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# External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054e13). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA: "External Audit Services". Published status: active. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-royal-central-school-of-speech-and-drama-urn-133862)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 June 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Financial auditing services, Fraud audit services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054e13#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-054e13`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-054e13#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** email completed submissions to kayley.darby-philpotts@cssd.ac.uk

## Description
Central is looking to appoint a single provider to deliver external audit services. The primary role of the external auditors will be to report on the financial statements of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and to carry out whatever examination of the statements and underlying records and control systems is necessary to reach an opinion on the statements. The scope of works also includes but is not limited to audits of Central and its subsidiary company (Central School of Speech and Drama Enterprises), annual returns for the US Federal loans and any other funding requirements, as well as individual project audits as required. There will be a requirement to report on whether recurrent and specific grants from OfS (and other bodies and restricted funds where appropriate) have been properly applied for the purposes provided, in accordance with Central's Memorandum of Assurance and Accountability with OfS and that conditions of grant have been met.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79212100, 79212300, 79212400
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £180,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2025 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032878-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-17T10:44:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:01:06.777Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-054e13