Audit Qualification 2030: Structured interviews with non-PIE Audit firms
- Published
- 22 July 2026
- Submission deadline
- 19 August 2026
- Estimated value
- £50,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Documents
- 3
- Notice number
- 069069-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d0a4
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 73000000Research and development services and related consultancy services
Description
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries and sets the UK's Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. As the Competent Authority for audit in the UK, we set auditing and ethical standards and monitor and enforce audit quality. The FRC requires Research Services. This research concerns the pre-qualification education, training, and assessment of UK statutory auditors insofar as those matters relate specifically to non-PIE UK audit firms. By non-PIE UK audit firms we mean firms that carry out UK statutory audits, but do not audit Public Interest Entities (PIEs). The project will interview a selection of non-PIE audit firms to gain insights from them about current approaches to training, and to understand the barriers to effective training. The interviewed sample of firms will include both those that do, and that do not, currently offer training (i.e. that do/do not employ trainee auditors during their pre-qualification years). Outputs and Deliverables • Full transcripts (appropriately anonymised) from the interviews • A presentation of early indicative findings from the initial interviews, by late September • A report/presentation drawin…
Official publications
- FTS · 069069-2026 · 22 July 2026
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