Summary Financial Statements
31 st December 2016
The Financial Statements are a summary of the information taken from the full financial statements. These
summary financial statements may not contain sufficient information to allow a full understanding of the
financial affairs of the Commission. For further information, the full financial statements, the Auditors’ Report
on these financial statements and the Commissioners’ Report should be consulted. Copies of these financial
statements can be obtained from the Cowes Harbour Commission website: www.cowesharbourcommission.co.uk.
The full financial statements were approved on 28 April 2017 and include an unqualified report from the
auditors. The financial statements have been filed with the Department for Transport.
Signed on behalf of the Commissioners:
D Riley - Commissioner
Commissioners:
D Riley (Chairman) M Greville
S McIntosh (Harbour Master/Chief Executive) R Lambden
J Armitage J Lear
B Board R Mathias
A Cooper H Pearce
J Gillespie C Preston
Auditors: Harrison Black Limited
Independent Auditors’ Statement to the Members of Cowes Harbour Commission
We have examined the summary financial statements, which comprise the summary Statement of Financial Position and the
summary Statement of Comprehensive Income, that are derived from the audited financial statements of Cowes Harbour
Commission for the year ended 31 December 2016.
Respective Responsibilities of Commissioners and Auditors
The Commissioners are responsible for preparing the summary financial statements in accordance with applicable United
Kingdom law.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary financial statements are consistent in all material respects,
with the audited financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with International Standard
on Auditing (ISA) 810 (Revised).
Our report on the company’s full annual financial statements describes the basis of our audit opinion on those financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion, the accompanying summary financial statements are consistent, in all material respects, with (or a fair summary
of) the full audited financial statements of Cowes Harbour Commission for the year ended 31 December 2016 in accordance with
the requirements of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006, and the regulations made thereunder.
Harrison Black Limited, Statutory Auditor
Pyle House, 136/137 Pyle Street, Newport
Isle of Wight PO30 1JW
28 th April 2017
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