BAINBRIDGE PARISH COUNCIL
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2021
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 2020-2021
1. At the end of the previous year (2019/2020) there was an amount of £526.21 held in petty
cash. This represented donations emptied from the village green donation boxes which was
unable to be banked due to the first Covid-19 lockdown. This amount was added to the
subsequent donations of £80.69 and banked in July – total banked was £606.90.
2. All cash banked (ie, donation box money) has been paid in through the Clerk’s private bank
account and then transferred to the Parish Council, under an agreement reached with the
Parish Council. This is due to the lack of banking facilities nearby and the unwillingness of
HSBC to accept cash paid in by anyone other than the Clerk.
3. A grant of £500 from NYCC had been awarded to Mrs R Cloughton for a community shop she
was opening in Askrigg. NYCC required this to be paid into the Parish Council account and
then passed to Mrs Cloughton as they would not pay direct to a personal account. Whilst the
grant was received in this financial year, and a cheque issued to Mrs Cloughton, it was not
presented during the financial year and therefore remains outstanding on the Accounts.
4. The Parish Council have recently moved their bank accounts from HSBC to Unity Trust Bank.
In order to process the switch, Unity Trust Bank required the balances of all the Council’s
HSBC accounts to be transferred into the main current account. Consequently, at the end of
the financial year, there is only one HSBC account in operation and this holds the balances
from the two closed deposit accounts. Upon completion of the setting up of the new account,
these monies will be transferred into deposit accounts with Unity Trust Bank.
5. The Parish Council holds reserved funds in their deposit accounts, deliberately set aside for a
planned project to extend the existing Cemetery or purchase land elsewhere to create a new
one. This project is ongoing.
6. Staff costs were higher during the year due to a handover period for the new Clerk when the
old Clerk continued to be paid for her assistance.
7. Expenditure was generally lower than the previous year due to Covid-19 lockdowns and
restrictions.
Karen Prudden
Clerk to Bainbridge Parish Council
May 2021