Planned System Maintenance - Limited Service

Sunderland City Council will be carrying out planned system maintenance from 12 noon on Friday 5th June until 7am on Tuesday 9th June. During this period, we will only be able to respond to urgent enquiries. If your enquiry is not urgent, please contact us before or after these times when full services will be available. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

Update on Audit of 2023/2024 Statement of Accounts

Statement of Accounts 2023-2024

Our auditors, Forvis Mazars LLP have conducted a full and detailed audit of the Statement of Accounts 2023-2024. They have reported to the council's Audit and Governance Committee and provided their opinion on the accounts which are now published.

The Statement of Accounts 2023-2024 has been approved and authorised for issue under delegation granted at the Audit and Governance Committee on 27 September 2024.

Forvis Mazars LLP cannot formally conclude the audit and issue a certificate until they have completed the work necessary to issue their assurance statement in respect of the council's Whole of Government Accounts.

Once this work is complete the council will publish:

Forvis Mazars' Final Audit Certificate; and
A Notice of Conclusion of Audit explaining the rights of local electors to inspect the accounts and audit opinion/certificate.