Funding and accounts

We receive most of our money through the National Park Grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The rest of our income comes from trading and sales income, fees and charges, and donations through Donate for Dartmoor.

We set a balanced budget for each financial year and monitor it throughout the year to ensure that we keep our spending under control.

Dartmoor Budget Report 2026/27

Audit and inspection

Auditors appointed by the Authority via Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA), carry out various inspections of how the Authority conducts its affairs and publishes findings in reports. In particular, inspection concentrates on our Accounts, the Annual Governance Statement and Value for Money arrangements.

Notice of appointment of auditor from 2023/24

Under section 8(2) of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, the Authority must publish a notice relating to the appointment of its local auditor.

For audits of accounts from 1 April 2023, 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. Dartmoor National Park Authority opted into this arrangement. On 16 December 2022, the PSAA board approved the appointment of Bishop Fleming LLP to audit the accounts of Dartmoor National Park Authority for a period of five years, covering the accounts from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028. This appointment is made under Regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 15.

Statement of Accounts

At the end of the year, we produce our annual Statement of Accounts. This statement also comments on our financial performance and how efficiently we have been using our resources.

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 15(2)(b) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 that from 1st July to 11^th August 2026 between 9.00am and 4.30pm on weekdays any person may inspect, and make copies of the Draft Statement of Accounts and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other related documents of the Dartmoor National Park Authority for the year ended 31st March 2026, as stipulated in Sections 25 and 26 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014.

Dartmoor National Park Authority Notice of Unaudited Statement of accounts ended 31st March 2026 notice of public rights.

Annual Statement of Accounts	Annual Governance Report	Annual Audit letter

Unaudited Annual Statement of Accounts 2025-26
Annual Statement of Accounts 2024-25	Audit Findings Report 2024-25	Auditor's Annual Report 2024-25
Annual Statement of Accounts 2023-24	Audit Findings Report 2023-24	Auditor's Annual Report 2023-24
Annual Statement of Accounts 2022-23	Audit Findings Report 2022-23	Auditor's Annual Report 2022-23
Annual Statement of Accounts 2021-22	Audit Findings Report 2021-22	Auditor's Annual Report 2021-22
Annual Statement of Accounts 2020-21	Audit Findings Report 2020-21	Auditor's Annual Report 2020-21
Annual Statement of Accounts 2019-20	Audit Findings Report 2019-20	Annual Audit Letter 2020-21
Annual Statement of Accounts 2018-19	Audit Findings Report 2018-19	Annual Audit Letter 2018-19
Annual Statement of Accounts 2017-18	Audit Findings Report 2017-18	Annual Audit Letter 2017-18
Annual Statement of Accounts 2016-17	Audit Findings Report 2016-17	Annual Audit Letter 2016-17
Annual Statement of Accounts 2015-16	Audit Findings Report 2015-16	Annual Audit Letter 2015-16
Annual Statement of Accounts 2014-15	Audit Findings Report 2014-15	Annual Audit Letter 2014-15
Annual Statement of Accounts 2013-14	Audit Findings Report 2013-14	Annual Audit Letter 2013-14
Annual Statement of Accounts 2012-13	Annual Governance Report 2012-13	Annual Audit Letter 2012-13
Annual Statement of Accounts 2011-12	Annual Governance Report 2011-12	Annual Audit Letter 2011-12

Local Spending Data

We publish details of all items of expenditure; including all Government Procurement Card (GPC) spending.

Our Local Spending Data excludes:

payments to staff paid through payroll
payments to HM Revenue and Customs relating to VAT and payroll
pension-related payments.

We have included invoice and grant payments to individuals, but have redacted personal data.

You can download the data as a PDF or CSV file.

If you have any questions about this data email finance@dartmoor.gov.uk

Use of these datasets is subject to the terms of our Data Sharing Agreement