25 January - They got there in the end
The wait is over.
Bexley Council’s audited accounts (PDF) for the year ending March 2022 (Twenty Two!) are
now available for all to see. The document frequently uses the words weakness
and risk and highlights where systems may be open to fraud however the auditor
concludes that various reviews are satisfactorily controlling the situation.
Given the financial difficulties which have been and continue to be widespread
it would be unrealistic to expect a totally clean bill of health.
The delay in signing off the accounts of well over a year are not explained.