This Interim Report describes the progress made over the period 1 April to 30 September 2025 towards delivering our planned programmes of work, and on achieving our key performance indicator targets.

Progress we’ve made since April

We’ve made good progress on delivering a comprehensive and impactful programme of audit work.

All except one audit of 2024-25 NHS accounts were completed by 30 June 2025. All scheduled audits of central government accounts were completed by 30 September 2025, and we’ve published six national report outputs. However, quality issues with some draft 2024-25 local government accounts, along with a deterioration in the quality of working papers and delays in local government bodies’ responses to audit queries, mean that successful delivery of all audits in this sector by the 31 October deadline is at risk.

We have seen a 77% increase in new correspondence and external whistleblowing cases compared to the same period in 2024. These are routes through which potential concerns about the use of public money can be raised with us by members of the public, their elected representatives and others, to inform our audit work.

We also took forward our response to a review of how effective we are at engaging diverse audiences, including through developing guidance to help further embed inclusion through our communications processes.

This Interim Report is the last of Adrian’s tenure as Auditor General and reports on continued progress towards the delivery of our five-year strategy.