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​Minutes and Finances
​Minutes and Finances

Sharow Parish Council Meetings

The Parish Council meets six times a year  when a full agenda of business is considered. These meetings are usually held on the third Monday of May, July, September, November, January*, and March. 'Planning' meetings are held on the third Monday of other months. These meetings are only held if there are new planning applications or other urgent items of business to consider.

The minutes of 2025-26's meetings are here:
  • Sharow PC minutes 19th May 2025
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  • Sharow PC Annual Parish Council Meeting 2025 minutes
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Finance and Audit

General information
Sharow Parish Council is a small local authority funded largely by public money. The Council is responsible for ensuring that its business is conducted in accordance with the law and proper standards, that public money is safeguarded and properly accounted for, and that its business is run economically, efficiently and effectively. The Clerk to the Council acts as the Council’s advisor and administrator, and is the Responsible Financial Officer for administering the Council’s finances.
The Council's main source of income is the precept which is collected on its behalf by Harrogate Borough Council through the council tax system. The parish has a population in the region of ­400 adults and the precept for 2025-26 is £14,068

The council works to an annual budget, which is usually set in November of the previous year. The 2025-26 budget is available here:
  • Sharow PC Budget 2025-26
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Annual Return
The Annual Return summarises the previous year's financial activity. It is subject to internal audit by an independent accounting professional, and submitted to the External Auditor, who for the 2024-25 accounting period is PKF Littlejohn LLP.
Annual Return documentation is shown here: 
  • ​Sharow PC financial accounts and bank reconciliation as at 31 March 2025
  • Sharow PC internal audit report 2024-25
  • Sharow PC Annual Governance Statement 2024-25
  • Sharow PC Annual Accounting Statements 2024-25
  • Sharow PC Certificate of Exemption from External Audit 2024-25


Public Rights
During the annual period of exercise of public rights - which in 2025 is 2 June to 13 July - any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records for the financial year to which the audit relates, and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records will  be made available for inspection by any person interested.
  • Sharow PC notice of public rights 2024-25
Information from the National Audit Office about public rights is available here.


Sharow Parish Council meetings 2025-26 (full agenda)

19thMay
21st July
15th September
17th November
19th January
​16th March 
5Meetings for planning matters only (if required)

16th April
16th June
18th August
20th October
15th December
​16th February


Previous Minutes

2024-25
  • ​Sharow PC minutes 20th May 2024
  • Sharow PC minutes 15th July 2024
  • Sharow PC minutes 30th September 2024
  • Sharow PC minutes 18th November 2024
  • Sharow PC minutes 20th January 2025
  • Sharow PC minutes 17th March 2025
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  • Sharow PC Annual Parish Council Meeting 2024 minutes


2023-24
  • Sharow PC minutes 10th May 2023
  • Sharow PC minutes 17th July 2023
  • Sharow PC minutes 18th September 2023
  • Sharow PC minutes 20th November 2023
  • Sharow PC minutes 17th January 2024
  • Sharow PC minutes 18th March 2024
 
  • Sharow PC Annual Meeting 2023 minutes


2022-23
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 19th April 2022
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 23rd May 2022
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 18th July 2022
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 20th September 2022​
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 21st November 2022
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 16th January 2023
  • Sharow Parish Council minutes 20th March 2023
 
  • Sharow PC Annual Parish Council Meeting minutes 2022


​2021-22
  • Sharow PC minutes 17th May 2021
  • Sharow PC minutes 19th July 2021
  • Sharow PC minutes 20th September 2021
  • Sharow PC minutes 15th November 2021
  • Sharow PC minutes 17th January 2022
  • Sharow PC minutes 21st March 2022
 
  • Sharow PC Annual Parish Council Meeting 2021

2020-21
  • Sharow PC minutes 18th May 2020.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 20th July 2020.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 21st September 2020.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 16th November 2020.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 18th January 2021.pdf
​Due to the Covid pandemic there were no Annual Meetings in 2020
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2019-20
  • Sharow PC minutes 20 May 2019.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 15 July 2019.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 16 September 2019.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 18 November 2019.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 20th January 2020.pdf
  • Sharow PC minutes 16th March 2020.pdf
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  • Sharow Annual Parish Council Meeting minutes 2019.pdf
  • Sharow Annual Parish Meeting minutes 2019.pdf

Previous Years' Financial Records

  • ​2023 - 2024 Financial Records
  • 2022 - 2023 Financial Records
  • 2021 - 2022 Financial Records
  • 2020 - 2021 Financial Records
  • 2019 - 2020 Financial Records
  • ​2018 - 2019 Financial Records
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  • About Sharow
    • Local History
    • Village Information
    • Local Walks
    • Report It
  • The Council
  • Minutes and Finances
    • 2023-24 Finance
    • 2022-23 Finance
    • 2021-22 Finance
    • 2020-21 Finance
    • 2019-20 Finance
    • 2018-19 Finance