Statement of Accounts

Statement of Accounts

The Chief Constable’s Responsibilities

The Chief Constable as a Corporation Sole is required to:

• Make arrangements for the proper administration of the Force’s financial affairs and to ensure that one of the Force’s officers has the responsibility for the administration of those affairs. That officer is the Chief Finance Officer of the Chief Constable;
• Manage the Force’s affairs to secure economic, efficient and effective use of resources and safeguard the assets under his operational control.The

Chief Finance Officer’s Responsibilities

The Chief Finance Officer of the Chief Constable is responsible for the preparation of the Chief Constable’s Statement of Accounts in accordance with proper practices as set out in the CIPFA/LASAAC Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom (the Code of Practice).

In preparing the Statement of Accounts the Chief Finance Officer has: 

• Selected suitable accounting policies and then applied them consistently;
• Made judgements and estimates that were reasonable and prudent;
• Complied with the Code of Practice.

The Statement of Accounts gives a true and fair view of the financial position of the Chief Constable as a Corporation Sole at the accounting date and the Force’s income and expenditure for the year. You can also read our Annual Governance Statement here.