Financial, Governance and Policies

Annual Return and Auditor's Reports

A parish council audit is a mandatory annual legal requirement for local authorities to verify compliance, internal controls, and transparency. The process involves an Internal Audit, External Audit, and a statutory Period for the Exercise of Public Rights.

Please find below information regarding Brockenhurst Parish Council's annual audit for the past five years.

Brockenhurst Parish Council's Annual Return and Auditor's Reports for recent financial years can be downloaded below:

📅 2025/26 Financial Year:

  • Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) - 2025/26 - in progress
  • Internal Audit Report 2025/26 - in progress
  • Notice of Public Rights 2025/26 - in progress

📅 2024/25 Financial Year:

📅 2023/24 Financial Year:

📅 2022/23 Financial Year:

📅 2021/22 Financial Year:

📅 2020/21 Financial Year:

Previous years' reports are available from the Parish Clerk upon email request.

 

 

Committees, Minutes & Meetings

Living In The New Forest

Nalder Trust

Village History

Precept Report, Financial Year 2026/27

Brockenhurst Parish Council's Precept for the year April 2026 - March 2027 is £218,049.00, which is an increase of 59p per week per Band D property.  Figures are based on a Band D property which in Brockenhurst equates to £107.82 for the year. (The Ministry for Housing, Communities, and Local Government states that the average Band D Precept charged by local precepting bodies nationwide for 26/27 is £2,392).

Until last year, Brockenhurst Parish Council kept the precept at £42.49 - prior to that the last rise was for the 2016/17 financial year. The cumulative effect of inflation together with higher running costs, increased project activity, and the renewal of aging assets, has required a further increase.

📊 Budget & Precept Information
You can view our budget and precept information for the following financial years:

  • 2022/2023
  • 2023/2024
  • 2024/2025

🔗 View Budget & Precept Information (PDF, 220KB)

Register of Interests and Code of Conduct

Councillors' Code of Conduct
📄 Download the Councillors' Code of Conduct

Councillors' Register of Interests
Individual Members' Registers of Interests can be viewed on the New Forest District Council (NFDC) website:
🔗 View the Register of Interests on the NFDC website

Policies

Data Protection & Privacy

Governance

Policies

Committees – Terms of Reference

Committee Terms of Reference

Working Groups – Terms of Reference