Local Authority Trading Companies

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Dear Folkestone & Hythe District Council,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect of the information below.

1. How many Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) are currently owned by the council?

2. Please provide information on each LATC including the company name, company number and what services they are providing.

3. Have external accountants been appointed to provide support? If so, who are they?

4. When were the external accountants appointed?

5. What services are the external accountants providing?

6. What is the (Annual) cost of external accounting services (exc VAT) for each of these companies? Please provide separate breakdown of costs.

7. When are the next review dates for tendering for these services?

8. Where and what date/month/year will you be advertising your future contracts for external accounting services?

9. Is there a telephone contact number and email address of the individual that would be responsible for this in the future?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Servante

Case Support, Folkestone & Hythe District Council

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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Local Authority Trading
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Information Officer Case Management, Folkestone & Hythe District Council

 
Dear Sir,

 

I am writing in respect of your information access request dated
09/08/2023. In order to proceed with your request, under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000, we require some additional information.

 

Section 8 of The Freedom of Information Act 2000 states that for a
request for information to be valid under the Act, the requester’s
name needs to be stated.  I am, therefore, writing to ask you to
supply your full name as this was omitted from your email and only
your last name was provided. Once we receive this information we will
endeavour to supply the information you have requested within the
requisite 20 working days.  If we do not receive clarification from
you within 60 working days, your request will be considered to have
lapsed and will be closed on our system.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind regards,

Information Governance

Case Management (Corporate Services)
Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,

Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY.
Email: [1][Folkestone & Hythe District Council request email]
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Mr Jamie Servante

Information Officer Case Management, Folkestone & Hythe District Council

 
Dear Jamie Servante,

 

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Information Governance
Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,

Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY.
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Information Officer Case Management, Folkestone & Hythe District Council

 
Dear Jamie Servante,

 

I am writing in respect of your information access request dated 09/08/2023 and your clarification of 11/08/2023.  This request has been
handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

                                                                                                                                       

Please find below information in response to your request.

 

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1. How many Local Authority Trading Companies (LATC) are currently owned by the council?

One.

2. Please provide information on each LATC including the company name, company number and what services they are providing.

Oportunitas Limited

I can confirm that the Council holds the information you requested. The Council has determined to withhold that information since we
consider that Section 21 applies to it. The exemption is set out below:

S21 – Information reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means
 
The information you have requested is already publicly available from Companies House. The Council is not obliged to provide information
under [1]section 21 of the Act if the information is already reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means.  
 
The information in question can be obtained by from Companies House.  I attach a link to the relevant entry below for your assistance -

[2]OPORTUNITAS LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK (company-information.service.gov.uk)

3. Have external accountants been appointed to provide support? If so, who are they?
4. When were the external accountants appointed?
5. What services are the external accountants providing?
6. What is the (Annual) cost of external accounting services (exc VAT) for each of these companies? Please provide separate breakdown of
costs.
7. When are the next review dates for tendering for these services?
8. Where and what date/month/year will you be advertising your future contracts for external accounting services?
9. Is there a telephone contact number and email address of the individual that would be responsible for this in the future?

With regard to Q3-9 of your request for information, we do not hold this information as Oportunitas is a separate entity to FHDC.  Any
information in response to these questions would be held directly by them.

We would therefore advise you to send Q3-9 of your request directly to Oportunitas themselves, who can be reached on
[email address].

 

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The contents of this request are subject to re-use under the terms of the [3]Open Government Licence unless otherwise specified.
Publications relying on this data must be attributed accordingly. Where released materials are subject to 3^rd party copyright or
intellectual property rights, rights to attribution and re-use remain vested in the holder.

 

Personal data disclosed in conjunction with an information access request is provided in compliance with the Council’s legal obligations.
This disclosure does not provide consent for direct marketing under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), and
should not be construed as such.

 

Should you require any further information, or if you are not satisfied with our response, please do not hesitate to contact me. You may
also request an internal review by writing to the following address: [4][email address]

 

Following this, if you are not satisfied with the internal review response you may apply to the [5]Information Commissioner for an
independent review at the following address: [6][email address]

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Governance
Folkestone & Hythe District Council

Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue,

Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2QY.
Email: [7][Folkestone & Hythe District Council request email]
Website: [8]Home | [9]FOI and Data | [10]Privacy
Follow us on [11]Twitter and [12]Facebook

 

 

 

 

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