February 2025 – audit opinion data

The number of audit opinions delivered as at 28 February 2025 is shown in the table below.

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

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 28 Feb 2025Percentage of audits outstanding per year at 28 Feb 2025Number of incomplete audits by the oldest outstanding year
2023/24
28 Feb 2025
459 (533)90% (89%)48 (58)10% (11%)32 (38)
2022/23
30 Sep 2023
467 (540)1% (1%)16 (20)3% (4%)3 (3)
2021/22
30 Nov 2022
467 (540)12% (10%)13 (17)3% (3%)2 (2)
2020/21
30 Sep 2021
474 (547)9% (9%)11 (15)2% (3%)5 (7)
2019/20
30 Nov 2020
478 (552)45% (44%)6 (8)1% (1%)6 (8)
2018/19
31 Jul 2019
487 (561)57% (59%)000

You can access a breakdown of detailed audit opinion data up to 28 February 2025 in this report.