Financial Statements 2025-26
The Annual Accounts for Swanton Abbott Parish Council have been prepared and audited and are available below. Members of the public may inspect these Annual Governance and Accountability statements, books and records on application to the Parish Clerk clerk@swantonabbottparishcouncil.gov.uk.
Annual Governance Statement 20225/26 Section 1
Annual Governance Statement 20225/26 Section 2
Your current councillors are:
We are pleased to welcome two new Councillors onto the Parish Council.
Cllr. S. Day (Chair)
Cllr. M. Vaughan ((Vice-Chair)
Cllr. G. McAnsh
Cllr K. Poland
Cllr S. Gray
Cllr G. Drewry
We still have one vacancy and would love to fill this too! If you have six evenings a year and would like to be considered for the Parish Council Please send a notice of your interest to the Clerk, Gill Kimmerling, on clerk@swantonabbottparishcouncil.gov.uk.
Village Directory
There is a new village directory listing all the services on offer in the village. A hard-copy of this will be give to all people new to the village, but if you missed out or simply want an updated copy you can download it here Village Directory
Other Organisations In the Village
The the reports from the various organisations in the village given at the Annual Parish Meeting in May 2025, which demonstrated the extent and breadth of the activities in the village, can be downloaded below:
This year’s reports will be found here after 26th May 2026
Scottow Parish Council
Our current clerk, Gill Kimmerling has temporarily taken Scottow Parish Council under her wing; we feel this is an ideal opportunity to develop closer ties between the two councils, and initially are working on a shared mobile phone mast. If you are interested in Scottow PC you may like to visit their website https://scottowpc.wixsite.com/scottowpc.
Administrative Documents
The current administrative and governance documents can be viewed in full under the “Documents” tab, or by clicking on the appropriate link below.
The full set of financial pages can be found displayed under Council Archive tab on this website
Financial Assistance for Other Village Institutes
A recent analysis of the Parish Council’s finances suggested that we need to build greater resillience so that we can cope with unexpected costs. Consequently we have introduced some financial guidelines to help decide whether or not to donate money to other organisations.
The Parish Council is happy to consider contributing towards a specific project (e.g. an information board or seating) for other Institutions in the Village. To do this we would need to have some more details of what is proposed, the amount requested, how the rest of the project would be financed and a rough timescale for completion.
The Parish Council would not normally finance running costs of a Village organisation unless there is a particular problem with raising funds in the short term. Should there be a shortfall that cannot be met through fund-raising, entrance charges or other grants we are happy to discuss how the Parish Council might help. To consider this we would need to see accounts for the past three years and your projection for how future costs will be met to ensure the long term future of the organisation.
