Issue - meetings

Report of the Director – Finance and Corporate Services

Mr Surridge from Forvis Mazars, the council’s external auditors, presented the External Audit Progress Report and Indicative Audit Plan 2025/26.

Mr Surridge referred to page 73 of the agenda pack which provided a summary of progress and confirmed that the audit for 2024/25 had been fully completed in the calendar year of 2025. He said that work had commenced on the process for 2025/26, with a view to carrying out the detailed interim planning work in the spring followed by the final visit in July. He added that a draft Plan would be submitted to Members in the interim, with the formal Plan coming to the next meeting of this Committee. He said that no significant changes were expected in relation to the Financial Statements.

It was RESOLVED that the Governance Scrutiny Group reviewed the Progress Report and Indicative Audit Plan for 2025/26.