Certificate of Exemption -AGAR 2021/22 Form 2PM
To be completed by all Parish Meetings that neither received gross income nor incurred gross
expenditure exceeding £25,000 in the year of account ended 31 March 2022, and that wish to
certify themselves as exempt from a limited assurance review under Section 9 of the Local Audit
(Smaller Authorities) Regulations 2015
There is no requirement to have a limited assurance review or to submit an Annual Governance and Accountability
Return to the external auditor, provided that the Parish Meeting has certified itself as exempt at a Parish
Meeting held between 1 April and 30 June 2022 and a completed Certificate of Exemption is submitted no later
than 30 June 2022 notifying the external auditor.
Sledmere and Croomei Parish i Council
certifies that during the financial year 2021/22, the higher of the Parish Meeting's total gross income for the year
or total gross annual expenditure for the year did not exceed £25,000
Total annual gross income for the Parish Meeting 2021/22: £2,228
Total annual gross expenditure for the Parish Meeting 2021/22: £1,542
Date
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Telephone number
as recorded in minute reference:
09/05/2022
There are certain circumstances in which an Parish Meeting will be unable to certify itself as exempt, so that a
limited assurance review will still be required. If a Parish Meeting is unable to confirm the statements below then it
cannot certify itself as exempt and it must submit the completed Annual Governance and Accountability Return
Form 3PM to the external auditor to undertake a limited assurance review for which a fee of £200 +VAT will be payable.
By signing this Certificate of Exemption you are confirming that:
• This parish has no Parish Council
• The authority was in existence on 1st April 2018
• In relation to the preceding financial year (2020/21), the external auditor has not:
• issued a public interest report in respect of the Parish Meeting or any entity connected with it
• made a statutory recommendation to the Parish Meeting
• issued an advisory notice under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act
2014 ("the Act"), and not withdrawn the notice
• commenced JUdicial review proceedings under section 31 (1) of the Act
• made an app6cation under section 28(1) of the Act for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful,
and the application has not been withdrawn nor has the court refused to make the declaration
• The court has not declared an item of account unlawful after a person made an appeal under section 28(3) of the Act.
If you are able to confirm that the above statements apply and that the Parish Meeting neither received gross
income, nor incurred gross expenditure, exceeding £25,000, then the Certificate of Exemption can be signed
and a copy submitted to the external auditor either by email or by post (not both).
The Annual Internal Audit Report, Annual Governance Statement, and Annual Accounting Statements still need
to be fully completed and, along with a copy of this certificate and notice of the period for the exercise of public
rights, published on a suitable website or be publicly displayed in the local area before 1 July 2022. By signing
this certificate you are also confirming that you are aware of this requirement.
Signed by Chairman
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I confirm that this Certificate of
Exemption was approved by this
Parish Meeting on this date:
Email
pi.perdo.0007@gmail.com 01377538768
Place where this Certificate of Exemption is published or displayed
(e.g. Parish Notice Board, Newsletter, Village website, etc.)
Parish Council webSite
ONLY a copy of this Certificate of Exemption should be returned EITHER by email OR by post (not
both) as soon as possible after certification to your external auditor but no later than 30 June 2022.
Reminder letters incur a charge of £40 +VAT.
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