Agenda

ESPO Finance and Audit Subcommittee - Wednesday, 8 October 2025 10.30 am

Venue: Sparkenhoe Committee Room, County Hall, Glenfield

Contact: Angie Smith (0116 305 2583) Email: angie.smith@leics.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
1.	Appointment of Chairman.
2.	Minutes of the meeting held on 12 February 2025. PDF 118 KB
3.	Declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.
4.	To advise of any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent elsewhere on the agenda.
5.	Internal Audit Service - Progress Against the 2025-26 Internal Audit Plan. PDF 224 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Summary progress against 2025-26 audits as at 22 September 2025 , item 5. PDF 139 KB
6.	Internal Audit Service - Annual Report 2024-25. PDF 150 KB Additional documents: Appendix - Internal Audit Service Annual Report 2024-25 , item 6. PDF 135 KB Annex 1 - HoIAS annual opinion 2024-25 , item 6. PDF 200 KB Annex 2 - Summary of work supporting the HoIAS opinion 2024-25 , item 6. PDF 95 KB
7.	External Audit of the 2024/25 Financial Statements. PDF 173 KB Additional documents: Appendix - External Audit Report , item 7. PDF 522 KB
8.	2025/25 Financial Statements. PDF 195 KB Additional documents: Appendix A ESPO Statutory Accounts 2024-25 , item 8. PDF 579 KB Appendix B AGS 2024-25 , item 8. PDF 248 KB
9.	Date of next meeting. The next meeting of the Subcommittee is scheduled to take place on 11 February 2026 at 10.30am.
10.	Any other items which the Chairman has decided to take as urgent.
11.	Exclusion of the Press and Public. The public are likely to be excluded during consideration of the remaining items in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 (Exempt Information).
12.	Financial Performance Update - 5 Months to August 2025.
13.	Risk Review.