Budgets and Spending
- Annual Governance Statements
- Budget Book Summary
- Fees and Charges Summary
- Paying for Services in Fareham
- Statement of Accounts
- Annual Audit Letter
- Finance Strategy
- Financial Monitoring Reports
- Further Information
Annual Governance Statements
The Annual Governance Statement 2023-24 
(13 MB) is now available. A high contrast version of the Statement is available here (14 MB).
To see our statements for the past five years, click on these links:
- Annual Governance Statement 2022-23 (2 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2021-22 (2 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2020-21 (3 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2019-20 (2 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2018-19 (3 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2017-18 (2 MB)
- Annual Governance Statement 2016-17 (2 MB)
Budget Book Summary
Each budget book sets out our financial information and how it is used to set Council Tax each year.
Fees and Charges Summary
We usually review our fees and charges each year and they apply between 1 April and 31 March. Sometimes, we have to amend charges at other times.
- Fees and Charges for 2025-26 (839 KB)
- Fees and Charges for 2024-25 (968 KB)
- Fees and Charges for 2023-24 (802 KB)
Paying for Services in Fareham
- Council Tax Leaflet 2025-26 (1 MB)
- Council Tax Leaflet 2024-25 (569 KB)
- Council Tax Leaflet 2023-24 (436 KB)
Statement of Accounts
The audit of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 has been completed. You can see the audited Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 (6 MB) approved and authorised for issue on 27 February 2025 by the Audit and Governance Committee.
The audit of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 has been completed. You can see the audited Statement of Accounts for 2022/23 (36 MB) approved and authorised for issue on 25 November 2024 by the Audit and Governance committee. The notice of conclusion of audit and right to inspect the statement of accounts (14 KB) is also available.
Previous Accounts
To see our accounts for the past four years, click on these links:
- Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 (27 MB)
- Statement of Accounts for 2020/21 (8 MB)
- Statement of Accounts 2019/20 (8 MB)
- Statement of Accounts 2018/19 (7 MB)
Annual Audit Letter
You can see the external auditor's annual reports of the findings and conclusions of the statutory audit by clicking on the headings below. Please note that the letters relate to the year of the accounts being audited and are therefore produced in the following year.
- Annual Audit Letter 2021-22 (839 KB)
- Annual Audit Letter 2020-21 (2 MB)
- Annual Audit Letter 2019-20 (2 MB)
- Annual Audit Letter 2018-19
- Annual Audit Letter 2017-18
- Annual Audit letter 2016-17 (3 MB)
Finance Strategy
Financial Monitoring Reports
A monitoring report on Revenue and Capital is presented to the Executive on a half yearly basis:
Further Information
For further information please contact the Finance section on Tel: 01329 236100, or e-mail finance@fareham.gov.uk.