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Audit Committee - Southampton

Minutes
Pending
Meeting Times
Scheduled Time
Start:
Monday, 4th August 2025
5:00 PM
End:
Monday, 4th August 2025
9:00 PM
Meeting Status
Status:
Confirmed
Date:
04 Aug 2025
Location:
Meeting Attendees
Councillor Steve Leggett photo
Chair
Councillor Steve Leggett

Labour

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Councillor Sam Chapman photo
Vice-Chair
Councillor Sam Chapman

Liberal Democrat

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Councillor Pat Evemy photo
Committee Member
Sheriff of Southampton - 2025 -2026
Councillor Pat Evemy

Labour

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Councillor Sarah Powell-Vaughan photo
Committee Member
Councillor Sarah Powell-Vaughan

Conservative

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Officer
Mel Creighton

Expected

Officer
Richard Ivory

Expected

Councillor Lee Whitbread photo
Committee Member
Councillor Lee Whitbread

Labour

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Secretary
Claire Heather

Expected

Agenda
1 Apologies
To receive any apologies.
2 Disclosure Of Personal And Pecuniary Interests
In accordance with the Localism Act 2011, and the Council’s Code of Conduct, Members to disclose any personal or pecuniary interests in any matter included on the agenda for this meeting.

NOTE: Members are reminded that, where applicable, they must complete the appropriate form recording details of any such interests and hand it to the Democratic Support Officer.
3 Statement From The Chair
4 Minutes Of Previous Meeting (Including Matters Arising)
To approve and sign as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting held on 30th June 2025and to deal with any matters arising, attached.
Attachments:
5 Annual Internal Audit Opinion 2024-25
Report of the Chief Internal Auditor detailing the Annual Internal Audit Opinion for the 2024-25 financial year.
6 External Audit Progress Update
Report of the External Auditor detailing the External Audit Progress Report, July 2025.
Attachments:
7 Exclusion of the Press and Public - Exempt Papers included in the following Item
To move that in accordance with the Council’s Constitution, specifically the Access to Information Procedure Rules contained within the Constitution, the press and public be excluded from the meeting in respect of any consideration of the exempt appendix to the following item.

Appendix 5 is exempt from publication by virtue of category 3 of rule 10.4 of the council’s Access to Information Procedure Rules i.e. information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person. It is not in the public interest to disclose this information due to commercial sensitivity. If the information was disclosed, then the council’s financial position would be available to other parties and prejudice the council’s ability to achieve best value.
8 REVIEW OF PRUDENTIAL LIMITS AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT OUTTURN 2024-25
Report of Executive Director Enabling Services & S151 Officer detailing the Treasury Management performance for 2024/25 against the approved Prudential Indicators for External Debt and Treasury Management.
Previous Meetings
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4th Aug 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

9th Jun 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

7th Apr 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

12th Feb 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

3rd Feb 2025 Cancelled

Audit Committee

Meeting

23rd Dec 2024 Cancelled

Audit Committee

Meeting

11th Nov 2024

Audit Committee

Meeting

30th Sep 2024

Audit Committee

Meeting

29th Jul 2024

Audit Committee

Future Meetings
Meeting

8th Sep 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

3rd Nov 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

8th Dec 2025

Audit Committee

Meeting

9th Feb 2026

Audit Committee

Meeting

30th Mar 2026

Audit Committee

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