Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council is subject to the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 as it is a parish/town council with a gross income/expenditure over £200,000.
This means that the town council must publish the following on a quarterly basis:
Expenditure exceeding £500
- date the expenditure was incurred
- local authority department which incurred the expenditure
- beneficiary
- summary of the purpose of the expenditure
- amount
- Value Added Tax that cannot be recovered, and
- merchant category (eg. computers, software etc)
Procurement information
Local authorities must publish details of every invitation to tender for contracts to provide goods and/or services with a value that exceeds £5,000. For each invitation, the following details must be published:
- reference number
- title
- description of the goods and/or services sought
- start, end and review dates, and
- local authority department responsible
32. Local authorities must also publish details of any contract, commissioned activity, purchase order, framework agreement and any other legally enforceable agreement with a value that exceeds £5,000. For each contract, the following details must be published:
- reference number
- title of agreement
- local authority department responsible
- description of the goods and/or services being provided
- supplier name and details
- sum to be paid over the length of the contract or the estimated annual spending or budget for the contract
- Value Added Tax that cannot be recovered
- start, end and review dates
- whether or not the contract was the result of an invitation to quote or a published invitation to tender, and
- whether or not the supplier is a small or medium sized enterprise and/or a voluntary or community sector organisation and where it is, provide the relevant registration number
And the following on an annual basis:
- Local Authority Land
- Social Housing Assets – the Town Council has no social housing assets – n/a
- Government Procurement Card transactions – the Town Council does not hold such a card – n/a
- Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations
- Organisation Chart – Please follow this link to view our current Staff Structure: The Staff Structure – Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council
- Trade Union Facility Time – the Town Council has no trade union representatives – n/a
- Parking Account – the Town Council has no controlled on/off street parking spaces – n/a
- Parking Spaces – the Town Council has no controlled on/off street parking spaces – n/a
- Senior Salaries – two members of staff have remuneration of at least £75,000, (LC4 £66,497 – £74,693), this being the position of Town Clerk and (LC3 £55,224-£59,025), this being the position of Deputy Town Clerk.
- Constitution – Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council’s constitution is made up of Standing Orders and Financial Regulations, which can be found by following this link: Policies and Procedures – Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council
- Pay Multiple – publication of ratio between the highest paid member of staff (all taxable earnings) and the median earnings figure of the whole authorities’ whole workforce. The Town Council’s pay multiple as at April 2026 is 1.94:1. These calculations include part-time employees’ total salaries as full-time equivalents (not pro rota).
- Fraud – Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council has no member of staff undertaking fraud investigations – n/a