Contract monitoring

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 2 for 2024/25. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections up to 30 September 2024. A further 38 audit opinions were completed this quarter, resulting in […]

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 1 for 2024/25. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 30 June 2024. A further 83 audit opinions were completed this quarter, resulting in […]

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 4 for 2023/24. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 31 March 2024. The timeliness of audit delivery remains a matter of major concern […]

PSAA has published its Audit Quality Monitoring Report for 2023. Given the issues related to the local audit and reporting backlog, our report covers the work of local auditors appointed by PSAA for the 2021/22 and 2022/23 financial years and provides relevant related information. This report brings together the information from our client survey, the results […]

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 3 for 2023/24. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 31 December 2023. The audit backlog is at an unacceptable level. This quarter a […]

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 2 for 2023/24. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 30 September 2023. The audit backlog continues to be extremely concerning. Only 5 out […]

PSAA has published the findings of its survey of audited bodies’ feedback on their audits of 2021/22 accounts. The results provide feedback on how auditors have managed their relationships with audited bodies. The effectiveness of relationship management is one of the measures used to monitor the quality of audit services provided.

PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 1 for 2023/24. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as of 30 June 2023. The backlog of unfinished audits continues to be concerning, with 516 […]