A representative from the Council’s External Auditor will present a progress report on the audit of the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts.

The Committee received a covering report on behalf of the Council’s External Auditor, KPMG, which had attached the External Audit Progress Report for September 2025. 

Edward Mills from KPMG addressed the meeting and presented the report.

KPMG’s report set out the work carried out since the last Committee meeting and the work planned before the next Committee meeting, a summary of the audit progress in each of the financial statement areas and a summary of work to date on the two risks of a significant weakness in arrangements to secure value for money that had been identified.

Resolved:     That KPMG’s External Audit Progress Report for September 2025 be noted.