Audit and Governance Committee

29 June 2026

Draft Outturn Report 2025/26

For Decision

Cabinet Member:

Cllr S Clifford, Resourses & Finance

Local Councillor(s):

All

Senior Leadership Team:

S Cremer - Director, Resources

Report author and job title: Sean Cremer, Director Resources

Email: Sean.Cremer@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Statutory Authority: Section 151 Officer

Report status: Public (the exemption paragraph is N/A)

Executive summary

Following presentation to Cabinet on 23 June 2026, this report comes to Cabinet with information about the Council’s unaudited financial performance for the full 2025/26 financial year.

Recommendation(s)

Audit & Governance is asked to:

1. note the draft outturn position (subject to audit) for the Council for 2025/26 including progress of the transformational and efficiency savings incorporated into the budget;

2. note the capital programme for 2025/26;

Reason for the recommendation(s)

Review of the organisation’s performance against budget is a key aspect of this Committee’s role.