Social Value Ideas for Isle of Anglesey County Council

Draft accounts approve reserve moves

The Executive noted the draft statements and approved several reserve and balance movements, including creation of new earmarked reserves and use of general balances. This is a financial governance de…

“So the recommendations. First of all, that the executive notes the draft and audited financial statements for the financial year twenty twenty five tw…”

Accounts 2024/25 sign-off

Governance item: approval of statements of accounts for 2024/25 and authorization for signing by the chair and the section 151 officer.

“the recommendation is to accept the statements of accounts for twenty twenty four twenty five and authorize the chair and the director of function sec…”

Revenue underspend and reserves

The council reported a projected underspend of £2.631m for 2025-26 and noted that general balances would stand at £18.949m. The underspend was partly linked to one-off income, grants, and council tax …

“The overall projected financial position for twenty twenty five twenty six, including corporate finance on the council tax fund is a projected under s…”

DFG backlog and funding pressure

Disabled Facilities Grants are under pressure because of reduced in-team admin capacity, rising demand, and the budget being exhausted before year-end. Officers said they are seeking additional execut…

“It was a full team. There were three officers, technical officers previously, and two admin resources previously processing these in this DFG process.…”

DFG controls and reporting

The housing service has already established a database, assigned officer time, and introduced monthly monitoring meetings to improve DFG administration, duplicate payment controls, and KPI reporting. …

“So we have now established a database which is going to be producing a key indicator as well. So it's going to be one database which implements on for…”

Capital budget increased and carried forward

The council approved an increase to the 2025-26 capital budget and the carry-forward of significant underspend into 2026-27. This indicates ongoing multi-year capital delivery across services, with fu…

“So this is the capital outcome for twenty twenty five-twenty six. First of all, we are required to approve the addition of CHF 3,704,000 to the twenty…”

Capital slippage and supply constraints

The council reported around £16m underspend/slippage on capital projects, driven by a mix of planning, regulatory, external utility dependencies, late grant receipts, delivery partner delays and inter…

“Speaker 8: I think there's a mix there of different things. Any capital project has its issues. You have planning issues, you have regulation issues, …”