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 2023-24

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 2018/19

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 2018, 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 14 December 2017, the PSAA board approved the appointment of Grant Thornton (UK) LLP to audit the accounts of Dartmoor National Park Authority for a period of five years, covering the accounts from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023. This appointment is made under Regulation 13 of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015.

Statement of Accounts

Inspection of the Accounts

By law, we have to make our accounts available to the public for inspection for a period of 30 working days.

You have a right to inspect the Authority's accounts. Electors may also ask questions about, or challenge, the accounts. The public inspection starts 16 June 2023 at 9.00am, and closes 27 July 2023 at 4.30pm.

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Annual Statement of Accounts	Annual Governance Report	Annual Audit letter
Annual Statement of Accounts 2022-23 (unaudited)
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