Background
In 2025 the National Audit Office provided Parliament with audit assurance for over £1.2 trillion of public expenditure, across over 400 annual report and accounts.
This report will summarise findings from our main audits across government. It will demonstrate the impact and value of our financial audit work, as well as highlighting areas of emerging importance for government to focus on.
Scope
The report will provide insights from the NAO’s financial audit work in 2024-25. In particular:
- an overview of our financial audit work
- areas of interest specific to annual reports and accounts in central government
- specific areas of emerging importance for government to focus on
NAO team
Director: Elaine Lewis
Audit Manager: Chris Coyne and Jess Wilson