Council Accounts

Budget Book

The Council's Budget Book is distributed annually to County Council Officers and elected members. It is an essential management control document, detailing departmental core objectives, structures, resources and responsibilities.

Powys Budget Timetable 2026-27 (PDF, 585 KB)

Powys Budget Timetable 2025-26 (PDF, 480 KB)

Powys Budget Timetable 2024-25 (PDF, 188 KB)

Budget Book 2023/24 Financial Year

Budget Book 2024/25 Financial Year

If you need older copies of these documents, please contact us.

Statement of accounts

The Statement of Accounts is the statutory summary of the council's financial affairs for the financial year and is prepared in accordance with the local government Accounting Code of Practice (ACOP). The purpose of the Statement of Accounts is to give electors, local taxpayers, council members and any other interested parties clear information on the overall finances of the council and to demonstrate the council's stewardship of public money for the year.

Powys County Council Statement of Accounts 2024-25

Regulation 10(1) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 (as amended) requires that Responsible Financial Officer of Powys County Council sign and date the statement of accounts and certify that it presents a true and fair view of the financial position of the body at the end of the year to which it relates and of that body's income and expenditure for that year. The Regulations required that this be completed by 31 May 2025. The Responsible Financial Officer signed and certified the accounts on 30 June 2025.

Regulation 10(2) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 (as amended) requires that following the certification by the Responsible Financial Officer referred to above, Powys County Council approve and publish the audited statement of accounts. The Regulations required that this be completed by 31 July 2025. The audit of the 2024-25 statement of accounts has not yet been completed and no audit opinion has been provided. The statement of accounts that is published is the unaudited statement of accounts. The Council will work to meet the extended Welsh Government final accounts publication deadline of 31 October 2025.

Notice of Audit 2024-25 (PDF, 110 KB)

2024 Draft Statement of Accounts UNLINKED (PDF, 2 MB)

Statement of Accounts 2023-24 (PDF, 4 MB)

Annual Governance Statement 2023/24 (PDF, 309 KB)

Annual Governance Statement 2022/23 (PDF, 662 KB)

Statement of Accounts 2022-23 (PDF, 1 MB)

Annual Governance Statement 2021/22 (PDF, 1 MB)

Statement of Accounts 2021-22 (PDF, 2 MB)

Statement of Accounts 2020-21 (PDF, 1 MB)

Annual Governance Statement 2020-21 (PDF, 1 MB)

Statement of Accounts 2019-20 (PDF, 1 MB)

Annual Governance Statement 2019-20 (PDF, 848 KB)