Issue - meetings
External Audit Plan 2023/24 - Bishop Fleming
Meeting: 29/05/2024 - Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee (Item 14)
14 External Audit Plan 2023/24 - Bishop Fleming 
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Report of Assistant Director Finance
Purpose of report
To receive the External Audit Plan for 2023/24 from the Council’s external auditors, Bishop Fleming LLP.
Recommendations
The Accounts, Audit and Risk Committee resolves to:
1.1 Note
the External Audit Plan for 2023/24.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - External Audit Plan for the year ended 31 March 2024, item 14
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- Webcast for External Audit Plan 2023/24 - Bishop Fleming
Decision:
Resolved
(1) That the External Audit Plan for 2023/24 be noted.
Minutes:
The Assistant Director Finance submitted a report to present the External Audit Plan for 2023/24 from the Council’s external auditors, Bishop Fleming LLP.
In response to Members’ questions regarding the change of external auditor, the Assistant Director Finance explained that Bishop Fleming had been appointed as the Council’s external auditor by Public Sector Audit Appointments for 2023/24 – 2027/28 replacing Ernst Young.
In introducing the plan, the External Audit Team Manager explained that that the timeline may slip due to the announcement last week that the General Election would take place on 4 July.
In response to Members’ questions regarding the external audit fee, the External Audit Team Manager explained that this would be submitted to a future Committee meeting following discussions with the Assistant Director Finance and Head of Finance.
Resolved
(1) That the External Audit Plan for 2023/24 be noted.