Dr Susan Blackall

Audit and Risk Management Panel

Audit and Risk Management Panel - Wednesday, 18th June, 2025 6.30 pm

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Audit and Risk Management Panel met in June to discuss internal and external audit plans, performance, and strategy. The panel approved the audit work program and the internal audit plan and charter for the upcoming year. They also reviewed the audit strategy memorandum for both the council and its pension fund.

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Audit and Risk Management Panel - Wednesday, 19th March, 2025 6.30 pm

The meeting noted Forvis Mazar’s 2023/24 Annual Audit Report, which proposed an unqualified audit opinion for the Council. The Panel accepted two recommendations from Forvis Mazars about the Council’s financial sustainability, and the failure to clear the backlog of fire safety actions. The meeting also accepted the draft report on the work of the Audit and Risk Management Panel 2024/25.

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Audit and Risk Management Panel - Tuesday, 25th February, 2025 6.30 pm

The Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Audit and Risk Management Panel met to note the Statement of Accounts 2023/24, the Treasury Management and Capital Strategy 2025/26 and the Strategic Risk Register on Tuesday 25 February 2025. The Panel noted the Statement of Accounts and requested a written update to Full Council on the value for money arrangements, as set out in the draft External Auditor's Management Report. They also noted both the Treasury Management and Capital Strategy 2025/26 and the Strategic Risk Register, asking for an update on the Workforce Strategy.

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Audit and Risk Management Panel - Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025 6.30 pm

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Audit and Risk Management Panel - Tuesday, 3rd December, 2024 6.30 pm

The meeting began with a discussion of the Internal Audit and Anti-Fraud Performance Report April 2024 to September 2024. The Panel then reviewed and noted the Audit & Risk Management Panel - Self-Assessment and Evaluation. Following this the Panel noted the 2024/25 Treasury Management and Capital Mid-Year Update. The Panel then noted the 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards, and finally noted the Revised Internal Audit Plan 2024-25.