PSAA news

We have published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 31 March 2026 on our website.   Data for previous months is available on our monthly audit opinion data page.

We have published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 28 February 2026 on our website. We also issued a press release on the local government audit opinion position as at the 27 February 2026 backstop date for the 2024/25 audits, which may be of interest. Data for previous months is available on our […]

Auditors have reported issuing 183 unmodified opinions, and 231 disclaimed (188) or qualified (43) opinions due to the 27 February 2026 backstop, for the 2024/25 audits of accounts covered by PSAA’s appointing person scheme. There are a further 36 opinions that remain outstanding. There were also 7 modified opinions that auditors have not attributed to […]

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 3 for 2025/26. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections up to 31 December 2025.  21 audit opinions are outstanding for audits up to 2023/24, which has reduced by 28 since the 28 February 2025 backstop date, as published on our website.  Contract monitoring data packs for previous quarters are […]

We have published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 31 January 2026 on our website. Data for previous months can be viewed on our monthly audit opinion data page. 

We have published updates to our auditor appointment directories following our January updates from our audit suppliers: You can also visit our pages that list all directories for 2018/19 to 2022/23 and 2023/24 to 2027/28.

We have published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 31 December 2025 on our website. Data for previous months can be viewed on our monthly audit opinion data page.

We have published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 30 November 2025 on our website. Data for previous months can be viewed on our monthly audit opinion data page.

PSAA has published the 2025/26 audit fee scale following consultation. Information on the fee scale and consultation can be found on our website. We welcome the feedback we received during our consultation and thank all those who took the time to provide their views. We remain committed to ensuring the concerns raised by bodies inform […]

We have published updates to our auditor appointment directories following our September updates from our audit suppliers: You can also visit our pages that list all directories for 2018/19 to 2022/23 and 2023/24 to 2027/28.