Financial accounts 2020 to 2021

External audit of accounts: Year ended 31 March 2021

Publication of Statement of Accounts and Audit Opinion

Notice regarding 2020/21 Accounts

This notice is published under regulation 9A(6)(a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”).

1. Birmingham City Council (“the Council”) has not been able to publish its accountability statements for the financial year 2020/2021 by 13 December 2024 as required by regulation 9A(2) of the Regulations.
2. The reasons for this are as follows.
   
   The Council is currently in negotiation to settle a large number of equal pay claims brought against it by current or former employees. The amount which the Council would pay under any settlement (if reached) is not known. Until it is known if settlement is reached and if so how much is payable under any settlement, the Council’s Responsible Financial Officer will be unable to re-confirm (as required by reg 9(3) of the Regulations) that she is satisfied that the statement of accounts for the financial year 2020/2021 presents a true and fair view of
   1. the financial position of the Council at the end of that year,
      
      or of
   2. the Council’s income and expenditure for that year.
      
      Until she is able to give that re-confirmation, the Council will be unable to approve the statement of accounts for the financial year 2020/2021 under reg 9(2) of the Regulations or to publish its accountability statements for that year under reg 9A(2) of the Regulations.
3. The Council acknowledges that it must publish its accountability statements for the financial year 2020/2021 as soon as reasonably practicable.

A copy of this notice is being sent to the Secretary of State.

Fiona Greenway
Director of Finance (Responsible Finance Officer)
13 December 2024

Birmingham City Council Statement of Accounts: Financial Year 2020 to 2021

The council's Draft Statement of Accounts which includes Group Accounts, the Narrative Statement and the Draft Annual Governance Statement was signed by Rebecca Hellard, Director of Council Management (Interim), the Chief Finance Officer and Section 151 Officer and passed to Grant Thornton for external audit on 30 June 2021.

The web version of the Draft Statement of Accounts does not include a signature for security purposes.

Download the Draft Statement of Accounts

Page last updated: 13 December 2024