We have recently published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 28 February 2025 on our website. Please note we have introduced data for Pension Fund audits across all years for completeness. As 28 February 2025 was also the backstop date for the 2023/24 audits, we issued a press release earlier today on the […]
Auditors have reported issuing 224 disclaimed or qualified opinions due to the backstop of 28 February 2025 for the 2023/24 audits of accounts covered by PSAA’s appointing person scheme. There were 7 modified opinions that auditors have not attributed to the backstop, including 2 disclaimed opinions. There are a further 48 opinions that remain outstanding. […]
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 wrote to all firms on 18 December 2024 to explain our approach to audit fees for issuing a disclaimed audit opinion arising from the Government’s backlog solution, as we expected to receive their proposals from January 2025 onwards for this work. Our research showed that the firms’ approaches to the work to produce a […]
PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 3 for 2024/25. 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 2024. 69 audit opinions are outstanding for audits up to 2022/23, which […]
We have recently published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 31 January 2025 on our website. Data for previous months can be viewed on our monthly audit opinion data page.
PSAA is pleased to announce the appointment from 1 February of Alan Edwards, Irene Asare and Liz Murrall as Directors on the PSAA Board and of Adrian Lythgo as independent member on the Audit Committee. Current directors Fraser McKinlay and Marta Phillips are stepping down from the Board on 28 February and 31 March respectively. […]
On 18 December MHCLG launched a consultation on Local audit reform: a strategy for overhauling the local audit system in England. We welcomed the strategy to develop a more cohesive system geared to the sector’s needs that provides assurance over the use of public money. The strategy commits to a series of measures to fix […]
We have recently published the number of audit opinions delivered up to 31 December 2024 on our website. Data for previous months can be viewed on our monthly audit opinion data page.
Auditors have reported issuing 361 disclaimed opinions due to the backstop as of 13 December 2024 for the years up to 2022/23. The 40 non-standard opinions in the table below include 8 disclaimed opinions that auditors have not attributed to the backstop. There are a further 77 opinions that remain outstanding for the years 2018/19 […]