Council's 2025/2026 Financial Statements

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In accordance with Section 418 (3) of the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), Snowy Monaro Regional Council advises that the ordinary Council meeting to be held on Thursday 20 November 2025 will include the presentation of Council's audited Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports for the year ended 30 June 2025.

A summary of the Financial Statements is provided below. Round brackets indicate a negative number.

2026

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2025

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Income Statement
Total income from continuing operations135,374126,809
Total expenses from continuing operations excluding depreciation, amortisation and impairment of non-financial assets83,396100,365
Operating result from continuing operations excluding depreciation, amortisation and impairment of non-financial assets51,97826,444
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of non-financial assets30,29028,903
Net operating result for the year21,688(2,459)
Net operating result before grants and contributions provided for capital purposes(9,946)(40,584)

Statement of Financial Position

Total current assets134,118102,880
Total current liabilities(22,101)(24,780)
Total non-current assets1,829,7621,760,159
Total non-current liabilities(41,251)(37,918)
Total equity1,900,5281,800,341

Other financial information

Unrestricted current ratio (times)4.974.13
Operating performance ratio (%)(0.84)%(28.22)%
Debt service cover ratio (times)10.143.27
Rates and annual charges outstanding ratio (%)8.1%9.90%
Infrastructure renewals ratio (%)62.19%52.30%
Own source operating revenue ratio (%)56.76%52.41%
Cash expense cover ratio (months)16.5913.54

Have your say

In accordance with section 420 of the Local Government Act 1993, any person may make a written submission regarding Council's audited Financial Statements and/or the Auditor's Reports.

Visit https://qrco.de/afs2526 to have your say online. Submissions can also be made by email, post, or over the counter at Council offices.

The audited Financial Statements and Auditor's Reports are available to download from Council's Your Say website at the link above. Copies are also available to inspect at Council offices in Berridale, Bombala, Cooma and Jindabyne.

Submissions will be accepted until 5pm Thursday 26 November 2026.

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