Minutes

Saxilby with Ingleby Parish Council
Finance and Risk Committee Meeting Minutes
18:45pm Wednesday 15 April 2026
Function Room, St Andrews Community Centre, Saxilby, LN1 2LP.

Members Present:
Cllrs Bridge, Crump, Saunders, Shepherd, and Wheatley and Waller (Chair)

Members Absent:
Cllr Barratt

In Attendance
Assistant Parish Clerk, Zarina Belk

Members of the public
None.

Meeting

F26/042 1. Note apologies for Absence
None received 

F26/043 2. Declarations of Interest: Members were asked to declare the existence and nature of any interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011, including whether the interest was a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest (DPI), Other Registerable Interest, or Non-Registerable Interest.
None disclosed.

F26/044 3. Dispensations: To consider any dispensation requests submitted in writing to the Proper Officer before or at the start of the meeting. 
No dispensation requests received. 

F26/045 4. Approval of Minutes: To approve the notes of the Finance and Risk Committee meeting held on 18 March 2026 as minutes
Having been proposed (Cllr Bridge) and seconded (Cllr Saunders), it was RESOLVED: 
That the minutes of the meeting held 18 March 2026 be approved and signed by the chair, with one amendment on item 12 ‘Shepherd’ corrected to ‘Wheatley’.

F26/046 5. Action Log
Having been proposed (Cllr Saunders) and seconded (Cllr Shepherd), it was RESOLVED:
To ask the Clerk to mark Tree report, annual fire RA and flooding if now complete.
The log was noted.

Finance 

March 2026 Financial Reports (Month 12):

F26/046 6. Income and Expenditure (FR.4i)
Having been proposed (Cllr Crump) and seconded (Cllr Saunders), it was RESOLVED: 
To approve the March 2026 income and expenditure report (FR.4i).

F26/047 7. Verified bank reconciliations and chair to sign the reconciliation and bank statements (FR.2b)
Having been proposed (Cllr Wheatley) and seconded (Cllr Bridge), it was RESOLVED: 
To approve the verified bank reconciliations for March 2026 and the chair sign the bank reconciliation and bank statements. With the exception of Coop current as there is an outstanding expense on which needs to be reconciled.

F26/048 8. Financial Reports Income, Payments, and Transfers (FR.5b)
Having been proposed (Cllr Bridge) and seconded (Cllr Saunders), it was RESOLVED: 
To approve the March 2026 income, payments, and transfers (FR.5b).

F26/049 9. Explanations of Variance, Journals and Virements 
Deferred. 

F26/050 10. Note the VAT return for quarter four 2025/26
Committee noted the VAT return for quarter four 2025/26.

F26/051 11. Closed Session. Committee to resolve to go into closed session in accordance with the Public Bodies (Admissions to Meetings) Act 1960, on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business to be transacted.
Having been proposed (Cllr Saunders) and seconded (Cllr Shepherd), it was RESOLVED to: 
Enter closed session for the following item.

F26/52 12. Outstanding Purchase and Sales Ledger Balances
Having been proposed (Cllr Saunders) and seconded (Cllr Wheatley), it was RESOLVED: 
For a customer to be moved to a single use hire agreement instead of a regular hire.

19:31 Meeting closed. 

 

Please be advised that these are notes of the meeting taken by the assistant/clerk and cannot in any way be regarded as the official minutes of council proceedings until they are approved and signed at the next meeting.