The Parish Council maintains a set of policies and procedures to help carry its duties out effectively and to comply with regulations. These documents are reviewed and updated where required.
DOCUMENTS
FINANCES
Our financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March. We agree an annual budget in January each year and also decide how much the annual Precept should be set at. We submit our annual accounts in the form of an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) to the external auditor, PKF Littlejohn.
​
All the Councils finances and procedures are fully audited annually by an external party.
​
2026-27 Financial Year
​Draft Budget
​
2025-26 Financial Year
Bank Reconciliation October 2025
Bank Reconciliation September 2025
Bank Reconciliation April 2025
​​
2024-25 Financial Year
​
Notice of Public Rights and Publication of Annual Governance and Accountability Return
​
Section 1 Annual Governance Statement
Internal Audit Form and Report
​
Bank Reconciliation November 2024
Bank Reconciliation October 2024
Bank Reconciliation September 2024
Bank Reconciliation April 2024
​
2023-24 Financial Year
Notice of Exercise of Public Rights
​
​​
Financial Reconciliation January 2024
Financial Reconciliation December 2023
Financial Reconciliation September 2023
​
2022-23 Financial Year
​
​
2021-22 Financial Year
​
​
2020-21 Financial Year
​
​
POLICIES
Standing Orders (Reviewed July 2024)
Financial Regulations (Reviewed July 2024)
Complaints Policy (Reviewed July 2024)
Code of Conduct (Reviewed January 2025)
Freedom of Information Publication Policy (Reviewed July 2024)
Risk Management (Reviewed July 2024)
Lone Worker Policy (Reviewed July 2024)
Bullying and Harassment Policy (September 2023)
Co-Option Policy (September 2023)
Equality Policy (reviewed July 2023)
Training and Development Policy (Reviewed 29 July 2024)
Grievance Policy (September 2023)
​Planning Policy (reviewed June 2025)
Record Management Policy (July 2024)_
​
Access to Information (Freedom of Information Act) (November 2023)
​​
Biodiversity Action Plan June 2024
Parishioners Guide to Biodiversity
​
Insurance Document June 2025
​
General Data Protection
​
The Parish Council are registered with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office).
Keeping your data safe and increasing transparency are important to us. Our Privacy Promise explains how we use your personal information and how you can exercise your privacy rights
Privacy Promise (reviewed 2020)
Privacy Statement (reviewed 2020)
The Council Tax Precept
The precept is the parish council’s share of the council tax. The precept demand goes to the billing authority, The Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, which collects the tax for the Parish Council. The 'Precept' is converted into an amount per Council Tax Band that is added onto the Council Tax bill. Income and expenditure for the next financial year are calculated in the form of estimates.
Parish and town councils can apply for other funding such as grant and funding awards, but they do not receive funds direct from central government as principal authorities do.
Copies of documents are available from the Clerk upon request.