Agenda

Audit Committee - Friday, 13th February, 2026 10.00 am

Venue: Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes. View directions

Contact: Grace Addison Governance and Democracy Officer

Items
No.	Item
1.	Minutes of the previous meeting PDF 135 KB
2.	Apologies for absence
3.	Disclosures of interests Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.
4.	Urgent items Notification of items which the Chair considers to be urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Any members who wish to raise urgent items are asked, wherever possible, to notify the Chair before the start of the meeting. In so doing, they must state the special circumstances which they consider justify the matter being considered urgent.
5.	Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 3 (01/10/25 - 31/12/25) PDF 382 KB View item 5. as HTML 22 KB Report by the Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Annex A , item 5. PDF 319 KB
6.	East Sussex County Council's Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy PDF 385 KB View item 6. as HTML 19 KB Report by the Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 6. PDF 570 KB
7.	Audit Committee Oracle Subgroup Update PDF 294 KB View item 7. as HTML 27 KB Report by the Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Appendix A , item 7. PDF 25 KB View as HTML (7./2) 13 KB Appendix B , item 7. PDF 333 KB
8.	Review of the Grant Thornton (GT) report to those charged with governance and Statement of Accounts for 2024/25 PDF 225 KB View item 8. as HTML 27 KB Report by the Chief Finance Officer Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 8. PDF 1 MB Appendix 2 , item 8. PDF 3 MB View as HTML (8./3) 4 MB
9.	Independent Auditor's Report to those charged with governance and Annual Report 2024/25 of the East Sussex Pension Fund PDF 374 KB View item 9. as HTML 19 KB Report by the Chief Finance Officer Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 9. PDF 1 MB
10.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 3 2025/26 PDF 387 KB View item 10. as HTML 26 KB Report by the Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 10. PDF 387 KB View as HTML (10./2) 246 KB
11.	Property Services Annual Update PDF 560 KB View item 11. as HTML 58 KB Report by the Chief Operating Officer Additional documents: Appendix 1 , item 11. PDF 206 KB View as HTML (11./2) 18 KB Appendix 2 , item 11. PDF 96 KB View as HTML (11./3) 12 KB
12.	Work programme PDF 562 KB View item 12. as HTML 46 KB
13.	Any other non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4
14.	Exclusion of the Public and Press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).
15.	Property Disposals Update View the reasons why item 15. is restricted Report by the Chief Operating Officer
16.	Any other exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4