Finance & Delivery Committee - June 2019

This document contains the agenda for the Cairngorms National Park Authority Finance & Delivery Committee meeting on Friday 7 June 2019, from 9am to 10:30am at the Baxter Room, Braemar Highand Games Centre. The agenda includes welcoming attendees, apologies, approval of minutes from the previous meeting, matters arising, declarations of interest, and discussions on the draft outturn for the year to 31 March 2019, finance monitoring for the month to 30 April 2019, and financial regulations and training. The agenda also includes any other competent business and sets the date of the next meeting for Friday 11 October 2019 at Community Hall, Boat of Garten. Danie Ralph, Finance Manager, and David Cameron, Director of Corporate Services, are listed for discussion items.

This document contains the draft minutes from the Cairngorms National Park Authority Finance and Delivery Committee meeting held on 22 February 2019. Discussions included action points from previous meetings, the Board Committees Terms of Reference, and a visitor giving scheme with the Cairngorms Trust. The committee also reviewed finance monitoring for the 10 months leading up to 31 January 2019, and discussed budget development for the 2019/2020 financial year. Finally, the committee agreed to allow the Outdoor Access Trust for Scotland (OATS) to invite Paths For All and Sustrans to become members of OATS, and the next meeting was scheduled for 7 June 2019.

This document contains the draft outturn for the Cairngorms National Park Authority (Park Authority) for the year ending 31 March 2019, which is being presented to the Finance & Delivery Committee. The key findings show that the Park Authority achieved breakeven on resource expenditure, with small overspends on capital funding and non-cash allocation. Key tables from the draft Annual Report and Accounts summarise the net expenditure for the year, comparing it to budget allocations from the Scottish Government. The reported figures are subject to audit by Grant Thornton, with the audited accounts to be presented for approval in September.

This document contains a finance monitoring report for the Cairngorms National Park Authority's (Park Authority) Finance & Delivery Committee, covering income and expenditure for April 2019. The report gives an overview of the Park Authority's financial performance across its core operations, projects like the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership, and grant-in-aid. It highlights any variances from the budget, cash flow management, and the status of claims and funding from various sources like the Heritage Lottery Fund. The report also outlines the Park Authority's plans to monitor budgets and manage spending to achieve its objectives while aiming to break even on resource and capital spend.

This document contains the Cairngorms National Park Authority's finance and delivery committee paper 2 annex 1 from 7 June 2019. It shows the financial outturn for the year ending 31 March 2020, with an outturn to 30 April 2019. The document lists various income and expenditure items, comparing the core and operational plan to the original core budget for the year, broken down by leader, T&GLP, GP Badenoch, and CAPR Framework. Key figures include total resource spend of 401,969.15 and a grant-in-aid of (400,000.00), resulting in a notional movement on shareholders funds of (185,978.46).

This document contains the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Finance and Delivery Committee's operational plan as of 30 April 2019, for the year ending 31 March 2020. It details the original budget, forward phasing, committed funds, costs to date, income to date, and remaining spend for various departments including conservation, land management, visitor services, planning and rural development, corporate services, and communications and engagement. The total original budget was £1,212,500.00, with a remaining spend of £622,126.91.

This document contains a paper for the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Finance and Delivery Committee. Written by David Cameron, Director of Corporate Services, the paper asks committee members to think about what training they might need to support their role on the committee. It also presents the current Financial Regulations for the Authority to give context to their financial operations and to help with thinking about training needs. The Finance & Delivery Committee is asked to agree on any future training and information requirements.

This document contains the Financial Regulations for the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA), updated on 25 January 2019. It outlines the financial regulations and procedures that the Park Authority must follow to ensure sound financial management and control. It details general provisions, corporate governance, financial management and control, and audit requirements. The document also covers topics such as the roles and responsibilities of the Board, committees, the Accountable Officer, and other senior managers, as well as risk management, whistleblowing, code of conduct, financial planning, budgetary control, accounting arrangements, treasury management and also includes appendices on delegated authority limits and the Nolan Committee Principles. The document is intended to provide practical guidance on the Park Authority's financial policies and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and the Scottish Public Finance Manual.