External Audit Service

Buyer

AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST

Value

£370,200

Closes

11 December 2026

Where

Stanmore, the North East

Type

Open tender

In plain English

Avanti Schools Trust, which runs 12 schools across London, Leicester, the South West and Hertfordshire, is looking for an accounting firm to carry out its annual external audit. The audit checks that the Trust's accounts are accurate and that its money has been spent properly under the rules for academy trusts. The contract is worth about £370,200.

What the buyer wants

• Provide the statutory external audit of the Trust's accounts, plus regularity assurance (checking that spending follows the rules set by the Department for Education) and the related reports the Trust must file. • Show deep experience of auditing academy trusts and multi-academy trusts, with a strong record of audit quality and clear independence from the Trust. • Work to the required standards, including the Companies Act, the Charity SORP, FRS 102, the Academies Accounts Direction, the Academy Trust Handbook and Financial Reporting Council standards.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Without registered auditor status and a track record of auditing academy trusts or similar multi-site education bodies, a firm would almost certainly be ruled out, as would a practice too small to resource a contract of this size and scope.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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