Our Statement of Accounts shows the income and expenditure for the financial year and our financial position at the end of the period. It is compiled and presented in accordance with the Accounting Code of Practice and satisfies all legislative requirements.
2024 to 2025 Statement of Accounts Public Inspection
After being approved by the Responsible Financial Officer as a true and fair view, draft accounts are placed "on deposit" online for 30 working days. This is so local electors can inspect them, ask questions about them or challenge them (see a guide to your rights).
The deposit dates for the 2024 to 2025 Statement of Accounts are Tuesday 1 July 2025 to Monday 11 August 2025. Below you will find:
- Draft Statement of Accounts 2024-25
- Draft Annual Governance Statement 2024-25
- Declaration explaining that these accounts are unaudited and subject to change
View further information about your inspection rights during this period, including how to contact the council’s auditors, Mazars.
2023 to 2024 Statement of Accounts
View the City of York Council Statement of Accounts and the Annual Governance Statement for 2023 to 2024 as approved by the Audit and Governance Committee on Tuesday 18 February 2025.
View the City of York Council Audit Completion Report, and Audit Completion Report Follow-up letter from the Council’s auditors Forvis Mazars.
The audit has yet to be formally concluded as audit work on the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) is ongoing and also as the auditor hasn’t yet completed their work on an objection raised in relation to the Council’s financial statements. The audit certificate will be made available in due course.
Statements from previous financial years
View Statement of Accounts from previous financial years.
Annual audit letters
Each year we receive a letter from our external auditors summarising the key findings of the previous year's inspection and audit work; view previous annual audit letters.
Summary of accounts
As an alternative to full statements, a summary of accounts highlighting key information was prepared for financial years between 2004/05 and 2012/13 (summaries are no longer a requirement).