Tuesday 1 September - Finance, Risk and Audit Committee

Finance, Risk, Audit and Standards Committee

Decide budgeting and financial matters, in accordance with the Authority's Financial Regulations
Monitoring the performance against budgets and set financial targets and budgets for future years
Monitor the Authority's performance against targets
Consider, adopt and monitor corporate personnel policies and practices
Steer the organisation towards the highest ethical standards and the fullest possible compliance with Nolan Principles and the organisation's Values and Codes of Conduct

Business

Venue: The National Park Office, The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley

Date: Tuesday 1 September 2026 at 10am

Meeting Live Stream

1. Live streaming and recording – The Chair to inform members of the public that the meeting is livestreamed and recorded.

2. Microphones and devices – The chair to remind Members to use their microphones correctly and only use electronic devices to access information that is available during the meeting. The chair to inform members of the public that Committee Members are encouraged to use electronic devices in this way.

3. Emergency evacuation procedure – The Chair to inform members of the public of the emergency evacuation procedure.

4. Election of Chair to take office until the next annual general meeting of the Authority

5. Election of Deputy Chair to take office until the next annual general meeting of the Authority

6. Apologies for absence

7. Public minutes of the meeting held on 18 May 2026

8. Members are reminded that it is their responsibility to declare the nature of any personal, prejudicial and/or disclosable interests relating to any agenda item immediately prior to its consideration and are encourage to complete a written declaration using the form provided.

9. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during consideration of item 20 & 21 on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1 & 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

10. External Audit – verbal update

11. Internal Audit 2026/27 – Internal Audit Programme

12. External Funding and Project Progress update

13. Quarterly Performance Scorecard

14. Quarter 1 Finance update

15. Property update

16. Best Value Duty

17. Corporate Risk Register

18. Health and Safety

19. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency.

Private business - Minutes/reports circulated to Members only

20. Private minutes of the meeting held on 18 May 2026