Transparency

South Swindon Parish Council publish all bank and credit card payments, regardless of their limit, every month. Accounts and payment schedules can be found in the documents for the monthly Full Council meetings.  Contact the Chief Executive Officer if there is a specific payment month that you are interested in: ceo@southswindon-pc.gov.uk

Details of any contracts, commissioned activity, purchase orders, framework agreement or any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000.

All expenditure is available as part of each monthly Full Council meeting which can be found here – Agendas & Minutes.

All grants approved by South Swindon Parish Council in the past year are below. Visit our grants page for more information and an application form.

For information relating to grants received prior to 2023/24, please email ceo@southswindon-pc.gov.uk

South Swindon Parish Council currently employs 60 staff.

Local authorities must publish the number of marked out controlled on and off-street parking spaces within their area, or an estimate of the number of spaces where controlled parking space is not marked out in individual parking bays or spaces. This must be published annually.

The Parish Council does not have any parking spaces.

The Parish Council is required to publish details of any senior employees earning over £50,000 per annum. This must be published annually.

Two members of staff receive a salary of over £50,000.

Chief Executive Officer/Responsible Finance Officer salary: SCP 55-62 £74,454-£89,081
The Chief Executive Officer/Clerk is also the Responsible Finance Officer and the Proper Officer to the council, responsible for all budgets totalling £3,525,585.00 for 2025/26.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer salary: SCP 46-49 £58,523-£62,852
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the community and admin teams and deputises for the CEO in their absence.

Local authorities must publish their Constitution on their website. This must be published annually.

South Swindon Parish Council’s policies can be found here.

Publish the pay multiple on their website defined as the ratio between the highest taxable earnings for the given year (including base salary, variable pay, bonuses, allowances and the cash value of any benefits-in-kind) and the median earnings figure of the whole of the authority’s workforce. This must be published annually.

The pay multiple is currently X

Local authorities must publish information about any counter fraud work.

The Parish Council do not have any current fraud cases.

You have the right to request information from the council under the Freedom of Information act.

We proactively publish information as part of our commitment to open data and transparency. This means the information you need might already be available on our website.

Accessing the information from our website is more convenient for you and also saves time and money for us.

Freedom of Information Requests 2025/26:

None received so far.

Local authorities must publish details of their existing waste collection contracts at the point they first publish quarterly contract information.

South Swindon Parish Council does not have any waste contracts.