Agenda

Venue: Conference Room 1, Herefordshire Council Offices, Plough Lane, Hereford, HR4 0LE

Contact: Jen Preece, Democratic Services Officer 

Link: Watch this meeting live on the Herefordshire Council Youtube Channel

Items
No. Item

The public's rights to information and attendance at meetings pdf icon PDF 206 KB

Additional documents:

1.

Apologies for absence

To receive apologies for absence.

2.

Named substitutes (if any)

To receive details of any councillor nominated to attend the meeting in place of a member of the committee.

3.

Declarations of interest

To receive declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 216 KB

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 2026.

How to submit questions

Deadline for receipt of questions is 5pm on Wednesday 18 March 2026.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk.  Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

5.

Questions from members of the public

To receive any questions from members of the public.

6.

Questions from councillors

To receive any questions from councillors.

7.

Constitution Updates pdf icon PDF 387 KB

A report to recommend changes to the Constitution to full Council.

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8.

Statutory accounts 2025/26 progress, accounting policies and estimates pdf icon PDF 400 KB

To provide an update on progress made against the 2025/26 statutory accounts workplan and present the accounting policies and estimates which inform the financial statements.

 

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9.

External auditor's draft annual plan 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 394 KB

To review and agree the external auditor’s draft annual plan for 2025/26. 

 

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10.

Internal audit update report Q4 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 387 KB

To update members on the progress of internal audit work and to bring to their attention any key internal control issues arising from work recently completed.

 

To assure the committee that action is being taken on risk related issues identified by internal audit. This is monitored through acceptance of agreed management actions and progress updates in implementing the action plans. In addition, occasions where audit actions not accepted by management are documented if it is considered that the course of action proposed by management presents a risk in terms of the effectiveness of or compliance with the council’s control environment.

 

N.B Appendix A SWAP Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 4 2025-26 – Paper to follow.

 

 

11.

Work programme pdf icon PDF 382 KB

To consider the work programme for the committee.

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12.

Date of next meeting

Tuesday 9 June 2026. 2pm.