Statement of accounts

Notice of appointment of auditor to Salford City Council from 2023/24 

Under Section 8(2) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the council must publish a notice relating to the appointment of its auditor. 

For audits of the accounts from 2023/24, Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) is responsible for appointing an auditor to principal local government and police bodies that have chosen to opt into its national auditor appointment arrangements. Salford City Council opted into this arrangement.

At its meeting in October 2022, the PSAA Board appointed Mazars LLP to audit the accounts of Salford City Council for a period of five years, for the accounts from 2023/24 to 2027/28. This appointment is made under regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015.

The audited 2023 to 2024 statement of accounts

The 2023 to 2024 statement of accounts have been signed off by external audit.

Any local government elector may make a copy of the full document or any part of it. Copies of the entire document may be purchased at a cost of £30 per copy by written application to the corporate accountancy team at Salford Civic Centre or by email to council.finances@salford.gov.uk. Alternatively, it is available to download below. The auditor’s annual report and the council's annual governance statement are presented alongside the accounts.

Rachel Rosewell
Chief finance officer
Date: 27 February 2025

Notice of delay of publication of unaudited accounts (for the financial year ending 31 March 2025)

The Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015 - Regulation 10, as amended by The Accounts and Audit (Amendment) Regulations 2024 require the council to publish the unaudited Statement of Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2025 by 30 June 2025.

Notice is given that:

1. The council has not yet published the draft Statement of Accounts for 2024/25 and commenced the period for the exercise of public inspection.
2. The council will publish a draft set of accounts as soon as reasonably practicable, following which the period for the exercise of public inspection will commence
3. A further notice will be published in due course setting out the public inspection period as soon as the draft 2024/25 Statement of Accounts have been finalised

Rachel Rosewell
Chief finance officer
Date: 30 June 2025

This page was last updated on 30 June 2025