Finance - annual accounts
Our statement of accounts will tell you how we have spent our money during the financial year. There will be two statements, one for the Chief Constable and one for the Police and Crime Commissioner. These statements of account are assessed by our auditors, to make sure we have secured economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of our resources.
The Auditors have a responsibility to review and comment upon the financial activities and to provide an opinion on whether the financial statements presents a fair view of the financial position, and whether they have been prepared in accordance with the appropriate regulations and proper professional practices.
For audits of the accounts Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) is responsible for appointing an auditor to principal local government and police bodies that have chosen to opt into its national auditor appointment arrangements.
The PSAA has confirmed the appointment of KPMG LLP to audit the accounts of Chief Constable for Bedfordshire Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire for five years from 2023/24 to 2027/28. This appointment is made under regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015.
NOTICE OF AUDIT
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire Group, consisting of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire and the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2024/25
LOCAL AUDIT & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2014 SECTIONS 26 – 28
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT REGULATIONS 2015 REGULATIONS 9, 14, 15 & 21
The accounts of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire and the accounts of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police are subject to external audit by KPMG LLP, One Snowhill, Snowhill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GH
Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:
1. From 1 July 2025 to 11 August 2025 inclusive (Saturdays and Sundays excepted) between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm, any person may inspect the accounts of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire and the accounts of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police for the year ended 31 March 2025, and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents. Applications to inspect the accounts should be made in writing to Philip Wells at the address below. The Statement of Accounts is subject to audit at this stage and may therefore change during the public inspection period.
2. During this time and until the conclusion of the audit process a local government elector for the area of the Commissioner and Chief Constable, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts. Please contact the auditor at the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
3. During this period, a local government elector for the area of the Commissioner and Chief Constable, or his/her representative, may object to the accounts of the Police and Crime Commissioner of Bedfordshire and/or the accounts of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire Police asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under section 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law. Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and copied to me at the address given below.
Philip Wells
Chief Finance Officer to the Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire
Police Headquarters, Woburn Road
Kempston, Bedford, MK43 9AX