Lancashire Combined Fire Authority

Audit Committee

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 in Main Conference Room, Service Headquarters, Fulwood commencing at 2.00 pm.

If you have any queries regarding the agenda papers or require any further information, please initially contact Lynsey Barr on telephone number Preston (01772) 866908 and she will be pleased to assist.

Agenda

Part 1 (open to press and public)

Chairman's Announcement – Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014

Any persons present at the meeting may photograph, film or record the proceedings, during the public part of the agenda.  Any member of the press and public who objects to being photographed, filmed or recorded should let it be known to the Chairman who will then instruct that those persons are not photographed, filmed or recorded.

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1.	Apologies for Absence

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2.	Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.

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3.	Minutes of the Previous Meeting (Pages 1 - 4)

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4.	Internal Audit Annual Report (Pages 5 - 18)

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5.	Enquiries of Management (Pages 19 - 48)

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6.	Annual Governance Statement (Pages 49 - 96)

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7.	Accounting Estimates 2024-25 (Pages 97 - 112)

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8.	Financial Statements Updates 2024-25 Verbal Update

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9.	External Audit Plan 2024-25 (Pages 113 - 162)

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10.	Internal Charter and Mandate (Pages 163 - 174)

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11.	Internal Audit Monitoring Report (Pages 175 - 180)

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12.	Risk Management (Pages 181 - 190)

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13.	Contract Standing Orders and Procurement Update (Pages 191 - 224)

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Date of Next Meeting The next scheduled meeting of the Committee has been agreed for 10:00 hours on 25 September 2025 in the Main Conference Room, Service Headquarters, Fulwood. Further meetings are:          scheduled for 27 November 2025                                                 proposed for 26 March 2026

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Urgent Business An item of business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the Minutes, the Chairman of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Clerk should be given advance warning of any Member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

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