n STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2019/20 www.doncaster.gov.uk Table of Contents Narrative Report ....................................................................................................... 3 Explanation of Accounting Statements ............................................................. 13 The Statement of Responsibilities for the Statement of Accounts .................... 15 The Core Financial Statements ............................................................................. 16 Comprehensive Income and Expenditure Statement ....................................... 16 Movement in Reserves Statement ..................................................................... 17 Balance Sheet ...................................................................................................... 18 Cash Flow Statement .......................................................................................... 19 Notes to the Core Financial Statements ............................................................ 20 Housing Revenue Account .................................................................................... 80 Comprehensive Income and Expenditure Account .......................................... 80 Movement on the HRA Statement ...................................................................... 81 Notes to the Statement of Movement on the Housing Revenue Account Balance ................................................................................................................ 81 Collection Fund ...................................................................................................... 84 Collection Fund Statement ................................................................................. 84 Notes to the Collection Fund Statement ........................................................... 85 Group Accounts ..................................................................................................... 87 The Core Financial Statements .......................................................................... 87 Group Comprehensive Income and Expenditure Statement ....................... 87 Group Movement in Reserves Statement ...................................................... 88 Group Balance Sheet ...................................................................................... 89 Group Cash Flow Statement ........................................................................... 90 Notes to the Group Core Financial Statements ............................................ 91 Glossary ................................................................................................................ 101 Independent auditor’s report to the members of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council .................................................................................................. 107 2 Narrative Report Introduction The accounts of such a large and diverse authority as Doncaster Council are, by their nature, both technical and complex. The information contained within the Statement of Accounts for 2019/20 is presented in a simple and clear manner. The narrative report provides information on the Council and highlights some of the key facts about the services it delivers and its workforce. It identifies outcomes against the Councils shared vision - Doncaster as a thriving place to learn, work, live and care. It then goes on to provide a commentary on how the Council (including the Group Accounts) has used its resources to achieve its desired outcomes in line with its objectives and strategies. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting based on International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’) for 2019/20 (the Code) and any other Accounting Codes of Practice published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (‘CIPFA’). The overriding requirement of the Code is that the Statement of Accounts ‘presents a true and fair view’ of the financial position and transactions of the Council. None of the external links contained within the Statement of Accounts are audited by the external auditors. 3 Doncaster Council - The Borough The Council The population of Doncaster is manages an 308,940 annual gross revenue budget of The borough is divided into 21 wards. £500.0m ‘Doncaster Talks’ listening exercise Currently political representation: took place over summer with more than 3,600 responses. These will be 43 - Labour 71% of Council 8 - Conservatives used to shape the review of spend is with Local 4 - Mexborough First Doncaster’s long term plan ‘Doncaster Suppliers 1 - Independent Member Growing Together’ (£129.8m) During 2019/20 Our Registrars Service have: Officiated and Pupils achieving Registered Registered Registered at 97.8% age related 72.8% We provide 3165 Births 3278 Deaths 608 Marriages expectation in approximately Of pupils in Reading, Writing Of working 20,102 95.7% of Major Reception got and Maths age council Planning Applications are their First (RWM) combined population processed within the Staff choice are in houses defined ‘acceptable Sickness Rate is placement 65% KS1 employment managed by St timescale’ Leger Homes 10.55 days 60% KS2 per full time The Council maintain: Communities Area Teams have: Supported 1,197 groups to access funding, increase 1600km -1000m volunteers, participate in local initiatives and develop community led support; The council has 30.5% male miles of road 4160 employees 69.5% female Identified, managed and dealt with The 44,000 street lights 18,354 cases of anti-social Council is a behaviour, crime, hate crime and low level 67 staff successfully completed their apprenticeship – areas included: 88,000 gulleys crime • Business Administration • Operations/ Departmental Management of 46.4% 19/20 spend on Agency • Construction Technical and Professional: general house Occupational Work Staff was £2.2m a hold waste • Supervision reduction of on collected is £1m • Public Service Operational Delivery recycled last year. 97% plus • Highways Maintenance Skilled Operatives of waste is 94% Of Staff have recycled or We improved awareness and understanding for employees of equality, Personal diversity and inclusion through e- learning modules like ‘Unconscious Bias’, turned into Development and events including; energy Reviews World Day for Cultural Diversity, Carers Week, International Day of Friendship, completed Doncaster Pride, Suicide Prevention Day, Black History Month, World Mental within timescale Health Day, International Men’s Day, Holocaust Memorial Day, International Doncaster Council – The Staff 4 The Councils Performance Our shared vision is of Doncaster as a thriving place to learn, work, live and care. The Council has been working towards our ambitions to grow together and responded to major reforms in this ever-changing world. We have highlighted below some of our key outcomes against our vision priorities LEARNING: WORKING: • Absence rates in Doncaster’s schools have • During the year investment and new jobs targets improved after being poor for a number of years were met with over £106 million of new investment and over 600 new jobs created. • By the end of primary school, 60% of children in Doncaster achieve the expected standard in • The property sector has shown an upturn with Reading, Writing and Mathematics which is below 660k sq ft of new speculative industrial space the national average of 65%, but this has being developed across Doncaster during the improved over the past few years. year • 62% of pupils achieve at least a standard pass • The 11th Business Showcase event was held in (grade 4+) in both English and Mathematics February. Visitor numbers have increased year on GCSEs which has improved over the past few year and this year there were approaching 300 years yet remains below the national standard. exhibitors and more than 2,000 delegates in attendance. • Following secondary school, there number of young people in Doncaster who not in education, • ‘ADVANCE’ supports people in Doncaster to employment or training (NEET) is similar to the ‘Thrive in Their Chosen Career’. It focuses on national average [April 2020], yet young people in supporting people into work as well as advancing Doncaster are less likely to continue in education in work, changing career or exploring self- than their national peers (-4%) but more likely to employment. More than 200 people have been enter an apprenticeships or enter employment supported this year on caseload and 214 [2017/18] applications have been processed for the social care academy, launched to support recruitment to • Following the successful launch of ‘101 things to demand roles during Covid-19. do’ the website remains popular for residents in Doncaster so work has commenced to extend the • Major infrastructure projects, are transforming activities from 0-11 years to 0-18 years the town, stimulating private sector growth, attracting new investment and boosting the • Extensive engagement with multi-agencies and economy. This includes: key stakeholder across the borough and region has taken place to develop a new ten-year, all-age • Unity Project, which will transform brownfield Education and Skills Strategy. An outline land off Junction 5 of the M18 into a new strategy has been now been developed with six community of around 3,100 new homes and 9,000 priorities and 18 aims, and will be published later jobs. in 2020. • Several projects are supporting the vision of • The University City