Issue - meetings

The Charter Trustees are asked to consider and approve the Annual Governance Statement 2020/21.

Please note that the paper attached for this item also relates to item 8 below.

The Charter Trustees considered the Annual Governance Statement and Accountability Return, which had been circulated to each Trustee and a copy of which appears as Appendix ‘C’ to these Minutes in the Minute Book which included the Annual Governance Statement for 2020/21.

The RFO report referred to page 29 of the agenda pack which set out the Annual Governance Statement.  He explained that this was a set format and any organisation who spends more than £25k and less than £6.5m was subject to external audit.  The Charter Trustees were asked to approve the submission as set out on page 31 of the agenda pack which included the internal audit report signed off by the internal auditor which fed into the formal Annual Governance Statement that confirmed to the external auditors that the internal auditors view was that controls were operating.

Clarification was sought regarding the documents made available on modern.gov in comparison to the information published on the website. 

RESOLVED that the Charter Trustees approve the Annual Governance Statement for 2020/21.

Voting: Agreed