December 2025 – audit opinion data

The number of audit opinions delivered as at 31 December 2025 is shown in the tables below.

Please note: values including Pension Fund audits are shown in brackets.

Audit year – backstop dateNumber of opted-in bodies / auditsNumber of audits delivered up to 31 December 2025
2024/25
27 February 2026
457 (531)101 (117)

Audit year –
publishing date / backstop date
Number of opted-in bodies / auditsPercentage of audits complete by publishing date / backstop dateNumber of audits outstanding per year at 31 December 2025Percentage of audits outstanding per year at 31 December 2025Number of incomplete audits by the oldest outstanding year
2023/24
28 Feb 2025
460 (534)90% (89%)21 (22)5% (4%)14 (15)
2022/23
30 Sep 2023
467 (540)1% (1%)7 (7)1% (1%)2 (2)
2021/22
30 Nov 2022
467 (540)12% (10%)5 (5)1% (1%)0 (0)
2020/21
30 Sep 2021
474 (547)9% (9%)5 (5)1% (1%)2 (2)
2019/20
30 Nov 2020
478 (552)45% (44%)3 (3)1% (1%)3 (3)
2018/19
31 Jul 2019
487 (561)57% (59%)000

You can access a breakdown of detailed audit opinion data up to 31 December 2025 in this report.