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02_26-AST External Audit Service

AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST

Key dates and value

Status
Open
Submission deadline
11 Dec 2026
Published
19 Oct 2026
Estimated value
£290k
Contract start
5 Apr 2027
Contract end
31 Mar 2030
Location
Stanmore, London
Notice type
UK3

Overview

Avanti Schools Trust (the Trust) invites offers from suitably qualified audit firms for the provision of external audit, regularity assurance and related statutory reporting services. The Trust is a successful multi-academy trust with 12 schools across London, Leicester and other locations outside London. It is a company limited by guarantee, an exempt charity and is accountable to the Department for Education (DfE) through its funding agreement. The Trust requires an audit provider with deep academy sector expertise, strong technical audit quality, robust independence arrangements and a practical understanding of the financial, regulatory and governance environment in which multi-academy trusts operate. The procurement will be conducted as a competitive tendering procedure using the open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 and the Procurement Regulations 2024. Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to the tender notice and associated procurement documents, subject to the conditions of participation and other requirements stated in those documents. The Trust expects bidders to comply with the Procurement Act 2023, the Procurement Regulations 2024, the published procurement documents, applicable audit legislation, Companies Act requirements, Charity SORP, Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Academies Accounts Direction, the Academy Trust Handbook 2026 and relevant Financial Reporting Council standards.

CPV codes

  • 79200000 Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

About the buyer

AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST has published 3 tender notices since 21 Oct 2023, with a combined advertised value of £100m. 2 of them are currently open.

How to apply

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