Accounts

Along with the Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police, we are committed to delivering an open and transparent service whenever possible, including how and where tax payers’ money is spent.

You can view the Chief Constable’s statement of accounts on the Lincolnshire Police website.

2020/21

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to the audit being rescheduled. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (See attached link: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made). Therefore this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2020/21 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 30th September 2021, as per paragraph (1). The Joint Independent Audit Committee will consider the results of the 2020/21 audit, after which we will publish the final audited accounts.

The Financial Statements 2020/21 are available to download below:

2019/20

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2020 has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to a number of incomplete elements that they have been unable to audit as yet. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph 2a of the Accounts and Audit Regulation 2015, as amended by the Accounts and Audit (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 No. 204.

(See attached links: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made and https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/404/regulation/2/made)

This notification explains, as per Regulation 10 paragraph 2a, that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2019/20 final statement of accounts in line with the publication date of 30 November 2020. The Force and the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner are working closely with the auditors to enable them to complete their work. The audited statement of accounts will be published as soon as reasonably practicable after presenting them to the audit committee.

The unaudited Financial Statements 2019/20 and the PCC's and CC's Declarations of Draft Accounts 2019/20 are available to download below:

2018/19

The external audit of the draft statement of accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019 has not yet been completed by our external auditors, EY LLP, due to EY’s resourcing pressures. This situation is allowed for by Regulation 10, paragraph (2a) of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. (See attached link: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/234/regulation/10/made). Therefore this notification explains, as per paragraph (2a), that we are not yet able to publish our audited 2018/19 final statement of accounts in line with deadline of 31st July 2019, as per paragraph (1). The audit committee have considered the results of the 2018/19 audit, the final audited accounts should be published in 2021.

The unaudited Financial Statements 2018/19 are available to download below:

2017/18

The Financial Statements and the Annual Audit Letter 2017/18 are available to download below:

2016/17

The Financial Statements 2016/17 are available to download below:

2015/16

2014/15

2013/14

2012/13

2011/12

The information below refers to the Statement of Accounts for the Lincolnshire Police Authority for the financial year 2011/12.