Audit completion certificate 2024/2025

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An audit completion certificate confirms the audit of the New Forest National Park Authority’s accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 has been completed. It explains that the auditor’s qualified audit report dated 4 February 2026 could not be formally concluded at that time until the National Audit Office, acting as group auditor, confirmed no further assurances were needed from the component auditors. That confirmation has now been received. The auditor states that nothing has come to their attention since 4 February 2026 that would have led to additional exceptions in reporting or significant weaknesses in the Authority’s arrangements for securing value for money. The certificate states the audit was carried out in accordance with the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the National Audit Office’s Code of Audit Practice, and is signed by the local auditor, Ernst & Young LLP, dated 3 July 2026.

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Audit Completion Certificate issued to the members of New Forest National Park Authority in respect of the year ended 31 March 2025

In our qualified audit report dated 4 February 2026, we explained that we could not formally conclude the audit and issue an audit certificate until the NAO as group auditor has confirmed that no further assurances will be required from us as component auditors of New Forest National Park Authority.

This confirmation has now been received.

No matters have come to our attention since that date that would have resulted in exception reporting or significant weaknesses in the Authority’s value for money arrangements.