November 2024 – audit opinion data

The number of audit opinions delivered as at 30 November 2024 is shown in the tables below.

Audit year –
backstop date
Number of opted-in bodies (total audits)Number of audits delivered up to 30 Nov 2024
2023/24
28 Feb 2025
45926 (6%)
Audit year –
publishing date
Number of opted-in bodies (total audits)Percentage of audits complete by publishing dateNumber of audits outstanding per year at 30 Nov 2024Number of incomplete audits by the oldest outstanding year
2022/23
30 Sept 2023
4671%172 (37%)58
2021/22
30 Nov 2022
46712%114 (24%)60
2020/21
30 Sep 2021
4749%54 (11%)34
2019/20
30 Nov 2020
47845%20 (4%)15
2018/19
31 Jul 2019
48757%5 (1%)4
Please note: the table excludes three opinions outstanding at one body from 2015/16 to 2017/18.

You can access a breakdown of detailed audit opinion data up to 30 November 2024 in this report.