Annual Accounts

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

1. Copies of the unaudited accounts of East Lothian Council, the East Lothian Integration Joint Board and the Dr. Bruce Fund for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 will be available for public inspection from 1 July 2023 to 21 July 2023.
2.  Copies of the unaudited accounts can be found online at East Lothian Unaudited Accounts 2022-23 | East Lothian Council. A print copy of each set of accounts will also be available for public inspection at John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4pm.
3. Any person interested may inspect a copy of the abstract(s) of the accounts to be audited, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts related thereto, and may take copies of any or all parts of the accounts and the associated documents without charge. If the Council is requested to provide copies a charge of 20p per A4 sheet and 40p per A3 sheet will be incurred.
4. Communications relating to the inspection can be made by emailing businessfinance@eastlothian.gov.uk.

Any person interested may object to the accounts or to any part of those accounts, no later than 24 July 2023 by:

1. Sending their objection to the East Lothian Council or East Lothian Integration Joint Board accounts to John Boyd, Audit Director, Audit Scotland, 4th floor, The Athenaeum Building, 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow, G2 1BT or by e-mail to jboyd@audit-scotland.gov.uk.
2. Sending their objection to the Dr. Bruce Fund accounts to Rachel Browne, Senior Audit Manager, Audit Scotland, 4th Floor, 102 West Port, Edinburgh, EH3 9DN or by e-mail to rbrowne@audit-scotland.gov.uk.
3. Sending a copy of that objection and statement to the authority and to any officer of the authority who may be concerned, both at the office of the Executive Director for Council Resources (Chief Financial Officer), John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA or by e-mail to businessfinance@eastlothian.gov.uk.

Sarah Fortune

Executive Director for Council Resources

John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, EH41 3HA

15 June 2023