Issue - meetings

The Senior Accounting Technician 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, 2022, including the Revenue Account and Balance Sheet.

The report noted that at year end there had been a net surplus of £768,775 and outlined the areas where there had been variances from the approved budget.

The outturn was £169,000 more than budgeted, however a significant amount of this related to repairs/improvements in the Service Improvement Plan but these would be carried forward. The Capital Improvement Reserve had a balance of £605,000 but it was noted that £35,000 was committed to two improvement schemes that were not commenced during 2021/2022.

Cremations had remained at levels higher than those forecast and the number of outside area cremations had also continued to be high.

The report noted that a redistribution of £600k had been made to the constituent authorities, the details of which were set out in paragraph 5.2 of the officer’s report.

It had not been necessary to use any reserves to balance the budget as forecast and so the reserves would be retained in order to maintain a prudent approach.

RESOLVED –

1.   That the report be noted and the Statement of Accounts be approved.

2.   That the carry forward requests be approved.

3.   That the re-distribution to the three constituent authorities be approved.

REASON FOR DECISION

To ensure that Joint Committee approves the Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 and that a balanced revenue budget is maintained for 2022/23.