Managing audit contracts up to 2017/18

Under the transitional arrangements, PSAA was responsible for monitoring the quality of the work undertaken by the five contracted audit firms undertaking work at principal bodies and the four firms undertaking work at small bodies.

Principal authorities

For work at principal bodies, PSAA published an annual report on the results of the regulatory compliance and quality review programme covering all five firms.

The final report under these transitional arrangements was published in autumn 2019.

Annual Regulatory Compliance and Quality Review Programme 2019

Annual Regulatory Compliance and Quality Review Programme 2018

Annual Regulatory Compliance and Quality Review Programme 2017

Annual Regulatory Compliance and Quality Review Programme 2016

We also published an annual regulatory compliance and quality report for each individual firm along with quarterly contract compliance monitoring reports.


The reports for previous years issued by the Audit Commission are available.