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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2024-2025

The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2024-25 is below as a downloadable PDF:

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority – Statement of Accounts 2024-25 (this is a PDF document)

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2024/25 – NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

The Authority’s accounts are subject to external audit by Elizabeth Luddington, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, L3 1PS. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

From Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Monday 11th August 2025 between 9.00am and 5.00pm any person may inspect the annual governance statement and accounts of the Council 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, except as provided for in Section 26(4) to 26(6) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 in relation to commercially confidential and personal information.

From 9.00am on Tuesday 1st July 2025 until 5.00pm on Monday 11th August 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts as set out in Section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Please contact the auditor at the address given above, c/o Ms E Luddington, to make arrangements to ask any questions.

From 9.00am on Tuesday 1st July 2025 until 5:00pm Monday 11th August 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest as set out in 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 (under Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). 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:

Lesley Worswick, Chief Executive, MWDA, 7th Floor, No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP

DELAYED ACCOUNTS

The Authority has been delayed in the publication of its statements of accounts. For the years 2022/23 and 2023/24, Authority has published unaudited statements on its website, however, the timescales required for the accounts to be available for the public to inspect the accounts means that the auditor has been unable to conclude their audits, so the audited statements have not yet been published.

The failure to publish audited accounts in a timely fashion has resulted in the Authority being included in a list of other Authorities in a similar position that has been published by MHCLG. The reason for the delay in publication of the accounts stems from a problem identified with earlier statements of accounts where the auditor asked the Authority to concentrate its efforts on supporting the earlier accounts statements rather than continuing to work on the later statements.

The concentration on the earlier statements meant that there were delays in publishing the unaudited statements of accounts for the years mentioned above. In each case the unaudited statements have been published according to the timescale we had separately published and shared with MHCLG.

We are now liaising with the external auditor over when they will be able to conclude their work so that we can publish the audited statements of accounts for those years.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2023-2024

The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2023-24 is below as a downloadable PDF:

Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2023/24 – NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

The Authority’s accounts are subject to external audit by Michael Green, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, L3 1PS. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

Following a review undertaken by MRWA, an amended set of accounts was published on 29th May 2025.  From Friday 30th Feb 2025 to Friday 11th July 2025 between 9.00am and 5.00pm any person may inspect the annual governance statement and accounts of the Council for the year ended 31 March 2024 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, except as provided for in Section 26(4) to 26(6) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 in relation to commercially confidential and personal information.

From 9.00am on Friday 29th May 2025 until 5.00pm on Friday 11th June 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts as set out in Section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Please contact the auditor at the address given above, c/o Mr M Green, to make arrangements to ask any questions.

From 9.00am on Friday 29th May 2025 until 5:00pm Friday 11th July 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest as set out in 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 (under Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). 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:

Lesley Worswick, Chief Executive, MWDA, 7th Floor, No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP

 

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2022-2023

The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2022-23 is below as a downloadable PDF:

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 2022/23 – NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS

Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

The Authority’s accounts are subject to external audit by Michael Green, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool, L3 1PS. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

Following a review undertaken by MRWA, an amended set of accounts was published on 29th May 2025.  From Friday 29th May 2025 to Friday 11th July 2025 between 9am and 5pm any person may inspect the annual governance statement and accounts of the Council for the year ended 31 March 2023 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, except as provided for in Section 26(4) to 26(6) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 in relation to commercially confidential and personal information.

From 9:00am on Friday 29th May 2025 to 5:00pm Friday 11th July 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts as set out in Section 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. Please contact the auditor at the address given above, c/o Mr M Green, to make arrangements to ask any questions.

From 9:00am on Friday 29th May 2025 to 5:00pm Friday 11th July 2025, a local government elector for the area of the Council, or his/her representative, may object to the Council’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest as set out in 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 (under Section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). 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.

Lesley Worswick Chief Executive, MWDA, 7th Floor No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool L3 1BP

Notice of delay to the Commencement of the Period for Exercise of Public Rights

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

Accounts and Audit (England) Regulations 2015

Notice is hereby given under the above regulations that the publication of the unaudited Statement of Accounts of Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority has been delayed due to the late conclusion of the audit of accounts from prior years. This approach to the notice has been agreed with the auditor. When the audit of the accounts from prior years are nearer to being concluded the statement for the year ended 2023 will be published and made available for public inspection.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2021-2022

The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2021-22 is below as a downloadable PDF:

Notice of Closure of audit 2021-22
This notice confirms that the audit of the Merseyside Waste Disposal’s (MWDA) statement of accounts for 2021-22 has been concluded and an audit opinion has been issued. The statement of accounts is published on the MWDA website. The rights of the public to inspect the accounts and to as the auditor questions in respect of the statement for 2021-22 are now concluded.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2020-2021

The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2020-21 is below as a downloadable PDF:

  • Notice of Closure of audit 2020-21
    This notice confirms that the audit of the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority’s (MWDA) statement of accounts for 2020-21 has been concluded and an audit opinion has been issued. The statement of accounts is published on the MWDA website. The rights of the public to inspect the accounts and to as the auditor questions in respect of the statement for 2020-21 are now concluded.

    STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2019-2020

    The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2019/20 is below as a downloadable PDF:

    Notice of Closure of audit 2019-20
    This notice confirms that the audit of the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority’s (MWDA) statement of accounts for 2019-20 has been concluded and an audit opinion has been issued. The statement of accounts is published on the MWDA website. The rights of the public to inspect the accounts and to as the auditor questions in respect of the statement for 2019-20 are now concluded.

    STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2018-2019

    The Authority’s Statement of Accounts for 2018/19 is below as a downloadable PDF:

    Notice of Closure of audit 2018-19
    This notice confirms that the audit of the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority’s (MWDA) statement of accounts for 2018-19 has been concluded and an audit opinion has been issued. The statement of accounts is published on the MWDA website. The rights of the public to inspect the accounts and to as the auditor questions in respect of the statement for 2018-19 are now concluded.

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