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Accounts for the Year ended 31st March, 2020

Meeting: 05/06/2020 - Chesterfield and District Joint Crematorium Committee (Item 34)

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Minutes:

The Treasurer to the Committee and the Bereavement Services Manager submitted a report on the final accounts of the Chesterfield and District Joint Crematorium Committee for the year ended 31 March, 2020, including the Revenue Account and Balance Sheet.

 

The report noted that at year end there had been a surplus of £623,733 this was £92,853 more than budgeted and outlined the areas where there had been variances from the approved budget.

 

Section 3.3 of the officer’s report provided detail on the schemes that required carry forwards to 2020/21 which totalled £4,900.

 

The report noted that a redistribution of £639k had been made to the constituent authorities, the details of which were set out in paragraph 5.2 of the officer’s report.

 

It was noted that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet quantifiable. The death rate had increased in the short term but there had been increased expenditure due to additional cleaning costs, PPE and extended opening hours etc. As a consequence, the committee was advised that the additional surplus made in 2019/20 had been put into reserves pending budget updates being presented to the Board at future meetings.

 

RESOLVED –

 

1.      That the report be noted.

 

2.      That the Statement of Accounts be approved.

 

3.      That the carry forward requests, as set out in paragraph 3.3 of the officer’s report, be approved.

 

REASON FOR DECISION –

 

To ensure that the Joint Committee approves the Statement of Accounts for 2019/20 and that a balanced revenues budget is maintained for 2020/21.