PSAA has today published on our website an independent review of our delivery of the Appointing Person programme and auditor procurement. PSAA commissioned the review from Cardiff Business School (CBS) to help inform future procurements, and also to help us to set our priorities for action over the next few years. CBS’s headline message is […]
On Tuesday 30 October Public Sector Audit Appointments published its Report on the results of auditors’ work 2017/18: Principal local government and police bodies. This is the fourth report published by PSAA and summarises the results of auditors’ work at 495 principal local government and police bodies for 2017/18.
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Tony Crawley as the company’s new Chief Executive. Mr Crawley will join PSAA in mid-October and will lead the company’s work as the “appointing person” responsible for auditor appointments to nearly 500 local authorities and police bodies throughout England.
PSAA has published its 2017/18 annual report and accounts which cover the company’s third full year of operation. The company’s auditor, UHY Hacker Young LLP, issued an unqualified opinion on 18 July 2018.
PSAA is pleased to announce that it received a highly commended for its procurement of audit services for opted-in principal authorities in England in the outstanding procurement initiative category at the 2018 Public Finance Innovation awards. PSAA was also shortlisted for the Government Opportunities public procurement awards 2018/19.
The inaugural meeting of the Local Audit Quality Forum (LAQF) was held on 18 April 2018. Over 150 Chairs of Audit Committees and Directors of Finance attended the event to hear from speakers and panel members with a wealth of experience of public audit from across the UK. The presentations from the event are available to […]
Following consultation PSAA has published the scale of audit fees for 2018/19 audits of local government and police bodies that have opted into its national auditor appointment scheme. As proposed in the consultation, PSAA has reduced the 2018/19 scale audit fee for all opted-in bodies by 23 per cent from the fees applicable for 2017/18. […]
PSAA has been shortlisted for Outstanding Procurement Initiative of the year in the 2018 Public Finance Innovation Awards and for the Government Opportunities public procurement awards 2018/19 for its procurement of audit services for the 484 opted-in principal authorities in England. The winners will be announced on 25 and 24 April 2018 respectively. We are naturally delighted […]
PSAA has confirmed the auditor appointments from 2018/19 to the opted-in bodies by the statutory deadline of 31 December 2017.
On Tuesday 19 December Public Sector Audit Appointments published its Report on the results of auditors’ work 2016/17: Local government bodies. This is the third report on the results of auditors’ work at local government bodies published by PSAA. It summarises the results of auditors’ work at 497 principal bodies and 9,752 small bodies for […]