Audit of Accounts 2025-2026
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, sections 26, 27, 32, 43(2) and 46
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 Regulations 9, 14 15 & 21 plus amendments
The Council’s accounts are subject to external audit by Ernst & Young, the Appointed Auditor, the local address of which is Ernst & Young LLP, R+, 2 Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1AZ. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:-
- Any person may contact the Council with a request to inspect the accounts of the Council for the year ended 31st March 2026 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records) by sending a request to the email addresses given at the end of this notice from Wednesday 1st July 2026 to Monday 17th August 2026. They may also request copies of the accounts and documents.
This does not entitle a person to:- inspect or copy any part of any record or document containing information which is protected on the grounds of commercial confidentiality,
- inspect or copy any part of any record or document containing personal information, or
- require any such information to be disclosed in answer to any question
- During the period stated above, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or her / his representative, may make a request to ask the auditor questions about the accounts. Please contact the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
- From 9.30am on Wednesday 1st July 2026 to Monday 17th August 2026, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or her/his representative, may object to the Council’s accounts on a matter in respect of which the auditor could make a public interest report or which is contrary to law (under Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). Objections must be made in writing, giving details of the matter in question and the grounds on which it is being made, and sent to the auditor at the address given above and copied to the address given below.
The unaudited statement of accounts can also be found on the Council’s website from Tuesday 30th June 2026 (www.oxford.gov.uk). The statement of accounts as published may be subject to change following audit.
Email addresses to use to make requests to inspect the accounts and related documents:
Alistair Rush
Group Finance Director
Oxford City Council
Town Hall
St Aldate's
Oxford
OX1 1BX
Email: arush@oxford.gov.uk
Telephone: 07591 450030
The Appointed Auditor:
Andrew Brittain
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
R+ 2 Blagrave Street,
Reading,
RG1 1AZ
Email: abrittain@uk.ey.com
Download the unaudited Statement of Accounts for 2025-26 (PDF 1.4MB)
Audited Accounts
Our most recent set of accounts covers the year ending 31 March 2025. These accounts have been disclaimed in line with the plans for local government audit reset. You can download these accounts below:
Download the Audited Statement of Accounts 2024-25 (PDF 1.42MB)
Annual Governance Statement
Our most recent Annual Governance Statement which is for 2024-25 can be downloaded using the link below:
Download the Annual Governance Statement 2024-25 (PDF 593kB)
Auditor's Results Report
The Audit Results Report and the Annual Audit Report for 2024-25 can be downloaded below:
- Download the Auditor Results Report for 2024-25 (PDF 2.35MB)
- Download the Auditor's Annual Report 2024-25 (PDF 837kB)
