What is a Bank Reconciliation?
A bank reconciliation matches information from the Town Council’s cashbooks (part of the accounting
records) to the corresponding information on bank statements. Simply put, a reconciliation is how the
Council checks it has the cash it thinks it has.
Good practice and Financial Regulations require that a Councillors verify the bank reconciliations on a regular basis (at least once a quarter) and at the end of the
financial year. The emphasis is on “verification” – the Councillor must check the information presented by
the finance staff and sign the bank reconciliation and the bank statement as evidence that they have
checked the figures.
2025 – 2026
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October 2025 Nov 2025 Dec 2025
2024 – 2025
April 2024 – Mar 2025 Bank RecsApril 2024 – Mar 2025 Bank Recs