ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2024

Accounts Year Ending 31 March 2024

Accounts 2023/24

As per the DCLG’s Transparency Code for Smaller Councils, the Parish Council has to publish the following information:

End of Year Accounts 2023/24

Members of the Parish Council Elected-Co-opted 2022.23

BPC Asset Register Adopted 9.2.2023-Review 2024

Expenditure Over £100 2023.24

Gifts and Hospitality Log
Information Request Disclosure Log

Minutes and agenda

Risk Assessment Reviewed March 2024-Approved 07032024

Document submitted to the External Auditor:

Certificate of Exemption-AGAR 2023.24 Form2-Completed 13 June 2024pdf

Documents required to be published as part of the Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2023/24, but not submitted to the External Auditor:

The period for the exercise of public rights under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 will be from

Notice-of-Public-Rights-(Exempt-Authorities)_1 July - 9 August 2024

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About Blackthorn

Blackthorn is a small village 3 miles southeast of Bicester on the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire border. The parish is bounded by the River Ray to the south and the village lies between the A41 and B4011 main roads.

Grounded in Celtic history settled by the Romans and overrun by the Saxons, Blackthorn was then lost to history until the late 16th century. A hamlet of neighbouring parish Ambrosden, Blackthorn did not become a village in its own right until Queen Elizabeth I sold it to John Denton of Ambrosden for the princely sum of £612 3s. 9d.

Throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Blackthorn had prosperous local businesses, a chapel and school and was a thriving farming community. This sense of community spirit is still at the heart of the village today.