East Lothian - Public Inspection of Unaudited Annual Accounts

East Lothian Council and Other Annual Accounts Unaudited annual accounts - 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

1. Copies of the unaudited accounts of East Lothian Council and the East Lothian Integration Joint Board for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 will be available for public inspection from 1 July 2026 to end of day 21 July 2026.

2. Copies of the unaudited accounts can be found on the Council's website at https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/accounts. A print copy of each set of accounts will also be available for public inspection at John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 4pm.

3. Any person interested may inspect a copy of the abstract(s) of the accounts to be audited, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, and receipts related thereto, and may take copies of any or all parts of the accounts and the associated documents without charge. If the Council is requested to provide copies a charge of 20p per A4 sheet and 40p per A3 sheet will be incurred.

4. Communications relating to the inspection can be made by emailing businessfinance@eastlothian.gov.uk.

Any person interested may object to the accounts or to any part of those accounts, no later than 22 July 2026 by:

1. Sending their objection to the East Lothian Council or East Lothian Integration Joint Board accounts to John Boyd, Audit Director, Audit Scotland, 4th floor, The Athenaeum Building, 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1BT or by e-mail to jboyd@audit.scot.

2. Sending a copy of that objection and statement to the authority and to any officer of the authority who may be concerned, both at the office of the Depute Chief Executive Resources and Economy (Chief Financial Officer), John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3HA or by email to businessfinance@eastlothian.gov.uk.

Sarah Fortune, Depute Chief Executive Resources and Economy (CFO) John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, EH41 3HA

11 June 2026