Stirling Council Consolidated Small Charitable Trusts
The Dunblane Cemetery Memorial Garden (Maintenance) Trust
Notice is hereby given that the Council is postponing the publication of the unaudited annual accounts required to be published by 30 June 2025.
The preparation of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 has not yet been completed due to the impact of: the delay in the external audit of the 2023/24 annual accounts, the implementation of a new ERP system, the timing of IJB (Integration Joint Board) figures and the high turnover of staff within the Finance team. These factors have all impacted on the available resources and capacity within the Finance Service to prepare the 2024/25 accounts, resulting in a delay in the publication.
The unaudited accounts are expected to be published on 1 September 2025. Given this postponement the Council will consider the unaudited accounts no later than two months from the date of publication of the unaudited accounts.
The public has a right to inspect the unaudited accounts and associated documents. Details of this inspection is set out in the notice below.
Accounts for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Stirling Council Consolidated Small Charitable Trusts
The Dunblane Cemetery Memorial Garden (Maintenance) Trust
Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of Section 101 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and Section 9 of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 as follows:
- A copy of the unaudited accounts of Stirling Council and applicable charities for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be available for public inspection at the following website https://www.stirling.gov.uk/council-and-committees/performance-and-statistics/annual-accounts/ from Monday 1 September 2025 to Friday 19th September 2025, both dates inclusive. Copies will also be made available on request free of charge by electronic means or by post.
- Any interested person may inspect a copy of the abstracts of the accounts to be audited, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts related thereto, and extracts may be taken of any or all parts of the unaudited accounts free of charge;
- Any request to view the unaudited accounts or supporting documentation must be made in writing, by email, to the Chief Officer Finance, Jean Campbell at campbellje@stirling.gov.uk.
- Any interested person may object to the accounts or to any part of those accounts, no later than Friday 19th September 2025 by:
- sending their objection in writing, together with a statement of the grounds thereof, to the auditor, Ian Howse, Deloitte LLP, 5 Callaghan Square, Cardiff, CF10 5BT or by email to ihowse@deloitte.co.uk;
- sending a copy of that objection and statement to the Council, via email, to the Chief Officer Finance, Jean Campbell at campbellje@stirling.gov.uk.
The auditor shall, if requested by the person objecting, the authority, or by any officer of the Council who may be concerned, afford to that person or authority or officer, as the case may be, an opportunity of being heard by the auditor with respect to that objection. Any such person or officer may be heard either personally or by a representative, and this will be carried out online or by telephone.