, including budget setting and forecasting.

Managing a budget

How to get training, set and manage a budget, move money between codes, and carry out monthly forecast reporting.

Managing a capital project

For each capital project, the council identifies a named officer to act as project manager, who has responsibility for the delivery of that project.

Closure of accounts

The council’s financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. Closure of accounts refer to our financial year-end process and preparation of our annual Statement of Accounts.